Night and Day (Joe Jackson album)

Night and Day
Studio album by Joe Jackson
Released June 1982[1]
Recorded January–February 1982 at Blue Rock Studio, Soho, New York City
Genre New wave, pop
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
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB–[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Q[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Night and Day is Joe Jackson's fifth album, released in June 1982.[1] It reached the Top 5 in both the UK and U.S., Jackson's only studio album to do so.[1] It sold over one million copies, earning gold disc status.[1]

Songs

The album pays tribute to the wit and style of Cole Porter (and indirectly to New York).[1] The track "Real Men" pointed obliquely to the city's early 1980s gay culture.[8]

"Steppin' Out" earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.[9] It was a Top 10 in both the UK and the U.S. (UK No. 6, U.S. #6). "Breaking Us in Two" reached #18 in the U.S. and #59 in the UK,[1][10] and was covered by Mandy Moore on her 2003 album Coverage.

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 was released; disc 1 has the original album, and 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.

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[10] Australia Canada Germany Netherlands
Single Top 100[11]		 U.S.
Billboard Hot 100[12]		 U.S.
Hot Modern Rock Tracks[12]		 U.S.
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[12]
1982 "Steppin' Out" No. 6 No. 30 No. 5 No. 28 - No. 6 - No. 7
1982 "Real Men" - No. 6 - - No. 17 - - -
1983 "Breaking Us in Two" on YouTube No. 59 No. 90 No. 40 - - No. 18 - -

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 485–486. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Night and Day – Joe Jackson". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Joe Jackson: Night and Day". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-195-31373-9.
  5. ↑ "Joe Jackson: Night and Day". Q (207): 127. October 2003.
  6. ↑ Holden, Stephen (16 August 1982). "Joe Jackson: Night And Day". Rolling Stone (376). Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 412. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  8. ↑ "NPR Weekend Edition Sunday: Gay Pop Music", 22 June 2003
  9. ↑ "Biography by William Ruhlmann". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  10. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 274. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  11. ↑ Joe Jackson singles at Dutchcharts.nl
  12. 1 2 3 "Allmusic ((( Joe Jackson > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))".
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