Night and Day (Joe Jackson album)

Night and Day is Joe Jackson's fifth album, released in June 1982.[1] It reached the Top 5 in both the UK and U.S., Jackson's only studio album to do so.[1] It sold over one million copies, earning platinum disc status.[1]

Contents 1 Songs 2 Track listing 2.1 Side 1 (Night side) 2.2 Side 2 (Day side) 2.3 Deluxe edition 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4.1 Album 4.2 Singles 5 References

Songs
The album pays tribute to the wit and style of Cole Porter (and indirectly to New York).[1] The track "Real Men" pointed obliquely to the city's early 1980s gay culture.[8]

"Steppin' Out" earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.[9] It was a Top 10 in both the UK and the U.S. (UK No. 6, U.S. #6). "Breaking Us in Two" reached #18 in the U.S. and #59 in the UK,[1][10] and was covered by Mandy Moore on her 2003 album Coverage.

Track listing
All songs were written by Joe Jackson, except where noted.

Side 1 (Night side) 1."Another World" – 3:53 2."Chinatown" – 4:07 3."T.V. Age" (Jackson, Steve Tatler) – 3:47 4."Target" – 3:48 5."Steppin' Out" – 4:23

Side 2 (Day side) 1."Breaking Us in Two" – 4:53 2."Cancer" – 5:58 3."Real Men" – 4:04 4."A Slow Song" – 7:01

Deluxe edition

In 2003, a double disc deluxe edition was released; disc 1 has the original album, and disc 2 contains demo versions of songs from the album, five songs from the Mike's Murder soundtrack, and five live tracks from Live 1980/86.

Personnel
Joe Jackson – Organ, synthesizer, harmonica, piano, hammond organ, electric piano, alto saxophone, vocals, vibraphone, Rhodes piano Sue Hadjopoulos – Flute, percussion, bongos, conga, timbales, vocals, xylophone, bells, orchestral bells Graham Maby – Bass, percussion, vocals Grace Millan – Vocals, background vocals Ed Roynesdal – Violin, keyboards Larry Tolfree – Percussion, drums, timbales Ricardo Torres – Percussion, claves, bongos, cowbell Al Weisman – Vocals, background vocals

Charts
Album

Year

Chart

Chart position

1982 UK Albums Chart[1] #3 1982 U.S. Billboard 200[1] #4 1982 Dutch Album Charts[1] #2

Singles

Year Title Chart position UK Singles Chart[10] Australia Canada Germany Netherlands Single Top 100[11] U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks[12] U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[12] 1982 "Steppin' Out" No. 6 No. 30 No. 5 No. 28 - No. 6 - No. 7 1982 "Real Men" - No. 6 - - No. 17 - - - 1983 "Breaking Us in Two" on YouTube No. 59 No. 90 No. 40 - - No. 18 - -