This Is The Modern World (studio album) by The Jam

This Is The Modern World by The Jam
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 5,055th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 128 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1977 (75th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (853rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,055th)
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This Is The Modern World is ranked 7th best out of 21 albums by The Jam on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Jam is All Mod Cons which is ranked number 742 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,414.

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This Is The Modern World track list

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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 128 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 69.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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70/100
From 09/20/2023 14:10
Just plain punk with a cleaner and better playing twist.
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80/100
From 08/07/2022 12:18
Unfairly maligned. This sees The Jam move on from punk and their own sound emerge. It may be their weakest album but it's still good
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From 05/25/2016 16:31
This is the modern world, was the lightning quick follow up to debut album, in the city. In truth, they maybe should have waited a little longer to record this LP as it falls short of the quality on that first record. The band just don't sound as inspired with only, life from a window, one of the few good tracks. The cover of, in the midnight hour, is enjoyable, but some songs like, London traffic, are poor. Easily The Jam's weakest album.
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85/100
From 02/14/2014 18:18
Not nearly as bad as it's painted, although Foxton's lack of songwriting ability is cruelly exposed. However, some great angry songs such as 'In the street today" and "This is the modern world".
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70/100
From 08/06/2013 18:03
Not their best. Paul had a bit of writer's block during this period and the songs he came up with were under par. A transition album for The Jam.
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Best Albums of 1977
1. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
2. Animals by Pink Floyd
3. Marquee Moon by Television
4. Low by David Bowie
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