Setting Sons

Setting Sons
Studio album by
Released16 November 1979
Recorded15 August – 10 October 1979
StudioTownhouse Studios, Shepherd's Bush, London
Genre
Length32:31
LabelPolydor
ProducerVic Coppersmith-Heaven
The Jam chronology
All Mod Cons
(1978)
Setting Sons
(1979)
Sound Affects
(1980)
Singles from Setting Sons
  1. "The Eton Rifles"
    Released: 26 October 1979

Setting Sons is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Jam, released on 16 November 1979 by Polydor Records. It reached No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart upon the first week of release,[5] continuing the commercial (and critical) favour that had begun with their previous album All Mod Cons.[6]

The sole single from Setting Sons, "The Eton Rifles", became the group's first top 10 UK hit, peaking at No. 3.[6]

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  2. ^ Peacock, Tim (4 November 2014). "Yesterday's kids, today's legends". Record Collector. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  3. ^ Armstrong, Sam (16 November 2022). "'Setting Sons': Ushering In A New Dawn For The Jam". udiscovermusic.com. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference UKchart was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 277. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.