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Joe Jackson - Greatest Hits
''Greatest Hits'' is a 1996 compilation album from the British musician Joe Jackson. The album is part of the ''Backlot'' series from A&M Records featuring newly designed artwork, digital remastering, unreleased tracks and extensive liner notes. Tracks include the hits "Is She Really Going Out with Him?", "It's Different for Girls", " Steppin' Out" and "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)", plus live versions of "A Slow Song "A Slow Song" is a song by British singer-songwriter and musician Joe Jackson, which was released in 1982 as the closing track on his fifth studio album '' Night and Day''. The song was written by Jackson, and produced by Jackson and David Kershen ..." and "Memphis". Track listing References {{DEFAULTSORT:Joe Jackson - Greatest Hits 1996 greatest hits albums Joe Jackson (musician) albums A&M Records compilation albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Jackson (musician)
David Ian "Joe" Jackson (born 11 August 1954) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Having spent years studying music and playing clubs, he scored a hit with his first release, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?", in 1979. It was followed by a number of new wave singles, before he moved to more jazz-inflected pop music and had a top 10 hit in 1982 with " Steppin' Out". Jackson is associated with the 1980s Second British Invasion of the US. He has also composed classical music. He has recorded 20 studio albums and received five Grammy Award nominations. Biography Early years Born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, David Jackson spent his first year in nearby Swadlincote, Derbyshire. He grew up in the Paulsgrove area of Portsmouth, where he attended the Portsmouth Technical High School. Jackson's parents moved to nearby Gosport when he was a teenager. He learned to play the violin but soon switched to piano, and prevailed on his father to install one in the ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat Crazy (song)
"Beat Crazy" is the title track to the Joe Jackson Band's 1981 album, ''Beat Crazy''. Written by Joe Jackson, and sung by Graham Maby, it was released as a single in 1981. Background According to Jackson, when he performed the song live at Pinkpop Festival in 1980, the song is dedicated to "drug-crazed teenagers all over the world." The lyrics of the song complain of how kids of the time are too busy on drugssaying that they are all too "beat crazy"to take responsibility and get jobs. Musically, the song, like many others on ''Beat Crazy'', is more reggae-influenced than songs on Jackson's previous two albums. Unlike many other songs by Jackson, the lead vocals are performed by bassist Graham Maby with Jackson on supporting vocals. The vocals also feature an echo effect. "Beat Crazy" saw a single release in January 1981 as the second single from ''Beat Crazy'' (the first being " Mad at You," which did not chart). Backed with a rerecording of Jackson's first hit, "Is She Really G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Town (song)
"Home Town" is a song by the British new wave musician Joe Jackson released on Jackson's 1986 album, ''Big World''. Written as an ode to his home of Portsmouth, "Home Town" was later released as the follow-up to his politically-charged single, " Right and Wrong". Despite its lack of chart success, the song has since attracted positive critical reception. Background "Home Town," a song about the singer longing to return to his "home town," was written by Jackson as a nostalgic look-back on his childhood home of Portsmouth. Jackson said of the song, Home Town' was a deliberate exercise in writing a nostalgic song. It's not something I tend to indulge in that much. I think it turned out quite well". After performing the song in concert, Jackson joked, "That was a nostalgic song. I try to not write too many of those. But after a while, they're all nostalgic". In the song's lyrics, Jackson sings from the perspective of a busy city worker who longs to leave his current standing and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
