Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson

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Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 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
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Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson is a compilation album from the English musician Joe Jackson. [1] 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. [1] Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson reached No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart in October 1990. [3] By this time Jackson had parted company with A&M, with his next few releases being on the Virgin Records label. [4]

Contents

In his book, The Great Rock Discography, music historian Martin C. Strong awards the album 8 out of 10. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleAlbumLength
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 Man3:42
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 Day4:23
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 & Soul4:18
12."Right and Wrong" Big World (1986)4:35
13."Home Town"Big World3:12
14."Down to London" Blaze of Glory (1989)4:14
15."Nineteen Forever"Blaze of Glory5:48

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. [5]

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. [6]

All tracks were written by Joe Jackson, except for "Jumpin' Jive", penned in 1939 by Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba and Jack Palmer. [6] [7]

Photography by Janette Beckman.

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 45
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 78
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 7

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