Sound Affects is the fifth studio album by  band . The cover art is a pastiche of the artwork used on various Sound Effects records produced by the  during the 1970s. It is their only album co-produced by the band, and contains the only album track co-written by the entire band, "Music for the Last Couple". The album was released on 28 November 1980.

Paul Weller is known to have opined Sound Affects as the best album The Jam released throughout their career; freely admitting the Beatles'  had been a major influence upon much of the material upon the album.

Musical influences noted include  groups such as , , and  and, particularly evident in 's drumming, 's  album.   said at the time that he considered the album a cross between Off the Wall and . In 's documentary The Jam: Made in Britain, Weller cited it as his favourite Jam album.

he album features the group's second UK number one single, "", built around an almost exact copy of the bassline and a homage to the guitar solo from the Beatles' "", the first track on Revolver.  pushed for "Pretty Green" to be the first single released, but Weller insisted on "Start!". This involved consulting a few of the band's friends as to what they thought the best release would be. Weller had Polydor  man Dennis Munday ask a small peer group of his friends who had been present throughout the recording sessions at the Town House and prior demo recordings at Polydor studios. Given the choice, they chose "Start!" as the best single release and the decision was made to release it. The decision was vindicated when "Start!" topped the British singles charts in its third week after entering at number 3. "Pretty Green" includes a funk bassline and rhythm with melodic guitar breaks and psychedelic sound effects. "" is an acoustic ballad. "Boy About Town" and "Dream Time" include horns.

n 2006,  placed the album at No. 15 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s".

NME ranked the album No. 487 on their list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Side oneNo.TitleLength1."Pretty Green"2:372."Monday"3:023."But I'm Different Now"1:524."Set the House Ablaze"5:035.""2:336.""3:38Side twoNo.TitleLength1."Dream Time"3:542."Man in the Corner Shop"3:123."Music for the Last Couple" (, , Paul Weller)3:454."Boy About Town"2:005."Scrape Away"3:59

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