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Look Sharp!
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Rain (w/ bonus DVD)
: :When Joe Jackson went into a Berlin studio with the rhythm section thathad accompanied him off and on for nearly three decades (and helpedmake the classics Look Sharp, I'm the Man and Beat Crazy) he had themost strikingly simple line-up in mind: just piano, bass, drums and hisown unmistakable, eternally yearning voice.With its adventurous spirit and piano-based sound, Rain boasts plentyof humor, swing and sophistication among barbed social commentaryand even some punk-like rocking out.Deluxe CD digipack includes 40-min DVD of live performances, interview and a rare look behind-the-scenes.
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Night and Day
: :Having already come close to beating Graham Parker, Elvis Costello, and Louis Jordan at their own games, Joe Jackson made a play for becoming the Cole Porter of his generation with this 1982 collection. Actually that's a bit of a cheap shot, especially considering what a refreshingly innovative album this was. Jackson truly hit his stride with a memorable set that combines new technology and classic songwriting. From the infectious 'Chinatown' to the hits 'Stepping Out' and 'Breaking Us in Two,' the album is a showcase for killer hooks wrapped up in shiny ...
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Steppin' Out/Very Best of Joe Jackson
: :The two-CD Steppin' Out trawls the recorded career of an ambitious artist whose work has ranged from reggae-inflected new wave to classical crossover. Cosmopolitan even at his most punky, former Royal Academy of Music student Joe Jackson found his greatest success with Night and Day, a blend of pop and Latin flavors that produced highly memorable tracks such as this retrospective's title song, 'Another World,' and 'Breaking Us in Two.' That very sophistication, however, has often proven the downfall of some Jackson discs and ultimately blurred his musical identity beyond the focus that, ...
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Jumpin' Jive
: :The two-CD Steppin' Out trawls the recorded career of an ambitious artist whose work has ranged from reggae-inflected new wave to classical crossover. Cosmopolitan even at his most punky, former Royal Academy of Music student Joe Jackson found his greatest success with Night and Day, a blend of pop and Latin flavors that produced highly memorable tracks such as this retrospective's title song, 'Another World,' and 'Breaking Us in Two.' That very sophistication, however, has often proven the downfall of some Jackson discs and ultimately blurred his musical identity beyond the focus that, ...
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Joe Jackson - Greatest Hits
: :Early in his career Joe Jackson came on at times even angrier and more cynical than Elvis Costello. His first hits, 'Is She Really Going out with Him?,' 'Sunday Papers,' and 'I'm The Man,' were virtual tirades. Initially fusing punk rock's angst and sneer with new wave's melodicism, Jackson would later mature in his artistic expression, exploring everything from reggae to big band jazz. Greatest Hits chronicles this development nicely. The urban sophistication of 'Steppin' Out,' and even 'Breaking Us in Two,' had Jackson entering Cole Porter territory. His adroit ability to turn ...
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All Shook Up (2005 Original Broadway Cast) (Featuring the Songs of Elvis Presley)
: : One more in Broadway's series of 'jukebox musicals' (Mamma Mia, Movin' Out, Jersey Boys, etc.), All Shook Up features the songs of Elvis Presley. Cheyenne Jackson stars as Chad, the guitar-playing, pelvis-swiveling, blue-suede-shoe-wearing roustabout who arrives to shake up a mid-America town that's so buttoned up it forbids public necking, interracial dating, and loud music. Various romantic entanglements arise among Chad, grease-monkey/tomboy Natalie (Jenn Gambatese), her father (Jonathan Hadary), her friend Lorraine (Nikki M. James) and her mother (Sharon Wilkins), her best buddy (Mark Price), the mayor (Alix Korey), and the sexy ...
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Beat Crazy
: : One more in Broadway's series of 'jukebox musicals' (Mamma Mia, Movin' Out, Jersey Boys, etc.), All Shook Up features the songs of Elvis Presley. Cheyenne Jackson stars as Chad, the guitar-playing, pelvis-swiveling, blue-suede-shoe-wearing roustabout who arrives to shake up a mid-America town that's so buttoned up it forbids public necking, interracial dating, and loud music. Various romantic entanglements arise among Chad, grease-monkey/tomboy Natalie (Jenn Gambatese), her father (Jonathan Hadary), her friend Lorraine (Nikki M. James) and her mother (Sharon Wilkins), her best buddy (Mark Price), the mayor (Alix Korey), and the sexy ...
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I'm the Man
: : One more in Broadway's series of 'jukebox musicals' (Mamma Mia, Movin' Out, Jersey Boys, etc.), All Shook Up features the songs of Elvis Presley. Cheyenne Jackson stars as Chad, the guitar-playing, pelvis-swiveling, blue-suede-shoe-wearing roustabout who arrives to shake up a mid-America town that's so buttoned up it forbids public necking, interracial dating, and loud music. Various romantic entanglements arise among Chad, grease-monkey/tomboy Natalie (Jenn Gambatese), her father (Jonathan Hadary), her friend Lorraine (Nikki M. James) and her mother (Sharon Wilkins), her best buddy (Mark Price), the mayor (Alix Korey), and the sexy ...
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Body and Soul
:Album Description:1984 followup to the smash Night & Day album, exquisitely recorded and heavily influenced by jazz, pop standards, and salsa, Body and Soul, which hit #20, contained the hit 'You Can't Get What You Want ('Til You Know What You Want)'. Mercury. 2005.
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