Two Classic Albums From The Jam [This Is the Modern World / All Mod Cons]

by The Jam

Two Classic Albums From The Jam [This Is the Modern World / All Mod Cons] cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 9 January 2001
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:18:00
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This two-fer pairs The Jam's second and third albums, 'This Is the Modern World' and 'All Mod Cons', the records on which Paul Weller's songwriting sharpened into social commentary. The mod revival band's R&B-derived attack frames songs such as 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight'.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, melodic, retro, fast, accessible

Tracklist

  1. The Modern World (2:31)
  2. London Traffic (1:50)
  3. Standards (2:30)
  4. Life From a Window (2:54)
  5. The Combine (2:21)
  6. Don't Tell Them You're Sane (3:42)
  7. In the Street, Today (1:32)
  8. London Girl (2:42)
  9. I Need You (For Someone) (2:42)
  10. Here Comes the Weekend (3:31)
  11. Tonight at Noon (3:02)
  12. In the Midnight Hour (1:53)
  13. All Around the World (2:23)
  14. News of the World (3:27)
  15. All Mod Cons (1:19)
  16. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time) (2:30)
  17. Mr. Clean (3:28)
  18. David Watts (2:54)
  19. English Rose (2:50)
  20. In the Crowd (5:40)
  21. Billy Hunt (3:01)
  22. It's Too Bad (2:37)
  23. Fly (3:21)
  24. The Place I Love (2:53)
  25. "A" Bomb in Wardour Street (2:37)
  26. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (4:43)
  27. The Butterfly Collector (3:07)

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