This Is the Modern World

1977 studio album by The Jam
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This Is the Modern World

Summary

This Is the Modern World is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (393 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • This Is the Modern World's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • This Is the Modern World's genre is mod revival[4].
  • This Is the Modern World's genre is punk rock[5].
  • This Is the Modern World was performed by The Jam[6].
  • This Is the Modern World's record label is recorded as Polydor[7].
  • This Is the Modern World's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • This Is the Modern World is part of The Jam's albums in chronological order[9].
  • This Is the Modern World's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • This Is the Modern World was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • This Is the Modern World was released on November 18, 1977[12].
  • This Is the Modern World's coordinates of the point of view is recorded as {'lat': 51.515794, 'lon': -0.222235}[13].
  • This Is the Modern World's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'This Is the Modern World'}[14].
  • This Is the Modern World's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[16]

  • First release date: 1977-11-18[17]

  • Genre(s): mod, mod revival, new wave, power pop, punk, punk rock, rock[18]

  • Community tags: mod, mod revival, new wave, power pop, punk, punk rock, rock[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e43cbbad-4ad7-355a-af3b-f5d87c400b00[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

This Is the Modern World was performed by The Jam[6].

Publication

This Is the Modern World was published on November 18, 1977[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include mod revival[4] and punk rock[5]. It is part of The Jam's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by music streaming[11].

Why It Matters

This Is the Modern World ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (393 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Musical Maps. Retrieved . musicalmaps.blogspot.com.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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