This is Mod

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
UK compilation built around the definitive series for all fans of the '80's mod revival, 'This Is Mod - Volumes 1-5'. This 20 track CD features all the favorite songs from all five volumes including, The Circles, The Odds, The Vip's, Small World and more. 2001.

Tracks:

The Modern World
London Traffic
Standards
Life From A Window
The Combine
Don't Telll Them You're Sane
In The Street, Today
London Girl
I Need You (For Someone)
Here Comes The Weekend
Tonight At Noon
In The Midnight Hour
All Around The World
News Of The World
All Mod Cons
To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
Mr. Clean
David Watts
English Rose
In The Crowd
Billy Hunt
It's Too Bad
Fly
The Place I Love
'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
The Butterfly Collector

Product Description

1. Modern World, The
2. London Traffic
3. Standards
4. Life From A Window
5. Combine, The
6. Don't Tell Them You're Sane
7. In The Street, Today
8. London Girl
9. I Need You (For Someone)
10. Here Comes The Weekend
11. Tonight At Noon
12. In The Midnight Hour
13. All Around The World
14. News Of The World - (bonus track)
15. All Mod Cons
16. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
17. Mr. Clean
18. David Watts
19. English Rose
20. In The Crowd
21. Billy Hunt
22. It's Too Bad
23. Fly
24. Place I Love, The
25. 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
26. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
27. Butterfly Collector, The - (bonus track)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Great Mod-Punk.......2005-11-13

I'm pretty new to The Jam, but I knew that Paul Weller was considered a Modfather, and being a Mod, I figured I should check them out. This is a really good CD. I had always heard that All Mod Cons was an essential album, but I actually prefer This is the Modern World. It's kind of like the Clash minus the reggae, plus the Kinks. It's good music and it suits me just fine. If you like a little pop in your punk, check out the Jam.

Some people are just too ignorant to be embarrassed.......2005-04-16

"Now I'm pretty sure it's actually about "politically correct" liberals like the Clash and THEIR effect on Britain." - says Scott McFarland (below). This is undoubtedly the biggest pile of crap I've ever heard, whether about the Jam or the Clash. And yeah, I'm English and I don't want to be anti-American but Scott you're an idiot. I'm into both these bands, have been for years. But then I've also heard No More Heroes by the Stranglers described as their best ever album ... er no actually. Try Rattus Norvegicus, or Black & White. Anyway back to this CD. The Modern World,in common with No More Heroes, and Give 'em Enough Rope, suffers from the second album syndrome - good enough albums in their own right but inevitably compared to and failing to live up to classic first albums. Even though In The City was, let's say a little naive. All Mod Cons is the album that well and truly set the Jam on the road to greatness. It's always been my favourite album so perhaps I'm biased. It's also the one with the memories, if you know what I mean. If you don't, I feel sorry for you. Anyway. Great band, great album. If you don't buy it, beg, borrow or steal it, and when you do - play it to death.

Undeniably Great Album.......2003-09-06

The Jam, even at their worst were one of the greatest British bands of all time. All Mod Cons is The Jam at their best. Starting out with a tour-de-force of classic hits, and only slowing down for the sincerely beautiful "English Rose," the first half of this CD takes no prisoners. Not losing any momentum afterwards whatsoever, the album barrels into classic song after classic song and closes things with "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight," quite possibly the best example of the Jam's undeniable ability.

Great Passionate Rock Music.......2003-01-25

"This is the Modern World" finds the band loosening the reins on their sound, opening things up a bit and moving away from any punk orthadoxy. The results are impressive. By my count, about half the tracks here are well-written and pretty timeless. One of the best is "Standards". I used to hear it as an overly-melodramatic song about the effect of right-wing fascists on Britain. Now I'm pretty sure it's actually about "politically correct" liberals like the Clash and THEIR effect on Britain. "Life From A Window" is an especially beautiful song. The band and Weller are developing their style; big perfect guitar riffs are in evidence, slick energetic playing is well in evidence, and Weller's vocals cut across the music with a healthy degree of soulfulness and traction.

"All Mod Cons" was a big hit album in the UK, but impresses me less. Weller's songs here just aren't all that great, to my ears. Still, there are moments of greatness. Check out the creeping guitar figure at the heart of "Mr. Clean", which seems to have inspired Kurt Cobain and "Come As You Are". Check out the killer riff of "Billy Hunt". Check out the adrenaline rush of "A Bomb in Wardour Street".