Night and Day (Joe Jackson album)



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

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

"Steppin' Out" earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male. 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 and was covered by Mandy Moore on her 2003 album Coverage.

Track Listing
All songs are written and arranged by Joe Jackson, except where noted.

In 2003, a double disc deluxe edition was released; disc one has the original album, and disc two 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

 * Musicians
 * Joe Jackson – piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Yamaha electric piano, Hammond organ, Gem organ, Prophet-5 and Minimoog synthesizers, alto saxophone, vibes and lead vocals
 * Graham Maby – bass, vocals, percussion
 * Larry Tolfree – drums, timbales, percussion
 * Sue Hadjopoulos – conga, bongos, timbales, orchestra bells, xylophone, miscellaneous percussion, flute and vocals
 * Ricardo Torres – bongos, cowbell, claves
 * Ed Rynesdal – violin
 * Al Weisman – background vocals
 * Grace Millan – background vocals


 * Production
 * Joe Jackson - arrangements, orchestration, producer and mixing
 * David Kershenbaum - producer and mixing
 * Michael Ewasko - recording engineer
 * Ken Tracht - assistant recording engineer
 * Philip Burke - artwork
 * George Dubose - photography

Covers

 * Idle Mirth covered "Another World", Essra Mohawk covered "Steppin' Out' and Whitney McCray covered "Breaking Us in Two" on the 2004 album Different for Girls: Women Artists and Female-Fronted Bands Cover Joe Jackson.