Biography

Like George Gershwin, Joe Jackson possesses a restless musical imagination that has found him straddling musical genres unapologetically, disinclined to pick one style and stick to it. Born David Ian Jackson on August 11, 1954 in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, the word "chameleon" often crops up in descriptions of him, but Jackson prefers to be thought of as "eclectic." Since his popular emergence in 1979 as a new wave singer/songwriter with a belligerent attitude and snide lyrical sense, Jackson has juggled numerous genres, including reggae, jump blues, salsa, R&B, rock, contemporary classical, and jazz, almost all of them successfully. ~ William Ruhlmann

Top Tracks

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• (it's A) Big World

• 1-2-3 Go (this Town's A Fairground)

• Angel (lust)

• Another World

• Awkward Age

• Be My Number Two

• Beat Crazy

• Biology

• Breaking Us In Two

• Cancer

• Cosmopolitan

• Five Guys Named Moe

• Fools In Love

• Forty Years

• Fugue 1/more Is More (gluttony)

• Get That Girl

• Got The Time

• Hell Of A Town

• Hit Single

• Home Town

• I'm The Man

• Inbetweenies

• Is She Really Going Out With Him

• Is She Really Going Out With Him?

• Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?

• It's Different For Girls

• Jamie G.

• King Pleasure Time

• Look Sharp!

• Love At First Light

• Love Got Lost

• Mad At You

• My House

• Nineteen Forever

• On Your Radio

• Right And Wrong

• Rush Across The Road

• Steppin Out

• Steppin' Out

• Still Alive

• Summer In The City

• Sunday Papers

• Symphony No. 1

• Take It Like A Man

• The In Crowd/down To London

• The Jumpin' Jive

• Too Tough

• What's The Use Of Getting Sober (when You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)?

• Will Power

• You Can't Get What You Want (till You Know What You Want)

Discography

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• Live Music: Europe 2010

  Razor & Tie

  2011

• Rain

  Rykodisc

  2008

• Afterlife

  Ryko Distribution / Rykodisc

  2004

• Volume 4

  Ryko Distribution / Rykodisc

  2003

• Night and Day II

  Sony Music Distribution

  2000

• Summer in the City: Live in New York

  Sony Music Distribution

  2000

• Jackson: Symphony 1

  Sony Music Distribution

  1999

• Heaven & Hell

  Sony Music Distribution

  1997

• Joe Jackson: Night Music

  Virgin

  1994

• Laughter & Lust

  Virgin

  1991

• Blaze of Glory

  A&M

  1989

• Live 1980/86

  A&M

  1988

• Will Power

  A&M

  1987

• Big World

  A&M

  1986

• Body and Soul

  A&M

  1984

• Night and Day

  A&M

  1982

• Jumpin' Jive

  A&M

  1981