On this day (November. 28th) in 1980: The Jam released their 5th studio album, ‘Sound Affects’, on Polydor Records…(This photo: my Canadian pressing of the album signed l-r by Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton & Rick Buckler…) It featured the group’s second UK #1 single, “Start!”; as well as other excellent Jam gems such as the funky “Pretty Green”, the raging “Set The House Ablaze”, ballad “That’s Entertainment” & the horn-driven “Boy About Town”; one side of the cover design was a pastiche of the artwork used on various sound effects records produced by the BBC during the ’70s; Paul Weller later cited it as his favourite Jam album in a BBC documentary; in 2006, ‘Q’ magazine ranked it #15 in its list of ‘The 40 Best Albums of the ’80s’…
The Fat Angel Sings 