This Is the Modern World

Track listing

All songs by Paul Weller unless otherwise noted.

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

Original US release

All songs by Paul Weller unless otherwise noted.

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.

The only single from the album was the censored version of "The Modern World", peaking at No. 36 in the UK Singles Chart.

Personnel