This Is the Modern World

The photography for the album was taken by Gered Mankowitz and David Redfern. The front cover depicts the band standing beneath London's Westway.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/The-Jam-1977-40th-Anniversary-Box-Set-To-Be-Released-This-October-20171019 |title=The Jam '1977' 40th Anniversary Box Set To Be Released This October |date=20 October 2017 |access-date=17 January 2021}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-the-modern-world-mw0000312237 |title=This Is the Modern World – The Jam |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=3 July 2005 |last=Woodstra |first=Chris}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Jam |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 8.0/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/in-the-city-this-is-the-modern-world-the-polydor-demos-february-1977-live-1977-john-peel-sessions/ |title=The Jam: In the City / This Is the Modern World / The Polydor Demos: February 1977 / Live 1977 + John Peel Sessions |work=Pitchfork |date=20 October 2017 |access-date=20 October 2017 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| rev4 = Q

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |title=The Jam: This Is the Modern World |magazine=Q |issue=365 |date=November 2016 |page=117}}

| rev5 = Record Mirror

| rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine |title=This is the modern world |magazine=Record Mirror |date=19 November 1977 |last=Cain |first=Barry |page=12}}

| rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev6score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book |chapter=The Jam |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/416 416–17]}}

| rev7 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev7score = 6/10{{cite book |chapter=Jam |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=195–96}}

| rev8 = The Village Voice

| rev8score = B+{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1-78.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=The Village Voice |date=30 January 1978 |access-date=27 February 2012 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}

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The New York Times praised "the kind of ability to vary rock's basic signatures without departing from its stylistic essentials."{{cite news |last1=Rockwell |first1=John |title=The Pop Life |work=The New York Times |date=6 Jan 1978 |page=C11}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Paul Weller, except where noted

| headline = Side one

| title1 = The Modern World

| length1 = 2:31

| title2 = London Traffic

| writer2 = Bruce Foxton

| length2 = 1:49

| title3 = Standards

| length3 = 2:29

| title4 = Life from a Window

| length4 = 2:52

| title5 = The Combine

| length5 = 2:20

| title6 = Don't Tell Them You're Sane

| writer6 = Bruce Foxton

| length6 = 3:40

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{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title1 = In the Street, Today

| writer1 = Paul Weller, Dave Waller

| length1 = 1:31

| title2 = London Girl

| length2 = 2:40

| title3 = I Need You (For Someone)

| length3 = 2:41

| title4 = Here Comes the Weekend

| length4 = 3:30

| title5 = Tonight at Noon

| length5 = 3:01

| title6 = In the Midnight Hour

| writer6 = Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett

| length6 = 1:54

| total_length = 31:19

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1. "The Modern World"
2. "All Around the World"
3. "I Need You (For Someone)"
4. "London Traffic" (Bruce Foxton)
5. "Standards"
6. "Life from a Window"
7. "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett)
8. "In the Street, Today" (Paul Weller, Dave Waller)
9. "London Girl"
10. "Here Comes the Weekend"
11. "The Combine"
12. "Tonight at Noon"
13. "Don't Tell Them You're Sane" (Bruce Foxton)

The US release had a different track order, included the "censored" single version of "The Modern World", and added the single "All Around the World" which was released in the UK between their first two albums. "All Around the World" had been their biggest UK hit to date, peaking at No. 13, a placement they would not match until 1979 when "The Eton Rifles" peaked at No. 3. Thereafter, no domestically released single by the Jam would ever reach a peak position lower than No. 4.

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=This Is the Modern World |others=The Jam |publisher=Polydor Records |year=1977 |id=2383 475 |type=liner notes}}

The Jam

• Paul Weller – vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Bruce Foxton – bass guitar, vocals
• Rick Buckler – drums

Technical

• Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – production, engineering
• Chris Parry – production
• Hedgehog Design – artwork
• Conny Jude – illustration
• Bill Smith – art direction, design
• Gered Mankowitz – front cover photography
• David Redfern – back cover photography

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