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The first Sire album, "Shake Some Action", was characterized by fine original songwriting mixed with some solid cover version and with Edmunds’ fine feeling for pure clear sound, and the album has become a power-pop classic. The sequel "Now" suffered a bit from more uneven songwriting, but it was still a fine album in the same vein of its predecessor. The same thing can be said about this album. Fine sound and somewhat uneven original songwriting but otherwise a solid album that easily measures up to "Now."

Group members Cyril Jordan and Chris Wilson are, like on the previous two albums, behind the original songs. As a songwriting team they are distinguished with catchy tunes that bear clear signs of inspiration from The Beatles and The Byrds. Six songs the duo contributed to this album, and with fine songs like "Yes I Am", "Tell Me Again" and "First Plane Home" they present themselves from their strongest side. The other three are song solid enough, but less significant.

Among the cover songs the two Byrds songs "5D" and "Lady Friend" are really good. Especially the latter is by the group given an interpretation that actually makes it more immediately catchy than The Byrds themselves. Also the Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" and Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie" are given fine treatments.

Too bad that the group more or less disappeared from the limelight after this album and that it would take eight years before the next album "One Night Stand" was released in 1987.

Alternative 2023 review:

There is something very refreshing about listening to The Flamin' Groovies, when they play their simple melodic rock/power-pop, with very strong roots in the 1960s and bands like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Byrds.

The group has in Cyril Jordan and Chris Wilson a couple of very capable songwriters, but they have never been too fine not to give cover versions of some of their inspirators’ songs. This also applies to "Jumping in the Night", where there has been room for three Byrds tracks, "It Won't Be Wrong", "5D" and "Lady Friend". "Please, Please Me" is taken from The Beatles, while "Abolutely Sweet Marie" and "Werewolves of London" are borrowed from Bob Dylan and Warren Zevon respectively. The group are usually very true to the originals, but like to give the songs a new, unpretentious energy.

Six tracks are Jordan/Wilson originals; and they are all really nice with lots of ringing guitar and catchy melodies. Favorites are "Tell Me Again", "First Plane Home" and "Yes, I Am". The three Byrds cover versions are very strong; not least David Crosby's "Lady Friend". The group's almost punk version of "Abolutely Sweet Marie" is also really nice. The weakest number is another cover version, namely Trevor Burton's "Down Down Down".

"Jumping in the Night" was the last of three albums the group released on Sire Records in the 1970’s; unfortunately, because in the following years there was some distance between their albums, and they to some extend slipped into oblivion. Their latest album release, "Fantastic Plastic" was released in 2017; and although the voices may sound a bit worn, the energy and power pop approach is intact.