Night Music (album)

Night Music is an 1994 album by Joe Jackson.^[1]

With Night Music and the subsequent effort, Heaven and Hell (1997), his retirement from the mainstream seemed permanent.^[1][3] Night Music attempted to fuse his pop and classical tastes, including instrumentals and guest vocals by Máire Brennan of Clannad, but it did not chart.^[4] After it was released, Jackson left Virgin and signed to Sony Classical.^[4]

Track listing

All songs composed by Jackson.

1. "Nocturne No. 1" – 4:01
2. "Flying" – 2:48
3. "Ever After" – 4:42
4. "Nocturne No. 2" – 4:07
5. "The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy" – 5:18
6. "Nocturne No. 3" – 4:28
7. "Lullaby" – 6:20
8. "Only the Future" – 4:54
9. "Nocturne No. 4" – 6:13
10. "Sea of Secrets" – 5:28

^[1]

Personnel

• Mary Rowell - Viola on "Nocture No. 1", "The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy", "Only The Future" and "Nocture No. 4", Violin on "Nocture No. 4".
• Jean Laurendeau - Ondes Martenot on "Nocture No. 1" and "Sea Of Secrets".
• Taylor Carpenter - Special Guest Vocalist on "Ever After".
• Michael Morreale - Trumpet on "Ever After".
• Gary Burke - Drums on "Ever After".
• Máire Brennan - Special Guest Vocalist on "The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy".
• Dick Morgan - Oboe on "Nocture No. 3" and "Sea Of Secrets".
• Renée Fleming - Special Guest Vocalist on "Lullaby".
• Albert Regni - Clarinet and Bass Clarinet on "Lullaby".
• Graham Maby - Bass Guitar on "Only The Future".
• Tony Aiello - Flute on "Only The Future".
• Mary Wootton - Cello on "Nocture No. 4".
• Joe Jackson - Vocals and all other instruments; (piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizers and samplers, celeste, accordion, vibraphone, tom-toms, bells, cymbals and Salvation Army bass drum.

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