# This Evening

> This Evening is track 2 of London 1987. A fanzine review of a two-song tape discusses it with Get Ready and likens the vocals to Paul Weller in his In The City period. The song was recorded at Triple X in North Acton in 1987, and the BBC Two programme Network East broadcast it. (Sources: [A13](https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/demo-tape-review/), [B01](https://thenewenglish.uk/research/#source-B01), [B02](https://thenewenglish.uk/research/#source-B02), [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4), [B14](https://www.discogs.com/release/25197358-New-English-London-1987), [Y02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzYbWwo1Izw))

- Canonical page: https://thenewenglish.uk/songs/this-evening/

## Versions

- **Album version** (Studio, 02:34). Track 2 of London 1987. Listen: [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZvXWJydi1S2As55wNaMdM), [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/this-evening/1448550541?i=1448550549), [Deezer](https://www.deezer.com/track/612736632), [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXML5281CL0). (Sources: [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4))
- **This Evening on the 2001 CDr** (CDr). Track 9 of 15 on the 2001 CDr. (Sources: [B14](https://www.discogs.com/release/25197358-New-English-London-1987))

## Where the archive mentions it

- [Demo review: Get Ready and This Evening](https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/demo-tape-review/): The demo review discusses This Evening as the second song on the tape and says it shares the boy-girl subject and the urgency of Get Ready. “the same style of joyous chorus” (Sources: [A13](https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/demo-tape-review/))

## Videos

- [The New English - This Evening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzYbWwo1Izw), 2:35. (Sources: [Y02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzYbWwo1Izw))
- [The New English "This Evening"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_WRj2e86Ds), 2:31. (Sources: [Y06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_WRj2e86Ds))

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## Cite this page

This Evening. The New English Archive. Last substantive revision 6 November 2026. https://thenewenglish.uk/songs/this-evening/