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Music CD - Joe Jackson: Night and Day
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Music CD: Night and Day
Artist: Joe Jackson
List Price: $11.98
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Manufacturer: A&M
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Tracks:
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1. Another World
2. Chinatown
3. T.V. Age
4. Target
5. Steppin' Out
6. Breaking Us In Two
7. Cancer
8. Real Men
9. A Slow Song
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075021333420
Label: A&M
Manufacturer: A&M
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: A&M
Release Date: 1989-10-20
Studio: A&M
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Summary: Night andDay
Comment: Realy ahead of it's time! Latin riffs and diferent musical instruments combined. Most people didn't start doing that till the 1990's
More like Sting mets Pete Eschvedo!
I would reccomend it! Still very upbeat.
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Summary: Songs are excellent but over-produced sound!!!
Comment: This album has some of Joe's best songs. Another World, Cancer, Breaking Us in Two and the immortal classic, Real Men. That alone would make this album a worthy buy. BUT, the over produced synthesized sound of this album is AWFUL! At least on the first opening tracks. Another World is a great song but the rendition here is terrible. Just overproduced and synth-like which makes it painful to hear.
I highly recommend getting Joe's 1980-86 live album which has much better renditions of all of this albums best material and it's not over-produced and "synth-like" in production.
I don't know what Joe was thinking when he produced this album but the synth-like sound has not aged well at all and it takes away from what otherwise is gorgeous song writing.
I think Joe Jackson is one of the most talented pop artists of the past 25 years, without question! His output is prodigious and prolific. He's experimented with many different styles and alas, his fan base has only shrunk as crappier pop material got more airplay and Joe somehow got forgotten. His latest Rain album is a superb comeback piece but it really misses the sound of a guitar to it.
But as for Night and Day, while it has many of Joe's greatest songs, it truly was an overproduced piece of work that, frankly, if Joe were to spend time reviewing, he might well have rejected if he hadn't been caught up in the craze of synth-80's like sound which dominated pop radio in the 1980s.
Slow Song is a beautiful piece of music but you can find many other renditions of this done ever better than the studio version.
Night and Day should have been produced without the synth sound. It would have made for an album with much longer staying power.
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Summary: Joe Jackson's breakthrough album.
Comment: "We--
Are young but getting old before our time
We'll leave the T.V. and the radio behind
Don't you wonder what we'll find
Steppin out tonight.
You--
Can dress in pink and blue just like a child
And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile
We'll be there in just a while
If you follow me."
This is one of my favorite Eighties albums. After releasing his 1981 album of jump jive covers, Jumpin' Jive, Joe Jackson released the 1982 album Night and Day finally bringing him the recognition he long deserved. Up until Night and Day, Jackson was mostly known for his 1979 "New Wave" single, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" (from the Look Sharp! album). The album title is taken from a Cole Porter song, and in a sense the album pays tribute to Cole Porter (and to New York City, where Jackson was lived for 20 years until smoking was banned in clubs). The album evokes a New York City-inspired urbanity, the "aural equivalent of a movie classic from half-a-century ago, filmed in shimmering black and white." The album's Latino-rhythm-driven sound was more sophisticated than Jackson's previous releases, and resulted in two hit singles: "Steppin' Out" and "Breaking Us In Two." If there was ever any doubt before, the tracks "Real Men" and "A Slow Song" confirmed Jackson's familiarity with the 1980's gay culture. ("So don't call me a faggot/Not unless you are a friend/Then if you're tall and handsome and strong/You can wear the uniform and I could play along.") The album features Jackson on organ, synthesizer, harmonica, piano, alto sax, vocals, vibraphone, and fender rhodes; Sue Hadjopoulos on flute, percussion, bongos, conga, timbales, vocals, xylophone, and bells; and longtime bandmember Graham Maby on bass, percussion and vocals. Tracks include:
1. Another World (4:00)
2. Chinatown (4:06)
3. T.V. Age (3:42)
4. Target (3:46)
5. Steppin' Out (4:28)
6. Breaking Us In Two (4:52)
7. Cancer (6:04)
8. Real Men (4:04)
9. A Slow Song (7:03)
G. Merritt
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Summary: I never tire of it!
Comment: If someone put me on a Island and said I could only take 10 CD's with me, this one would be one of them, it never gets old! Joe Jackson is a very, very talented man! he has been able to give us something new on each release, not many artist can do that, intelligent lyrics, great percussion, killer piano, it's got it all!, my wife is a musical snob, only likes new age, but, this disc she likes!
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Summary: How the 80's sounds today
Comment: If you're ever in the nostalgia mood for some music from the self-indulgent 80's try this disc. I hadn't heard this disc in nearly as long as the actual time period and found it still pretty fresh. Taking it in a time period perspective is probably best as it reeks of 80's style or in this case a fork in the road; a departure from all that was popular. Joe Jackson presents some innovation at the time, breaking from the than current moods of either nu-wave or big-hair freak-guitar-metal. The results on this disc is part Latin rhythms, part broadway-style tunes. A perfect example is the song "Target" that sounds like it belongs in a 80's version of West Side Story or something. The heavy percussion and various keyboards create an interesting effect. The classic radio friendly pop tunes, like the title track, "Steppin' Out," still sounds pretty darn cool, even by today's standards. The driving piano and vocals by Jackson creates the perfect hooks. Ditto for "Breaking Us in Two." Jackson's vocals have appeal even though the song is borderline sappy; macho guys even let it under their skin. It is just a good pop tune. Jaded and jilted 80's girls even liked this song! What was refreshing about the music of Joe Jackson was the clarity, the sophisticated style, the danceable grooves, the mixture of accoustic piano and various synths. One of the great songs that exemplifies this formula is "Cancer" that features smart lyrics, Latin-style piano beats and a great shake your booty beat. Jackson's song writing abilities are strong , controversial at times, as in "Real Men," but there is no denying his talent. Good for reminiscing the "good ole days," or discovering something new that is old.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Having already come close to beating Graham Parker, Elvis Costello, and Louis Jordan at their own games, Joe Jackson made a play for becoming the Cole Porter of his generation with this 1982 collection. Actually that's a bit of a cheap shot, especially considering what a refreshingly innovative album this was. Jackson truly hit his stride with a memorable set that combines new technology and classic songwriting. From the infectious "Chinatown" to the hits "Stepping Out" and "Breaking Us in Two," the album is a showcase for killer hooks wrapped up in shiny keyboards and Latin-tinged percussion. Small wonder that Jackson waited two decades to attempt a sequel. --Bill Forman
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