Dig the New Breed


Dig the New Breed was the final album by the Jam, excluding compilations released after the group's split in December 1982. It is a collection of live performances recorded between 1977 and 1982.

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Weller except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "In the City" †
  2. "All Mod Cons" ‡
  3. "To Be Someone " ‡
  4. "It's Too Bad" ‡
  5. "Start!" °
  6. "Big Bird" °
  7. "Set the House Ablaze" °

    Side two

  8. "Ghosts" ♦
  9. "Standards" ¿
  10. "In the Crowd" ↔
  11. "Going Underground" ♠
  12. "Dreams of Children" ♠
  13. "That's Entertainment" ♠
  14. "Private Hell" ♠
† Recorded at the 100 Club, London, 11 September 1977
‡ Recorded at the Rainbow, London, 13 December 1979
° Recorded at the Hammersmith Palais, London, 14 December 1981
♦ Recorded at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, England, 21 March 1982
¿ Recorded at Reading University, 16 February 1979
↔ Recorded at the Edinburgh Playhouse, 6 April 1982
♠ Recorded at the Glasgow Apollo, 8 April 1982

Personnel

;The Jam
;Technical
Dig the New Breed spent 16 weeks on the UK album charts, rising to No. 2. In the U.S., the album spent 9 weeks on the Billboard 200 album charts and reached its peak position of No. 131 in February 1983.