Night and Day (Joe Jackson album)

Night and Day
Studio album by Joe Jackson
Released June 1982[1]
Recorded January—February 1982
Blue Rock Studio, Soho, New York
Genre New Wave
Pop
Rock
Piano rock
Length 42:15
Label A&M
Producer Joe Jackson, David Kershenbaum
Joe Jackson chronology
Jumpin' Jive
(1981)		 Night and Day
(1982)		 Mike's Murder
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Rolling Stone [3]

Night and Day is Joe Jackson's fifth album, released in June 1982.[1] The title is from a Cole Porter song, and the album reflects a transition to a more sophisticated level of songwriting.

The album pays tribute to the wit and style of Cole Porter (and indirectly to New York).[1] This was Jackson's only studio album to reach the Top 5 in both the UK and U.S.[1] selling over one million copies, earning gold disc status.[1] The track "Real Men" pointed obliquely to the city's early 1980s gay culture.[4] A&M put considerable promotional muscle behind the album, and the resultant single "Steppin' Out" became a multi-format hit, eventually earning Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.[5] The album also spawned a second Top 20 U.S. hit single in "Breaking Us in Two".[5] Jackson finished his Night and Day touring in May 1983.[5]

"Steppin' Out" was a Top 10 in both the UK and the U.S. (UK #6, U.S. #6). "Breaking Us in Two" was a Top 20 hit in the U.S. (#18), but charted lower in the UK (#59).[1][6] This was a rare occurrence in which one of his singles charted higher in the U.S. than the UK.

Contents

Track listing

All songs were written by Joe Jackson, except where noted.

Side 1 (Night side)

  1. "Another World" – 3:53
  2. "Chinatown" – 4:07
  3. "T.V. Age" (Jackson, Steve Tatler) – 3:47
  4. "Target" – 3:48
  5. "Steppin' Out" – 4:23

Side 2 (Day side)

  1. "Breaking Us in Two" – 4:53
  2. "Cancer" – 5:58
  3. "Real Men" – 4:04
  4. "A Slow Song" – 7:01

Deluxe edition

In 2003, a double disc deluxe edition of Night and Day was released. Disc 1 contained the original album (as detailed above). Disc 2 contains demo versions of songs from the album, five songs from the Mike's Murder soundtrack, and five live tracks from Live 1980/86 (as detailed below). However, the demos are listed in the wrong order on the cover than actually on the CD.

According to the cover it is:

  1. "Steppin' Out" (demo) – 4:14
  2. "Target" (demo) – 4:10
  3. "Cancer" (demo) – 4:23
  4. "Real Men" (demo) – 4:20
  5. "Breaking Us in Two" (demo) – 3:56
  6. "Chinatown" (demo) – 3:05

On the CD, the demos are in this order:

  1. "Steppin' Out" (demo) – 4:14
  2. "Chinatown" (demo) – 3:05
  3. "Breaking Us In Two" (demo) – 3:56
  4. "Cancer" (demo) – 4:23
  5. "Real Men" (demo) – 4:20
  6. "Target" (demo) – 4:10

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Chart position
1982 UK Albums Chart[1] #3
1982 U.S. Billboard 200[1] #4
1982 Dutch Album Charts[1] #2

Singles

Year Title Chart position
UK Singles Chart[6] Australia Canada Germany Holland [7] U.S.
Billboard Hot 100[8]		 U.S.
Hot Modern Rock Tracks[8]		 U.S.
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[8]
1982 "Steppin' Out" #6 #30 #5 #28 - #6 - #7
1983 "Breaking Us in Two" #59 #90 #40 - - #18 - -

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 485–486. ISBN 1-84195-017-3. 
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ "NPR Weekend Edition Sunday: Gay Pop Music", 22 June 2003
  5. ^ a b c "Biography by William Ruhlmann". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4574/biography. Retrieved 4 May 2009. 
  6. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 274. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  7. ^ Dutchcharts.nl
  8. ^ a b c "Allmusic ((( Joe Jackson > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4574/charts-awards/billboard-singles. 
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