Direction Reaction Creation


Direction Reaction Creation is an anthology issued in 1997 by the British band the Jam. It includes 117 tracks over 5 discs. Discs 1 to 4 comprise all of the band's studio albums and all of the non-album singles and B-sides presented chronologically. Disc 5 is made up of demos and outtakes. The box set reached number 8 in the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

CD 1

  1. "In the City"
  2. "Takin' My Love"
  3. "Art School"
  4. "I've Changed My Address"
  5. "Slow Down"
  6. "I Got By in Time"
  7. "Away from the Numbers"
  8. "Batman Theme"
  9. "Sounds from the Street"
  10. "Non-Stop Dancing"
  11. "Time for Truth"
  12. "Bricks and Mortar"
  13. "All [Around the World (The Jam song)|All Around the World]"
  14. "Carnaby Street"
  15. "The [Modern World (song)|The Modern World]"
  16. "London Traffic"
  17. "Standards"
  18. "Life from a Window"
  19. "The Combine"
  20. "Don't Tell Them You're Sane"
  21. "In the Street Today"
  22. "London Girl"
  23. "I Need You "
  24. "Here Comes the Weekend"
  25. "Tonight at Noon"
  26. "In the Midnight Hour"

CD 2

  1. "News of the World"
  2. "Aunties and Uncles "
  3. "Innocent Man"
  4. "David Watts"
  5. "'A' Bomb in Wardour Street"
  6. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight"
  7. "So Sad About Us"
  8. "The Night"
  9. "All Mod Cons"
  10. "To Be Someone "
  11. "Mr. Clean"
  12. "English Rose"
  13. "In the Crowd"
  14. "Billy Hunt"
  15. "It's Too Bad"
  16. "Fly"
  17. "The Place I Love"
  18. "Strange Town"
  19. "The Butterfly Collector"
  20. "When You're Young"
  21. "Smithers-Jones"
  22. "The Eton Rifles"
  23. "See-Saw"

CD 3

  1. "Girl on the Phone"
  2. "Thick as Thieves"
  3. "Private Hell"
  4. "Little Boy Soldiers"
  5. "Wasteland"
  6. "Burning Sky"
  7. "Smithers-Jones"
  8. "Saturday's Kids"
  9. "Heat Wave"
  10. "Going Underground"
  11. "The Dreams of Children"
  12. "Start!"
  13. "Liza Radley"
  14. "Pretty Green"
  15. "Monday"
  16. "But I'm Different Now"
  17. "Set the House Ablaze"
  18. "That's Entertainment"
  19. "Dream Time"
  20. "Man in the Corner Shop"
  21. "Music for the Last Couple"
  22. "Boy About Town"
  23. "Scrape Away"

CD 4

  1. "Funeral Pyre"
  2. "Disguises"
  3. "Absolute Beginners"
  4. "Tales from the Riverbank"
  5. "Town Called Malice"
  6. "Precious"
  7. "Happy Together"
  8. "Ghosts"
  9. "Just Who Is the [5 O'Clock Hero?]"
  10. "Trans-Global Express"
  11. "Running on the Spot"
  12. "Circus"
  13. "The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong"
  14. "Carnation"
  15. "The Gift"
  16. "The Great Depression"
  17. "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"
  18. "Pity Poor Alfie/Fever"
  19. "Beat Surrender"
  20. "Shopping"
  21. "Move on Up"
  22. "Stoned Out of My Mind"
  23. "War"

CD 5

  1. "In the City"
  2. "Time for Truth"
  3. "Sounds from the Street"
  4. "So Sad About Us"
  5. "Worlds Apart"
  6. "Billy Hunt"
  7. "It's Too Bad"
  8. "To Be Someone"
  9. "David Watts"
  10. "Best of Both Worlds"
  11. "That's Entertainment"
  12. "Rain"
  13. "Dream Time"
  14. "Dead End Street"
  15. "Stand By Me"
  16. "Every Little Bit Hurts"
  17. "Tales from the Riverbank"
  18. "Walking in Heaven's Sunshine"
  19. "Precious"
  20. "Pity Poor Alfie"
  21. "The Bitterest Pill "
  22. "A Solid Bond in Your Heart"

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Neil Allenliner notes, essay
  • Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – producer
  • Paul Cox – photography
  • Johnny Devlin – liner notes, essay
  • Ian Dickson – photography
  • Jill Furmanovsky – photography
  • Pat Gilbert – liner notes, essay
  • Frank Griffin – photography
  • Simon Halfonart direction, design
  • Paolo Hewitt – liner notes, foreword
  • The Jam – producer
  • Mike Laye – photography
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography
  • Dennis Munday – producer, compilation, remixing, research
  • Steve Musters – remixing
  • Carlos Olms – photography
  • Denis O'Regan – photography
  • Chris Parry – producer
  • John Reed – liner notes, essay
  • Pennie Smith – photography
  • Vic Smith – producer
  • Tony Taverner – producer
  • Virginia Turbett – photography
  • Laurens Van Houten – photography
  • Roger Wake – digital remastering
  • Arnold Williams – photography