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| Released | 18 November 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 25 August – 21 September 1977 | |||
| Studio | Basing Street, London | |||
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| Length | 31:19 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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This Is the Modern World is the second studio album by British band the Jam, released in November 1977. The album was released less than six months after their debut album In the City,[3] and reached No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart.
Although generally met with negative reviews by music critics upon release, This Is the Modern World has been described as being an album "with far more light and shade" than In the City.[4]
The only single from This Is the Modern World was the censored version of "The Modern World", which peaked at No. 36 on the UK Singles Chart.[5]
- ^ Reed, John (1996). Paul Weller: My Ever Changing Moods. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857120496.
In half a year, the Jam sound had evolved considerably - and for that alone, the LP was an achievement. Weller once spoke of the album as their attempt to "cross over" into new wave - "the pop music of the Seventies," as he called it. They were patently keen to progress beyond the punk mould of In the City, as evidenced by the melodic rush of Paul's slower, more contemplative songs and the cover photo by legendary Sixties photographer Gered Mankowitz.
- ^ de Whalley, Chas (17 October 2007). "When you're young". Record Collector.
- ^ Lester, Paul (December 1998). "Last Man Standing". Uncut. No. 19. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ Reed, John (1997). This Is the Modern World (CD liner notes). The Jam (reissue ed.). Polydor Records. 537 418-2.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 277. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.