Night and Day (Joe Jackson album)

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Night and Day
Joe Jackson - Night and Day.png
Studio album by
Joe Jackson
Released25 June 1982
RecordedJanuary–February 1982
Studio Blue Rock, New York City
Genre
Length42:42
Label A&M
Producer
Joe Jackson chronology
Jumpin' Jive
(1981)		Night and Day
(1982)		 Mike's Murder
(1983)
Singles from Night and Day
  1. "Real Men"
    Released: 11 June 1982
  2. "Breaking Us in Two"
    Released: 13 August 1982 [2]
  3. "Steppin' Out"
    Released: October 1982
  4. "Another World"
    Released: 1983
  5. "A Slow Song"
    Released: June 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Christgau's Record Guide B− [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Night and Day is the fifth studio album by English musician Joe Jackson, released on 25 June 1982 by A&M Records. [10] [11] It reached the top five in both the United Kingdom and United States, Jackson's only studio album to do so in either country. [11] The album has been certified gold in the UK and US, and achieved platinum status in Canada. It has sold over one million copies. [11]

Contents

The album pays tribute to the wit and style of Cole Porter (and indirectly to New York City). [11] The track "Real Men" pointed obliquely to the city's early-1980s gay culture. [12]

"Steppin' Out" earned Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male. [13] It reached number 6 on both the UK and the US charts. "Breaking Us in Two" reached number 18 in the US and number 59 in the UK. [11] [14]

Jackson released a sequel to the album entitled Night and Day II in October 2000.

Reissues

In 1997, A&M released a digitally remastered CD manufactured in Europe. Not only were the tracks remastered, but "Another World" has an extra two bars in the intro. The crossfades for the songs were also re-created.

In 2003, A&M released a deluxe version of the album with a bonus disc consisting of live tracks, demos, and songs Jackson recorded for the 1984 film Mike's Murder .

Track listing

Original LP

All tracks are written by Joe Jackson, except where noted

Night Side
No.TitleLength
1."Another World"4:00
2."Chinatown"4:08
3."T.V. Age" (music by Jackson and Steve Tatler)3:45
4."Target"3:52
5."Steppin' Out"4:34
Day Side
No.TitleLength
6."Breaking Us in Two"4:57
7."Cancer"6:06
8."Real Men"4:05
9."A Slow Song"7:15

2003 deluxe edition

In 2003, A&M released a remastered deluxe edition of Night and Day. All tracks were 96K/24-bit remastered from the original analog master tapes. This edition includes six demos, five tracks from Jackson's soundtrack to the film Mike's Murder and five tracks from the 1988 double live album Live 1980/86 .

Disc one

No.TitleLength
1."Another World"4:00
2."Chinatown"4:08
3."T.V. Age" (music by Jackson and Steve Tatler)3:45
4."Target"3:52
5."Steppin' Out"4:34
6."Breaking Us in Two"4:57
7."Cancer"6:06
8."Real Men"4:05
9."A Slow Song"7:13

Disc two

Night and Day – Joe Jackson's Original Demos
No.TitleLength
1."Steppin' Out"4:14
2."Target"4:11
3."Cancer"4:23
4."Real Men"4:20
5."Breaking Us in Two"3:56
6."Chinatown"3:05
Tracks from Mike's Murder soundtrack
No.TitleLength
7."Cosmopolitan"4:38
8."1-2-3 Go (This Town's a Fairground)"3:02
9."Laundromat Monday"3:33
10."Memphis"4:46
11."Moonlight"4:28
Live tracks from Live 1980/86
No.TitleLength
12."On Your Radio"5:07
13."Fools in Love"7:44
14."Cancer"8:26
15."Is She Really Going Out with Him" (a cappella version)4:43
16."Look Sharp!"4:29

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Night and Day. [15]

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Night and Day
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [34] Platinum50,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [35] Platinum100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [36] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [37] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [38] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [39] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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