Joe Jackson Band Stepping Out - The Very Best Of European Lp
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it is a record.... made in Europe with a picture sleeve... Is She Really Going Out With Him? Fools In Love I'm The Man It's Different For Girls Jumpin' Jive Breaking Us In Two Steppin' Out Slow Song - Live LP Version You Can't Get What You Want ('Til You Know What You Want) Be My Number Two Right And Wrong Down To London Nineteen Forever Of the three angry young men that emerged in the British new wave movement of the early '80s, Joe Jackson was perhaps the most idiosyncratic. Not content with being a pop songwriter, Jackson went to considerable lengths to prove himself as a composer -- often, he even seemed to have contempt for pop music itself. Appearing a few years after Elvis Costello and Graham Parker, Joe Jackson was doomed to always live in their shadow. Jackson was considerably more ambitious than Parker, rivaling Costello in his stylistic detours. After establishing himself as a gifted songwriter with a pair of edgy new wave pop records, he quickly set out to prove his eclecticism, recording album-length tributes to reggae, jump blues, traditional pop and jazz. While such diversity earned him critical praise and a cult following, it didn't result in widespread acclaim until 1982's Night and Day, which launched the jazzy hits "Steppin' Out" and "Always Something Breaking Us in Two." ....
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