Town Called Malice
"Town Called Malice" is a 1982 song by British band The Jam and is the leading single from their sixth studio album The Gift. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom, number 7 in the Netherlands, number 15 in Australia and number 14 in New Zealand.
| "Town Called Malice" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by the Jam | ||||
| from The Gift" | ||||
| A-side | "Precious" | |||
| Released | 29 January 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:52 | |||
| Label | Polydor (UK)[6] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Weller[6] | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Wilson and the Jam[7] | |||
| The Jam singles chronology | ||||
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| "Town Called Malice" at YouTube | ||||
References
- ↑ "AllMusic - Town Called Malice - The Jam". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Egan, Barry (9 May 2021). "Modfather Paul Weller's fire still burns: 'He sings with a passion that his teenage self would surely have admired'". Independent.ie. https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/modfather-paul-wellers-fire-still-burns-he-sings-with-a-passion-that-his-teenage-self-would-surely-have-admired-40393912.html. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ↑ Ankeny, Jason. Various Artists - CMJ the Year in Alternative Music 1982 (1998) Review at AllMusic
- ↑ "New Wave Music Songs". AllMusic.
- ↑ Gerard, Chris (15 April 2024). "The 100 Best Alternative Songs of the 1980s". PopMatters. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
The Jam are tight as nails on "Town Called Malice", a soulful rocker built around Bruce Foxton's thumping Motown-inspired bass...
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 221–2. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ↑ "JAM | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
