Joe Jackson - Laughter & Lust
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Artist: Joe JacksonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1992-06-29
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- Obvious Song
- Goin' Downtown
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Oh Well
- Jamie
- Hit Single
- It's All Too Much
- When You're Not Around
- Other Me
- Trying To Cry
- My House
- The Old Songs
- Drowning
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Free Music Review: Joe Jackson - An Outstanding Overlooked Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Joe Jackson is a guy that I really did not discover until after his hey day as a punk / new wave star in the 80's. Of course I had heard some of his hits, but like Warren Zevon I never really gave him much of a listen until later in his career. For me this is one of the great overlooked albums of the early 90's. Jackson the songwriter is the feature here as he writes some incredible lyrics. The music on the album is probably some of Jackson's most straight forward, but that is not a distraction as it fits the overall tone of the album so well. The album is also probably one of Jackson's most pop oriented and at the time I think it was meant to get him back on the radio. For most artists this would be a turn off for me, but these songs are so good that they deserved a lot more airplay than they ever received. The album starts with "The Obvious Song" a great Jackson rant on society that is as relevant today as it was in 1991. Next up is "Goin Downtown" which is one of my least favorite songs on the disc. Next is "Stranger Than Fiction" which is an absolutely killer relationship song. This is one of those that came out at a perfect time in my life, and was kind of my theme song for a while. I've always loved the line "I love her so much I don't even know what planet I'm on. I love her so much I wish she'd just go away". Next is a cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic "Oh Well". Joe puts his own unique spin on the tune and it is a cool version. "Jamie G" comes next and is a rather average song. Next up is one of my all time favorite Jackson tunes "Hit Single" with very clever lyrics mixing being single from a failed relationship with the pressure to have a hit single on the radio. It sounds weird, but it works in a way only Jackson can write them. Some more great lines in this one, "When I die and go to pure pop heaven, the angels will gather around. They'll ask me for my whole life story, and ask for that fabulous sound. But I know they're gonna stop me as I start going through every line, and say please not the whole damn album, nobody has that much time....please...just the hit single". The next song is "It's All Too Much" containing yet another brilliant Jackson lyric and is another one that is still very relevant. More great lines in this one, "What shall we do this evening, send out for some sushi and champagne. Stay in and watch TV, 50 channels can't all be the same. Maybe go to a movie, 50 films on 50 tiny screens. They say that choice is freedom, I'm so free it's driving me insane". "When Your Not Around", "The Other Me" and "Trying To Cry", and "My House" are the next 4 and are all great tunes too. Next up is "The Old Songs", Joe's lament on classic rock radio and the fact that he had been around long enough that his audience just wanted to hear the oldies. This could be a theme song about my own generation with great lines like; "play us another one, play us the hopes and dreams of twenty years ago. They're all over the bloody radio. It's like they're telling us there's nowhere left to go.......me I blame the old songs, protect us all against a change of course. All our great expectations turn to alimony and remorse. But the old songs say - be my baby, and the old songs say - she loves you. All the old songs we'll sing come what may be. I like those songs, but I'd like something new." The last track is "Drowning" a mournful ballad of a lost relationship and more great stuff. Can you tell I really love this album? This disc pretty much tanked at the cash registers and came and went very quickly, so many Jackson fans do not have it. If you are into Jackson at all this is a must purchase in my opinion. I would think that people who enjoy more modern piano men like Ben Folds would also eat this up. You can get this album used on Amazon for less than $5 bucks.
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