Direction Reaction Creation

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.

CD 1

 * 1) "In the City"
 * 2) "Takin' My Love"
 * 3) "Art School"
 * 4) "I've Changed My Address"
 * 5) "Slow Down"
 * 6) "I Got By in Time"
 * 7) "Away from the Numbers"
 * 8) "Batman Theme"
 * 9) "Sounds from the Street"
 * 10) "Non-Stop Dancing"
 * 11) "Time for Truth"
 * 12) "Bricks and Mortar"
 * 13) "All Around the World"
 * 14) "Carnaby Street"
 * 15) "The Modern World" (Album Version)
 * 16) "London Traffic"
 * 17) "Standards"
 * 18) "Life from a Window"
 * 19) "The Combine"
 * 20) "Don't Tell Them You're Sane"
 * 21) "In the Street Today"
 * 22) "London Girl"
 * 23) "I Need You (For Someone)"
 * 24) "Here Comes the Weekend"
 * 25) "Tonight at Noon"
 * 26) "In the Midnight Hour"

CD 2

 * 1) "News of the World"
 * 2) "Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths)"
 * 3) "Innocent Man"
 * 4) "David Watts" (Album Version)
 * 5) "'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" (Album Version)
 * 6) "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" (Album Version)
 * 7) "So Sad About Us"
 * 8) "The Night"
 * 9) "All Mod Cons"
 * 10) "To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)"
 * 11) "Mr. Clean"
 * 12) "English Rose"
 * 13) "In the Crowd"
 * 14) "Billy Hunt"
 * 15) "It's Too Bad"
 * 16) "Fly"
 * 17) "The Place I Love"
 * 18) "Strange Town"
 * 19) "The Butterfly Collector"
 * 20) "When You're Young"
 * 21) "Smithers-Jones" (Single Version)
 * 22) "The Eton Rifles" (Album Version)
 * 23) "See-Saw"

CD 3

 * 1) "Girl on the Phone"
 * 2) "Thick as Thieves"
 * 3) "Private Hell"
 * 4) "Little Boy Soldiers"
 * 5) "Wasteland"
 * 6) "Burning Sky"
 * 7) "Smithers-Jones" (Setting Sons Version)
 * 8) "Saturday's Kids"
 * 9) "Heat Wave"
 * 10) "Going Underground"
 * 11) "The Dreams of Children"
 * 12) "Start!" (Album Version)
 * 13) "Liza Radley"
 * 14) "Pretty Green"
 * 15) "Monday"
 * 16) "But I'm Different Now"
 * 17) "Set the House Ablaze"
 * 18) "That's Entertainment"
 * 19) "Dream Time"
 * 20) "Man in the Corner Shop"
 * 21) "Music for the Last Couple"
 * 22) "Boy About Town"
 * 23) "Scrape Away"

CD 4

 * 1) "Funeral Pyre"
 * 2) "Disguises"
 * 3) "Absolute Beginners"
 * 4) "Tales from the Riverbank"
 * 5) "Town Called Malice"
 * 6) "Precious" (12" Version)
 * 7) "Happy Together"
 * 8) "Ghosts"
 * 9) "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
 * 10) "Trans-Global Express"
 * 11) "Running on the Spot"
 * 12) "Circus"
 * 13) "The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong"
 * 14) "Carnation"
 * 15) "The Gift"
 * 16) "The Great Depression"
 * 17) "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"
 * 18) "Pity Poor Alfie/Fever"
 * 19) "Beat Surrender"
 * 20) "Shopping"
 * 21) "Move on Up"
 * 22) "Stoned Out of My Mind"
 * 23) "War"

CD 5

 * 1) "In the City" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
 * 2) "Time for Truth" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
 * 3) "Sounds from the Street" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
 * 4) "So Sad About Us" (Band Demo)
 * 5) "Worlds Apart" (Demo)
 * 6) "Billy Hunt" (Alternate Version)
 * 7) "It's Too Bad" (Band Demo)
 * 8) "To Be Someone" (Band Demo)
 * 9) "David Watts" (Band Demo)
 * 10) "Best of Both Worlds" (Band Demo)
 * 11) "That's Entertainment" (Band Demo)
 * 12) "Rain" (Demo)
 * 13) "Dream Time" (Demo)
 * 14) "Dead End Street" (Demo)
 * 15) "Stand By Me" (Demo)
 * 16) "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Demo)
 * 17) "Tales from the Riverbank" (Alternate Version)
 * 18) "Walking in Heaven's Sunshine" (Demo)
 * 19) "Precious" (Demo)
 * 20) "Pity Poor Alfie" (Swing Version)
 * 21) "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" (First Version)
 * 22) "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