Night Music (Joe Jackson album)

Night Music
Studio album by Joe Jackson
Released	3 October 1994 [1]
Genre	Rock, pop, classical music
Length	47:39
Label	Virgin
Producer	Joe Jackson and Ed Royensdal
Joe Jackson chronology
Laughter & Lust (1991) Night Music (1994) Joe Jackson - Greatest Hits (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Night Music is the 12th studio album by Joe Jackson, released in 1994 on Virgin Records. The album did not chart. ^[3] Soon after the album's release, Jackson moved to the Sony Classical label. ^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Joe Jackson. ^[4]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nocturne No. 1"	4:01
2.	"Flying"	2:48
3.	"Ever After"	4:42
4.	"Nocturne No. 2"	4:07
5.	"The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy"	5:18
6.	"Nocturne No. 3"	4:28
7.	"Lullaby"	6:20
8.	"Only the Future"	4:54
9.	"Nocturne No. 4"	6:13
10.	"Sea of Secrets"	5:28

Personnel

Musicians

• Joe Jackson – vocals, acoustic piano, electric piano, organ, various synthesizers, samplers, computer sequencing, celesta, accordion, tom-toms, bells, vibraphone, cymbals, Salvation Army bass drum
• Ed Roynesdal – programming, sampling
• Jean Laurendeau – Ondes Martenot (1, 10)
• Graham Maby – bass guitar (8)
• Gary Burke – drums (3)
• Michael Morreale – trumpet (3)
• Dick Morgan – oboe (6, 10)
• Albert Regni – clarinet (7), bass clarinet (7)
• Tony Aiello – flute (8)
• Mary Rowell – viola (1, 5, 8, 9), violin (9)
• Mary Wootton – cello (9)
• Taylor Carpenter – special guest vocals (3)
• Máire Brennan – special guest vocals (5)
• Renée Fleming – special guest vocals (7)

Production

• Joe Jackson – arrangements, producer
• Ed Roynesdal – producer, engineer
• Carl Glanville – engineer
• Andy Grassi – engineer
• Ken Thomas – engineer
• Charles Harbutt – editing
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Tony Ungaro – production coordinator
• Len Peltier – art direction, design
• Chip Kidd – design
• Rex Sforza – design
• Robert Flynt – photography
• C. Winston Simone Management – management

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Night Music

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5]	180

Covers

• Alice Lee covered "Sea Of Secrets" on the 2004 album Different for Girls: Women Artists and Female-Fronted Bands Cover Joe Jackson .

References

1. "Album Releases" (PDF). Music Week . 1 October 1994. p. 26. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
2. Allmusic review
3. "Biography by William Ruhlmann". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
4. Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 485–486. ISBN   1-84195-017-3.
5. "Joe Jackson ARIA chart history (1988 to 2024)". ARIA. Retrieved 6 March 2025– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

External links

• Night Music album information at The Joe Jackson Archive