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, including all of the songs from their singles (although, where applicable, the A sides are present in their album versions only) and six studio albums. The box set reached #8 in the UK Album Chart.

Track listing

CD 1

#" In the City"
#"Takin' My Love"
#"Art School"
#"I've Changed My Address"
#"Slow Down"
#"I Got By in Time"
#"Away from the Numbers"
#"Batman Theme"
#"Sounds from the Street"
#"Non-Stop Dancing"
#"Time for Truth"
#"Bricks and Mortar"
#" All Around the World"
#"Carnaby Street"
#" The Modern World" (Album Version)
#"London Traffic"
#"Standards"
#"Life from a Window"
#"The Combine"
#"Don't Tell Them You're Sane"
#"In the Street Today"
#"London Girl"
#"I Need You (For Someone)"
#"Here Comes the Weekend"
#"Tonight at Noon"
#"In the Midnight Hour"

CD 2

#"News of the World"
#"Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths)"
#"Innocent Man"
#" David Watts" (Album Version)
#"'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" (Album Version)
#" Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" (Album Version)
#"So Sad About Us"
#"The Night"
#"All Mod Cons"
#"To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)"
#"Mr. Clean"
#"English Rose"
#"In the Crowd"
#"Billy Hunt"
#"It's Too Bad"
#"Fly"
#"The Place I Love"
#" Strange Town"
#"The Butterfly Collector"
#" When You're Young"
#" Smithers-Jones" (Single Version)
#" The Eton Rifles" (Album Version)
#"See-Saw"

CD 3

#"Girl on the Phone"
#"Thick as Thieves"
#"Private Hell"
#"Little Boy Soldiers"
#"Wasteland"
#"Burning Sky"
#" Smithers-Jones" (''Setting Sons'' Version)
#"Saturday's Kids"
#"Heat Wave"
#"Going Underground"
#"The Dreams of Children"
#"Start!" (Album Version)
#"Liza Radley"
#"Pretty Green"
#"Monday"
#"But I'm Different Now"
#"Set the House Ablaze"
#"That's Entertainment"
#"Dream Time"
#"Man in the Corner Shop"
#"Music for the Last Couple"
#"Boy About Town"
#"Scrape Away"

CD 4

#"Funeral Pyre"
#"Disguises"
#" Absolute Beginners"
#"Tales from the Riverbank"
#"Town Called Malice"
#" Precious" (12" Version)
#"Happy Together"
#"Ghosts"
#" Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
#"Trans-Global Express"
#"Running on the Spot"
#"Circus"
#"The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong"
#"Carnation"
#"The Gift"
#"The Great Depression"
#" The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"
#"Pity Poor Alfie/Fever"
#" Beat Surrender"
#"Shopping"
#"Move on Up"
#"Stoned Out of My Mind"
#"War"

CD 5

#"In the City" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
#"Time for Truth" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
#"Sounds from the Street" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
#"So Sad About Us" (Band Demo)
#"Worlds Apart" (Demo)
#"Billy Hunt" (Alternate Version)
#"It's Too Bad" (Band Demo)
#"To Be Someone" (Band Demo)
#"David Watts" (Band Demo)
#"Best of Both Worlds" (Band Demo)
#"That's Entertainment" (Band Demo)
#"Rain" (Demo)
#"Dream Time" (Demo)
#"Dead End Street" (Demo)
#" Stand By Me" (Demo)
#"Every Little Bit Hurts" (Demo)
#"Tales from the Riverbank" (Alternate Version)
#"Walking in Heaven's Sunshine" (Demo)
#"Precious" (Demo)
#"Pity Poor Alfie" (Swing Version)
#"The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" (First Version)
#"A Solid Bond in Your Heart" (Band Demo)

Personnel

* Afrodiziak – background vocals
* Martin Drover – trumpet
* Claudia Fontaine – background vocals
* Russell Henderson – steel drums
* Steve Nichol – trumpet, Hammond organ
* Keith Thomas – saxophone, soprano sax
* Luke Tunney – trumpet
* Caron Wheeler – background vocals
* Peter Wilson – piano, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ, producer, string arrangements, remixing
* Tracie Young – background vocals

Additional personnel

* Neil Allen – liner 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 Halfon – art 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

References

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The Jam albums
1997 compilation albums
Polydor Records compilation albums