Summer in the City: Live in New York

Summer in the City: Live in New York is a live album, produced by Joe Jackson and Sheldon Steiger.

With semi-classical pieces on his previous three recordings, Jackson proved he had not abandoned pop altogether in June 2000, with this issue, an album drawn from an August 1999 concert.^[2] It featured Jackson playing the piano and singing, backed only by Graham Maby and drummer Gary Burke, performing some of his old songs and several covers.^[2]

It was recorded over three days in August 1999 at Joe's Pub in Manhattan.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Jackson; except where indicated

1. "Summer in the City" – 1:26 (Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone)
2. "Obvious Song" – 4:24
3. "Another World" – 5:02
4. "Fools in Love/For Your Love" – 6:36 ("For Your Love" by Graham Gouldman)
5. "Mood Indigo" – 4:24 (music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard; lyrics by Irving Mills)
6. "The In Crowd/Down to London" ("The In Crowd" by Billy Page)
7. "Eleanor Rigby" – 3:12 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
8. "Be My Number Two" – 3:22
9. "Home Town" – 3:58
10. "It's Different for Girls" – 4:01
11. "King of the World" – 3:45 (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker)
12. "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" – 3:30
13. "One More Time" – 3:34

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