Dig the New Breed
{{short description|Final album by the Jam}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dig the New Breed
| type = Live album
| artist = the Jam
| cover = Digthenewbreed.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 10 December 1982
| recorded = 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982
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| label = Polydor
| producer = Peter Wilson
| prev_title = The Gift
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Snap!
| next_year = 1983
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r10138|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
| noprose = yes
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Dig the New Breed is the final album by the Jam,The Rough Guide to Rock {{ISBN|1-85828457-0}} p. 529 excluding compilations released after the group's split in December 1982. It is a collection of live performances recorded between 1977 and 1982.
Track listing
All songs written by Paul Weller except as indicated.
;Side one
- "In the City" (100 Club, London, 11 September 1977)
- "All Mod Cons" (the Rainbow, London, 13 December 1979)
- "To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)" (the Rainbow, London, 13 December 1979)
- "It's Too Bad" (the Rainbow, London, 13 December 1979)
- "Start!" (the Hammersmith Palais, London, 14 December 1981)
- "Big Bird" (Eddie Floyd) (the Hammersmith Palais, London, 14 December 1981)
- "Set the House Ablaze" (the Hammersmith Palais, London, 14 December 1981)
;Side two
- "Ghosts" (Bingley Hall, Birmingham, England, 21 March 1982)
- "Standards" (Reading University, 16 February 1979)
- "In the Crowd" (the Edinburgh Playhouse, 6 April 1982)
- "Going Underground" (Glasgow Apollo, 8 April 1982)
- "Dreams of Children" (Glasgow Apollo, 8 April 1982)
- "That's Entertainment" (Glasgow Apollo, 8 April 1982)
- "Private Hell" (Glasgow Apollo, 8 April 1982)
Chart performance
Dig the New Breed spent 16 weeks on the UK album charts, rising to No. 2.{{Cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/dig%20the%20new%20breed/ |title=UK Official Charts: Dig the New Breed |author= |date=2017 |publisher=Official Charts Company |work= |accessdate=February 15, 2017 }} In the U.S., the album spent 9 weeks on the Billboard 200 album charts and reached its peak position of No. 131 in February 1983.{{Cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6911760/the-jam/chart |title=Billboard 200: The Jam |author= |date=2017 |publisher=Billboard |work= |accessdate=February 15, 2017 }}
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| scope="col"|Chart (1983)
!scope="col"|Peak | |
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| Australian (Kent Music Report) | 54{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=153}} |