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Setting Sons

Setting Sons is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Jam, released on 16 November 1979 by Polydor Records. It reached No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart upon the first week of release, continuing the commercial (and critical) favour that had begun with their previous album All Mod Cons (1978).

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Genres
Mod revival · new wave · power pop · punk rock
Label
Polydor
Length
32:31
Producer
Vic Coppersmith-Heaven
Recorded
15 August – 10 October 1979
Released
16 November 1979

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Setting Sons

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Edges49
Triples75
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Setting Sons

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related to Recording and content · 31
Setting Sons → According, B-side, Bruce Foxton's, Burning Sky, Catalonia, Direction Reaction Creation, Even, George Orwell's Homage, In, Jam, Jam's, Little Boy Soldiers, LP, Paul Weller, Peter Solley, Philanthropists, Procol Harum, Rick Buckler, Robert Tressell's The Ragged-Trousered, Singer
related to Reception · 15
Setting Sons → All Mod Cons, AllMusic, Chris Woodstra, Elvis Costello, Heat Wave, Jam's, Joe Jackson, Mail, NME, Sound Affects, Strange Town, The Eton Rifles, The Globe, The Jam's, The Manchester Evening News
related to Chart performance · 9
Setting Sons → Billboard, In, March, No, November, The, UK, UK Albums Chart, United States
related to International releases · 7
Setting Sons → Girl, Phone, Strange Town, The Polydor Canada LP, The Polydor US LP, Thick As Thieves, UK
Genres · 4
Setting Sons → Mod revival, new wave, power pop, punk rock
Label · 1
Setting Sons → Polydor
Length · 1
Setting Sons → 32:31
Producer · 1
Setting Sons → Vic Coppersmith-Heaven
Recorded · 1
Setting Sons → 15 August – 10 October 1979
Released · 1
Setting Sons → 16 November 1979

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Setting SonsGenresMod revival1.00infobox
Setting SonsGenresnew wave1.00infobox
Setting SonsGenrespower pop1.00infobox
Setting SonsGenrespunk rock1.00infobox
Setting SonsLabelPolydor1.00infobox
Setting SonsLength32:311.00infobox
Setting SonsProducerVic Coppersmith-Heaven1.00infobox
Setting SonsRecorded15 August – 10 October 19791.00infobox
Setting SonsReleased16 November 19791.00infobox
Setting SonsStudiosTownhouse, Shepherd's Bush, London1.00infobox
Setting Sonsis afourth studio album by the English rock band the Jam0.90text
George Orwell's Homage to Cataloniainstance ofinfluenced by his reading of works0.80text

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