Live at Rockpalast (Joe Jackson album)

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Live at Rockpalast
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Live album by
Released30 March 2012
RecordedMarch 1980 - April 1983
Genre Rock, pop
Length2:31:52
Label MIG Music
Producer Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson Band chronology
Live Music - Europe 2010
(2011)
Live at Rockpalast
(2012)
The Duke
(2012)

Live at Rockpalast is a compilation live album by Joe Jackson. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

The box set contains three complete Rockpalast shows on two DVDs and two CDs.

Grugahalle, Essen, Germany (recorded on 16 and 17 April 1983)
No.TitleLength
1."On Your Radio"4:59
2."Another World"5:11
3."Sunday Papers"5:33
4."Look Sharp!"4:23
5."Breaking Us in Two"5:12
6."Is She Really Going Out with Him"4:20
7."Target"2:43
8."TV Age"5:09
9."Tuxedo Junction"5:57
10."Steppin' Out"4:45
11."Beat Crazy"4:10
12."One More Time"3:08
13."A Slow Song"8:37
14."Uptight"1:36
15."The Tears of a Clown"1:54
16."I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"2:58
17."How Sweet It Is to Be Loved"2:25
18."Heatwave"3:07
19."Uptight (Reprise)"1:31
20."I'm the Man"5:21
WDR Studio, Cologne, Germany (recorded on 14 March 1980)
No.TitleLength
1."On Your Radio"4:22
2."Friday"4:49
3."Mad at You"4:11
4."Kinda Kute"3:25
5."Out of Style"3:04
6."The Harder They Come"4:05
7."Sunday Papers"5:45
8."One More Time"4:03
9."Fools in Love"4:38
10."Is She Really Going Out with Him"6:14
11."Don't Wanna Be Like That"3:54
12."I'm the Man"5:08
Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany (recorded on 21 February 1983)
No.TitleLength
1."On Your Radio"5:00
2."Another World"5:04
3."Sunday Papers"5:30
4."Look Sharp!"5:19
5."Breaking Us in Two"5:56
6."Cancer"8:07
7."Real Men"6:00
8."Is She Really Going Out with Him"5:28
9."Cosmopolitan"5:38
10."Target"2:16
11."TV Age"6:01
12."Tuxedo Junction"5:56
13."Steppin' Out"4:38
14."Beat Crazy"4:17
15."One More Time"4:02
16."A Slow Song"8:20
17."Motown Medley: Uptight / Tears Of A Clown / I'm Gonna Make You Love Me / How Sweet It Is To Be Loved / Heatwave / Uptight"14:58
18."I'm the Man"4:57

Personnel

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References

  1. Wostrack, Andreas (20 February 2012). "Joe Jackson - Live at Rockpalast". The Joe Jackson Archive. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (April 2012). "Joe Jackson - Live at Rockpalast". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 December 2016.