“Pretty Green” The Jam

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Sound Affects is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Jam. The album was released on 28 November 1980 by Polydor Records. It is the only Jam album to be co-produced by the band themselves, and contains the only album track co-written by the entire band, "Music for the Last Couple".

The cover art is a pastiche of the artwork used on various Sound Effects records produced by the BBC during the 1970s.

Jam frontman Paul Weller has opined that Sound Affects is the Jam's best album.

Noted musical influences on Sound Affects include groups such as Wire, Gang of Four, and Joy Division and, particularly evident in Rick Buckler's drumming. Paul Weller has freely admitted that the Beatles' Revolver was a major influence on much of the material on Sound Affects.

"Start!" is built around an almost exact copy of the bass-line from the Beatles' "Taxman", the first track on Revolver, and includes a homage to its guitar solo. "Pretty Green" includes a funk bass-line and rhythm with melodic guitar breaks and psychedelic sound effects. This from November 1980. 

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