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Big World (Import) (CD)

By: Joe Jackson (Artist)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Big World (Import) (CD) Album By Joe Jackson (Artist)
1   Wild West  
2   Right & Wrong  
3   (It's A) Big World  
4   Shanghai Sky  
5   Fifty Dollar Love Affair  
6   Precious Time  
7   Tonight & Forever  
8   Survival  
9   Soul Kiss  
10   Jet Set  
11   Tango Atlantico  
12   Home Town  
13   We Can't Live Together  
14   Forty Years  
15   Man In The Street  
 

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CMJ (1/5/04, p.18) - Ranked #20 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1986"

Title Note

This is a live, direct to 2-track digital recording.

Personnel: Joe Jackson (vocals, piano, recorder, accordion, melodica); Rick Ford (acoustic guitar, bass, background vocals); Vinnie Zummo (guitar, vocals); Gary Burke (drums); Joy Askew, Nikki Gregoroff, Peter Hewlett, Curtis King, Jr. (background vocals).

Recorded live at the Roundabout Theatre, New York City on January 22-25, 1986.

Multi-lingual lyric sheet.

On his previous couple of albums, Jackson had tried on various styles, inhabiting one or two for the length of a record, or at least for a few songs. On BIG WORLD, he brings all his influences together for a constantly shifting amalgam of textures and styles. After the relative excess of BODY AND SOUL, the band on BIG WORLD was scaled down to bass-guitar-drums and Joe, just like the old days. To underline the excitement generated by small-band interaction the album was recorded live to two-track.

BIG WORLD was initially released as a three-sided double LP, and the tracks touch on everything from Ennio Morricone spaghetti Western motifs ("Wild West") and tango ("Tango Atlantico") to Steely Dan-ish jazzy pop ("Soul Kiss") and dewy piano balladry ("Shanghai Sky"). Ultimately though, the emphasis is on the energetic, hooky pop/rock that is Jackson's strong suit. BIG WORLD also marks a return to the biting sarcasm and social commentary of his early albums, making it an appealing return to (lyrical) form.

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