Big World

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Big World

Live album by Joe Jackson
Released	1986
Recorded	January 22, 1986 – January 25, 1986
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	60:27
Label	A&M Records
Producer(s)	David Kershenbaum
All Music Guide link
Joe Jackson chronology
Body & Soul (1984)	Big World (1986)	Will Power (1987)

Big World is a 1986 album by Joe Jackson. The album was recorded live in a studio, in an interesting manner. The musicians and their respective amplifiers were arranged before a small audience, and two microphones were placed at the left and right of the "stage". The audience remains silent during the recording per Jackson's request, so no applause is heard in the recording. However, the album was recorded directly into the two on-stage microphones, (much as orchestras are recorded), and no post-recording mixing is performed, so the album was basically "mixed" before it was recorded, through precise adjustments of the instruments' respective volumes. A Top 40 album, Big World is currently out of print. Among many critics, however, it is highly regarded.

1 Track listing
2 Charts
3 Miscellanea
4 External link

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Joe Jackson.

"Wild West" – 4:37
"Right and Wrong" – 4:35
"(It's A) Big World" – 4:44
"Precious Time" – 3:23
"Tonight and Forever" – 2:31
"Shanghai Sky" – 5:10
"Fifty Dollar Love Affair" – 3:38
"We Can't Live Together" – 5:25
"Forty Years" – 4:26
"Survival" – 2:19
"Soul Kiss" – 4:44
"The Jet Set" – 3:50
"Tango Atlantico" – 2:58
"Home Town" – 3:12
"Man in the Street" – 5:05

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1986	The Billboard 200	34

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Single	Position
1987	Mainstream Rock Tracks	"Right and Wrong"	11

[edit] Miscellanea

The LP release of this title is a double album, but only has music on three sides. The fourth side label proclaims "there is no music on this side", and the record has a groove that quickly leads to the inner bump track.