# Direction Reaction Creation

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Direction Reaction Creation is an anthology issued in 1997 by the British band the Jam. It includes 117 tracks over 5 discs. Discs 1 to 4 comprise all of the band's studio albums and all of the non-album singles and B-sides presented chronologically. Disc 5 is made up of demos and outtakes. The box set reached number 8 in the UK Albums Chart.

## Track listing
### CD 1

* "In the City"
* "Takin' My Love"
* "Art School"
* "I've Changed My Address"
* "Slow Down"
* "I Got By in Time"
* "Away from the Numbers"
* "Batman Theme"
* "Sounds from the Street"
* "Non-Stop Dancing"
* "Time for Truth"
* "Bricks and Mortar"
* "All Around the World"
* "Carnaby Street"
* "The Modern World" (Album Version)
* "London Traffic"
* "Standards"
* "Life from a Window"
* "The Combine"
* "Don't Tell Them You're Sane"
* "In the Street Today"
* "London Girl"
* "I Need You (For Someone)"
* "Here Comes the Weekend"
* "Tonight at Noon"
* "In the Midnight Hour"

### CD 2

* "News of the World"
* "Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths)"
* "Innocent Man"
* "David Watts" (Album Version)
* "'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" (Album Version)
* "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" (Album Version)
* "So Sad About Us"
* "The Night"
* "All Mod Cons"
* "To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)"
* "Mr. Clean"
* "English Rose"
* "In the Crowd"
* "Billy Hunt"
* "It's Too Bad"
* "Fly"
* "The Place I Love"
* "Strange Town"
* "The Butterfly Collector"
* "When You're Young"
* "Smithers-Jones" (Single Version)
* "The Eton Rifles" (Album Version)
* "See-Saw"

### CD 3

* "Girl on the Phone"
* "Thick as Thieves"
* "Private Hell"
* "Little Boy Soldiers"
* "Wasteland"
* "Burning Sky"
* "Smithers-Jones" (Setting Sons Version)
* "Saturday's Kids"
* "Heat Wave"
* "Going Underground"
* "The Dreams of Children"
* "Start!" (Album Version)
* "Liza Radley"
* "Pretty Green"
* "Monday"
* "But I'm Different Now"
* "Set the House Ablaze"
* "That's Entertainment"
* "Dream Time"
* "Man in the Corner Shop"
* "Music for the Last Couple"
* "Boy About Town"
* "Scrape Away"

### CD 4

* "Funeral Pyre"
* "Disguises"
* "Absolute Beginners"
* "Tales from the Riverbank"
* "Town Called Malice"
* "Precious" (12" Version)
* "Happy Together"
* "Ghosts"
* "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
* "Trans-Global Express"
* "Running on the Spot"
* "Circus"
* "The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong"
* "Carnation"
* "The Gift"
* "The Great Depression"
* "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"
* "Pity Poor Alfie/Fever"
* "Beat Surrender"
* "Shopping"
* "Move on Up"
* "Stoned Out of My Mind"
* "War"

### CD 5

* "In the City" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
* "Time for Truth" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
* "Sounds from the Street" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
* "So Sad About Us" (Band Demo)
* "Worlds Apart" (Demo)
* "Billy Hunt" (Alternate Version)
* "It's Too Bad" (Band Demo)
* "To Be Someone" (Band Demo)
* "David Watts" (Band Demo)
* "Best of Both Worlds" (Band Demo)
* "That's Entertainment" (Band Demo)
* "Rain" (Demo)
* "Dream Time" (Demo)
* "Dead End Street" (Demo)
* "Stand By Me" (Demo)
* "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Demo)
* "Tales from the Riverbank" (Alternate Version)
* "Walking in Heaven's Sunshine" (Demo)
* "Precious" (Demo)
* "Pity Poor Alfie" (Swing Version)
* "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" (First Version)
* "A Solid Bond in Your Heart" (Band Demo)

## Personnel

* Afrodiziak – background vocals
* Martin Drover – trumpet
* Claudia Fontaine – background vocals
* Russell Henderson – steel drums
* Steve Nichol – trumpet, Hammond organ
* Keith Thomas – saxophone, soprano sax
* Luke Tunney – trumpet
* Caron Wheeler – background vocals
* Peter Wilson – piano, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ, producer, string arrangements, remixing
* Tracie Young – background vocals

### Additional personnel

* Neil Allen – liner notes, essay
* Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – producer
* Paul Cox – photography
* Johnny Devlin – liner notes, essay
* Ian Dickson – photography
* Jill Furmanovsky – photography
* Pat Gilbert – liner notes, essay
* Frank Griffin – photography
* Simon Halfon – art direction, design
* Paolo Hewitt – liner notes, foreword
* The Jam – producer
* Mike Laye – photography
* Gered Mankowitz – photography
* Dennis Munday – producer, compilation, remixing, research
* Steve Musters – remixing
* Carlos Olms – photography
* Denis O'Regan – photography
* Chris Parry – producer
* John Reed – liner notes, essay
* Pennie Smith – photography
* Vic Smith – producer
* Tony Taverner – producer
* Virginia Turbett – photography
* Laurens Van Houten – photography
* Roger Wake – digital remastering
* Arnold Williams – photography