Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson

Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson
Greatest hits album by Joe Jackson
Released	3 September 1990 [1]
Genre	New wave, rock, pop
Label	A&M Records
Producer	Steve Jensen and Martin Kirkup
Joe Jackson chronology
Blaze of Glory (1989) Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson (1990) Laughter & Lust (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson is a compilation album from the English musician Joe Jackson. ^[3] The songs, arranged in chronological order, are taken from nine of his first twelve albums, all of which were released on the A&M Records label. ^[3] Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson reached No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart in October 1990. ^[4] By this time Jackson had parted company with A&M, with his next few releases being on the Virgin Records label. ^[5]

In his book, The Great Rock Discography, music historian Martin C. Strong awards the album 8 out of 10. ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Album	Length
1.	"Is She Really Going Out with Him?"	Look Sharp! (1979)	3:33
2.	"Fools in Love"	Look Sharp!	4:23
3.	"I'm the Man"	I'm the Man (1979)	3:58
4.	"It's Different for Girls"	I'm the Man	3:42
5.	"Beat Crazy"	Beat Crazy (1980)	4:15
6.	"Jumpin' Jive"	Jumpin' Jive (1981)	2:41
7.	"Breaking Us in Two"	Night and Day (1982)	4:53
8.	"Steppin' Out"	Night and Day	4:23
9.	"A Slow Song" (live album version)	Live 1980/86 (1988)	7:45
10.	"You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)"	Body & Soul (1984)	4:50
11.	"Be My Number Two"	Body & Soul	4:18
12.	"Right and Wrong"	Big World (1986)	4:35
13.	"Home Town"	Big World	3:12
14.	"Down to London"	Blaze of Glory (1989)	4:14
15.	"Nineteen Forever"	Blaze of Glory	5:48

The LP release did not include the songs "Beat Crazy" and "Home Town". The Australian LP/CD/tape release omitted "Fools in Love" and inserted "Real Men" in its place, as that had been a #6 hit in Australia in 1982. ^[6]

Production and songwriting credits

Based on the track numbering from the CD version of the album, the songs were produced by: tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4 by David Kershenbaum; tracks 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 by Joe Jackson and David Kershenbaum; tracks 5, 6, 14 and 15 by Joe Jackson. ^[7]

All tracks were written by Joe Jackson, except for "Jumpin' Jive", penned in 1939 by Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba and Jack Palmer. ^{[7] [8]}

Photography by Janette Beckman.

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9]	13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10]	45
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11]	78
UK Albums (OCC) [12]	7

References

1. Smith, Robin (1 September 1990). "This Week: The Next Seven Days in View - Releases". Record Mirror . p. 36. ISSN   0144-5804.
2. "Review by Mike DeGagne". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
3. Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 485–486. ISBN   1-84195-017-3.
4. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 274. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
5. "Biography by William Ruhlmann". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
6. "Joe Jackson – Stepping Out - the Very Best of Joe Jackson (1990, CD)". Discogs .
7. Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson album sleeve notes - accessed on 6 May 2009
8. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p.  22. ISBN   0-214-20512-6.
9. "Australiancharts.com – Joe Jackson – Out - The Very Best of Joe Jackson". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Joe Jackson – Out - The Very Best of Joe Jackson" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Joe Jackson – Stepping Out - The Very Best of Joe Jackson" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
12. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

External links

• Stepping Out album information at The Joe Jackson Archive