The Gift
by The Jam
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The Jam bestography
The Gift is ranked 5th best out of 22 albums by The Jam on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Jam is All Mod Cons which is ranked number 762 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,257.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Gift track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Gift rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 21/55 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1982 | 20/31 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1982 | 16/37 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 21 Music Albums of 1982 | 19/21 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 201-300 | 77/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 88/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 134 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 461 | |||
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The Gift ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/11/2026 17:21 | bonnequestion | 1,697 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 02:49 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,689 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 17:35 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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The Gift forum mentions
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Sandinistar 09/22/2018 13:02 | #221483 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is a lot better than people give it credit for... Some of Weller's most beautiful songs in "Ghosts" and "Carnation," and "Town Called Malice" is an all-time classic. There's not really any useless songs on this, and he's trying a lot of new styles, most of which turn out fairly well. (Edited)
The Jam's final album is a bit of a disappointment. It's obvious the band, or at least Paul Weller, are moving away from their rock roots and heading towards that r'n'b sound that Weller would embrace with The Style Council. Still, there are some good songs; precious, ghosts, and off course the brilliant, town called malice. I'm not really sure why Weller felt it necessary to break up The Jam, maybe he felt fans wouldn't take to the new slick soul sound. Either way, The Jam were a great band, never to be forgotten.
Not their best album. A bit inconsistent but there are still plenty of good songs on the album.
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