Joe JacksonBest Joe Jackson Albums Ranked
8.3
Avg Score
9
Opinions
12
Albums
5
Reviewers
Summary from 9 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Joe Jackson's catalog across 12 albums from 9 opinions, with an overall average of 8.3/10. The top-rated Joe Jackson album is Night and Day (1982) with a 8.8/10 average from 4 ratings, followed by Look Sharp! (Bonus Track Version) and Fool. The discography on Wavelength spans 1979 to 2019. Steppin' Out ranks as the highest-rated Joe Jackson song on Wavelength with a 9.0/10 average.
Fool
““Long live the jester!” Joe Jackson crows in “Fool,” the title track for his 20th album. Written as Jackson heads into his fourth decade as a career musician, his tongue is as acidic as it ever was, and it’s hard to tell where the comedy ends and the tragedy begins. “Fool” cribs, appropriately, from Twelfth Night’s “The Wind and The Rain,” but adds a sitar and a punk rock snarl, partially howled”
The Duke
“On this Duke Ellington tribute, Eighties star (and longtime jazz dabbler) Joe Jackson interprets the great composer’s classics via his own sophisti-pop style, jettisoning horns entirely on a series of crisp arrangements. Iggy Pop coils himself around a lounge-y "It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)," Questlove drives a hard-swinging "Rockin’ […]”
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