Direction Reaction Creation

Compilation by The Jam

Released 26 May 1997

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    In the City
    2:20
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Takin’ My Love
    2:15
    3.0 ★
  • 3
    Art School
    2:01
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    I’ve Changed My Address
    3:31
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    Slow Down
    2:39
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    I Got By in Time
    2:07
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Away From the Numbers
    4:03
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    Batman Theme
    1:31
    4.5 ★
  • 9
    Sounds From the Street
    3:14
    3.0 ★
  • 10
    Non‐Stop Dancing
    2:28
    3.0 ★
  • 11
    Time for Truth
    3:10
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    Bricks and Mortar
    2:37
    3.0 ★
  • 13
    All Around the World
    2:24
  • 14
    Carnaby Street
    2:23
  • 15
    The Modern World
    2:31
    5.0 ★
  • 16
    London Traffic
    1:50
  • 17
    Standards
    2:30
  • 18
    Life From a Window
    2:54
  • 19
    The Combine
    2:21
  • 20
    Don’t Tell Them You’re Sane
    3:42
  • 21
    In the Street Today
    1:32
    5.0 ★
  • 22
    London Girl
    2:42
  • 23
    I Need You (For Someone)
    2:42
  • 24
    Here Comes the Weekend
    3:31
  • 25
    Tonight at Noon
    3:02
  • 26
    In the Midnight Hour
    1:53
  • CD 2
  • 1
    News of the World
    3:29
    5.0 ★
  • 2
    Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths)
    2:33
  • 3
    Innocent Man
    4:18
  • 4
    David Watts
    2:56
    4.5 ★
  • 5
    ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street
    2:38
    4.2 ★
  • 6
    Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
    4:44
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    So Sad About Us
    2:38
  • 8
    The Night
    1:47
  • 9
    All Mod Cons
    1:19
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)
    2:30
    3.0 ★
  • 11
    Mr. Clean
    3:29
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    English Rose
    2:51
    3.6 ★
  • 13
    In the Crowd
    5:40
    3.5 ★
  • 14
    Billy Hunt
    3:01
    3.0 ★
  • 15
    It’s Too Bad
    2:37
    4.0 ★
  • 16
    Fly
    3:20
    3.0 ★
  • 17
    The Place I Love
    2:54
    3.0 ★
  • 18
    Strange Town
    3:48
  • 19
    The Butterfly Collector
    3:09
    4.0 ★
  • 20
    When You’re Young
    3:14
    4.0 ★
  • 21
    Smithers‐Jones
    3:01
    5.0 ★
  • 22
    The Eton Rifles
    3:59
    5.0 ★
  • 23
    See‐Saw
    2:35
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Girl on the Phone
    2:57
  • 2
    Thick as Thieves
    3:40
    5.0 ★
  • 3
    Private Hell
    3:51
  • 4
    Little Boy Soldiers
    3:33
  • 5
    Wasteland
    2:52
  • 6
    Burning Sky
    3:32
  • 7
    Smithers‐Jones
    3:00
  • 8
    Saturday’s Kids
    2:53
  • 9
    Heat Wave
    2:23
  • 10
    Going Underground
    2:56
    4.2 ★
  • 11
    The Dreams of Children
    3:08
  • 12
    Start!
    2:31
    3.4 ★
  • 13
    Liza Radley
    2:32
    5.0 ★
  • 14
    Pretty Green
    2:37
    3.0 ★
  • 15
    Monday
    2:59
    3.0 ★
  • 16
    But I’m Different Now
    1:51
    3.0 ★
  • 17
    Set the House Ablaze
    5:01
    3.0 ★
  • 18
    That’s Entertainment
    3:33
    3.5 ★
  • 19
    Dream Time
    3:54
    3.0 ★
  • 20
    Man in the Corner Shop
    3:13
    4.0 ★
  • 21
    Music for the Last Couple
    3:43
    2.0 ★
  • 22
    Boy About Town
    1:59
    3.0 ★
  • 23
    Scrape Away
    4:00
    3.0 ★
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Funeral Pyre
    3:30
  • 2
    Disguises
    3:17
  • 3
    Absolute Beginners
    2:50
    4.8 ★
  • 4
    Tales From the Riverbank
    3:34
  • 5
    Town Called Malice
    2:55
    4.8 ★
  • 6
    Precious (12″ version)
    5:54
  • 7
    Happy Together
    2:50
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    Ghosts
    2:11
    4.5 ★
  • 9
    Just Who Is the 5 O’Clock Hero?
    2:15
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Trans‐Global Express
    3:59
    3.0 ★
  • 11
    Running on the Spot
    3:06
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    Circus
    2:11
    3.0 ★
  • 13
    The Planner’s Dream Goes Wrong
    2:19
    4.0 ★
  • 14
    Carnation
    3:28
    4.0 ★
  • 15
    The Gift
    3:07
    4.0 ★
  • 16
    The Great Depression
    2:51
  • 17
    The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)
    3:34
    4.0 ★
  • 18
    Pity Poor Alfie / Fever
    4:40
  • 19
    Beat Surrender
    3:26
  • 20
    Shopping
    3:22
  • 21
    Move On Up
    3:53
    5.0 ★
  • 22
    Stoned out of My Mind
    3:20
  • 23
    War
    2:43
  • CD 5
  • 1
    In the City
    2:23
  • 2
    Time for Truth
    3:17
  • 3
    Sounds From the Street
    3:19
  • 4
    So Sad About Us
    2:41
  • 5
    Worlds Apart
    1:55
  • 6
    Billy Hunt (alternate version)
    2:59
  • 7
    It’s Too Bad
    2:27
  • 8
    To Be Someone
    2:26
  • 9
    David Watts
    2:45
  • 10
    Best of Both Worlds
    2:03
  • 11
    That’s Entertainment
    3:23
  • 12
    Rain
    2:57
  • 13
    Dream Time
    1:51
  • 14
    Dead End Street
    3:15
  • 15
    Stand by Me
    3:03
  • 16
    Every Little Bit Hurts
    3:17
  • 17
    Tales From the Riverbank (alternate version)
    3:26
  • 18
    Walking in Heaven’s Sunshine
    2:04
  • 19
    Precious
    2:31
  • 20
    Pity Poor Alfie (Swing version)
    4:13
  • 21
    The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) (first version)
    3:17
  • 22
    A Solid Bond in Your Heart
    3:24

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