http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2327&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rssNo one, not even Elvis Costello (his fellow ex-angry young man) has had a more interesting and diverse modern pop career than Joe Jackson. Late 1970s hits such as "Look Sharp" were energized by Punk, but Jackson's first three albums had an angular, streamlined sound all their own. Recorded after a pre-Swing Revival/Big Band rave-up, <I>Night & Day</I> (1982) was a sophisticated combination of caustic observations and gentle music. His biggest hit, it helped jumpstart Adult Alternative along with Roxy Music's <I>Avalon</I>. After that, each worthy mainstream experiment -- a jazzier work, a guitar-driven tour of modern life, film soundtracks -- resulted in a number of great songs, but drove Jackson further down the charts until he opted out of the pop game altogether in 1994. Albums like the jazz and rock-influenced orchestral song suite <I>Heaven and Hell</I> are intriguing, but rather pointless. Jackson's real talents lie in matching a multitude of musical interests and personal observations with mainstream song craft. - Nick DedinaNew Waveen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:49:54 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2327&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss No one, not even Elvis Costello (his fellow ex-angry young man) has had a more interesting and diverse modern pop career than Joe Jackson. Late 1970s hits such as "Look Sharp" were energized by Punk, but Jackson's first three albums had an angular, streamlined sound all their own. Recorded after a pre-Swing Revival/Big Band rave-up, <I>Night & Day</I> (1982) was a sophisticated combination of caustic observations and gentle music. His biggest hit, it helped jumpstart Adult Alternative along with Roxy Music's <I>Avalon</I>. After that, each worthy mainstream experiment -- a jazzier work, a guitar-driven tour of modern life, film soundtracks -- resulted in a number of great songs, but drove Jackson further down the charts until he opted out of the pop game altogether in 1994. Albums like the jazz and rock-influenced orchestral song suite <I>Heaven and Hell</I> are intriguing, but rather pointless. Jackson's real talents lie in matching a multitude of musical interests and personal observations with mainstream song craft. - Nick Dedina http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899105&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 1899105 tra.1899105 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 The Best of Joe Jackson: The Millennium Collection alb.300987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/0/2/1082044_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true Steppin' Out tra.1899105 262000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899105&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899105&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899097&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 1899097 tra.1899097 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 The Best of Joe Jackson: The Millennium Collection alb.300987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/0/2/1082044_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true Is She Really Going Out With Him tra.1899097 215000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899097&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899097&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3052987&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 7 May 1996 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 3052987 tra.3052987 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Greatest Hits alb.230160 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/4/9/1079431_170x170.jpg 1996-05-07 00:00:00.0 1996-05-07 00:00:00.0 true Breaking Us In Two tra.3052987 293000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3052987&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3052987&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899104&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 1899104 tra.1899104 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 The Best of Joe Jackson: The Millennium Collection alb.300987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/0/2/1082044_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true Breaking Us In Two tra.1899104 295000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899104&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899104&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899108&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 1899108 tra.1899108 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 The Best of Joe Jackson: The Millennium Collection alb.300987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/0/2/1082044_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) tra.1899108 294000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899108&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899108&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653819&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2653819 tra.2653819 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Look Sharp! alb.130496 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/0/0/3/1083006_170x170.jpg 2001-08-14 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Look Sharp! tra.2653819 202000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653819&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653819&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653815&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2653815 tra.2653815 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Look Sharp! alb.130496 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/0/0/3/1083006_170x170.jpg 2001-08-14 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Is She Really Going Out With Him? tra.2653815 215000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653815&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653815&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653814&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2653814 tra.2653814 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Look Sharp! alb.130496 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/0/0/3/1083006_170x170.jpg 2001-08-14 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Sunday Papers tra.2653814 259000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653814&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653814&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899099&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 1899099 tra.1899099 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 The Best of Joe Jackson: The Millennium Collection alb.300987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/0/2/1082044_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true Sunday Papers tra.1899099 261000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899099&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899099&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2674661&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Fri, 1 Jan 1982 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2674661 tra.2674661 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Night And Day alb.138551 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/0/8/8/1078805_170x170.jpg 1989-10-24 00:00:00.0 1982-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Steppin' Out tra.2674661 268000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2674661&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2674661&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2024963&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2024963 tra.2024963 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 I'm The Man alb.98257 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/7/0/2/1082071_170x170.jpg 2001-08-14 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true It's Different For Girls tra.2024963 222000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2024963&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2024963&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653813&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2653813 tra.2653813 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Look Sharp! alb.130496 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/0/0/3/1083006_170x170.jpg 2001-08-14 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true One More Time tra.2653813 196000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653813&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653813&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2024964&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2024964 tra.2024964 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 I'm The Man alb.98257 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/7/0/2/1082071_170x170.jpg 2001-08-14 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true I'm The Man tra.2024964 238000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2024964&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2024964&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3052988&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 7 May 1996 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 3052988 tra.3052988 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Greatest Hits alb.230160 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/4/9/1079431_170x170.jpg 1996-05-07 00:00:00.0 1996-05-07 00:00:00.0 true Steppin' Out tra.3052988 257000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3052988&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3052988&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3052984&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 7 May 1996 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 3052984 tra.3052984 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Greatest Hits alb.230160 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/4/9/1079431_170x170.jpg 1996-05-07 00:00:00.0 1996-05-07 00:00:00.0 true Is She Really Going Out With Him? tra.3052984 216000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3052984&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3052984&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2024960&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2024960 tra.2024960 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 I'm The Man alb.98257 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/7/0/2/1082071_170x170.jpg 2001-08-14 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true On Your Radio tra.2024960 241000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2024960&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2024960&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18016320&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 18016320 tra.18016320 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Rain alb.18065282 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/8/4/5/1495486_170x170.jpg 2008-01-29 00:00:00.0 2008-01-29 00:00:00.0 true Invisible Man tra.18016320 307000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18016320&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18016320&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899103&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 1899103 tra.1899103 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 The Best of Joe Jackson: The Millennium Collection alb.300987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/0/2/1082044_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true Jumpin' Jive tra.1899103 163000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899103&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899103&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653952&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2653952 tra.2653952 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Look Sharp! alb.130496 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/0/0/3/1083006_170x170.jpg 2001-08-14 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Pretty Girls tra.2653952 174000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653952&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653952&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653817&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2653817 tra.2653817 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Look Sharp! alb.130496 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/0/0/3/1083006_170x170.jpg 2001-08-14 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Throw It Away tra.2653817 168000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653817&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653817&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2674662&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Fri, 1 Jan 1982 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2674662 tra.2674662 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Night And Day alb.138551 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/0/8/8/1078805_170x170.jpg 1989-10-24 00:00:00.0 1982-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Breaking Us In Two tra.2674662 293000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2674662&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2674662&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899102&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 1899102 tra.1899102 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 The Best of Joe Jackson: The Millennium Collection alb.300987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/0/2/1082044_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true Beat Crazy tra.1899102 257000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899102&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899102&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899110&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 1899110 tra.1899110 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 The Best of Joe Jackson: The Millennium Collection alb.300987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/0/2/1082044_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true Right and Wrong tra.1899110 275000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899110&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1899110&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2162618&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2162618 tra.2162618 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 The Best of Joe Jackson: The Millennium Collection alb.300987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/0/2/1082044_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true Be My Number Two tra.2162618 261000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2162618&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2162618&variant=data&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2653818&variant=play&rws=%2Fjoe-jackson%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Wave Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Joe Jackson on Rhapsody Online 2653818 tra.2653818 Joe Jackson art.2327 0.99 Look Sharp! 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