Dig the New Breed
Final album by the Jam
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Dig the New Breed is the final album by the Jam,[2] excluding compilations released after the group's split in December 1982. It is a collection of live performances recorded between 1977 and 1982.
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| Released | 10 December 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982 | |||
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| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Peter Wilson | |||
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Track listing
All songs written by Paul Weller except as indicated.
- Side one
- "In the City" (100 Club, London, 11 September 1977)
- "All Mod Cons" (the Rainbow, London, 3 December 1979)
- "To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)" (the Rainbow, London, 3 December 1979)
- "It's Too Bad" (the Rainbow, London, 3 December 1979)
- "Start!" (the Hammersmith Palais, London, 14 December 1981)
- "Big Bird" (Eddie Floyd) (the Hammersmith Palais, London, 14 December 1981)
- "Set the House Ablaze" (the Hammersmith Palais, London, 14 December 1981)
- Side two
- "Ghosts" (Bingley Hall, Birmingham, England, 21 March 1982)
- "Standards" (Reading University, 16 February 1979)
- "In the Crowd" (the Edinburgh Playhouse, 6 April 1982)
- "Going Underground" (Glasgow Apollo, 8 April 1982)
- "Dreams of Children" (Glasgow Apollo, 8 April 1982)
- "That's Entertainment" (Glasgow Apollo, 7 April 1982) (sleeve notes say 8 April but it is actually from 7 April)
- "Private Hell" (Glasgow Apollo, 8 April 1982)
Chart performance
Dig the New Breed spent 16 weeks on the UK albums chart, rising to No. 2.[3] In the U.S., the album spent nine weeks on the Billboard 200 and reached its peak position of No. 131 in February 1983.[4]
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| Australian (Kent Music Report) | 54[5] |