''Night and Day'' is the fifth studio album by English musician Joe Jackson, released on 25 June 1982 by

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. It reached the top five in both the United Kingdom and United States, Jackson's only studio album to do so in either country. The album has been certified gold in the UK and US, and achieved platinum status in Canada. It has sold over one million copies. The album pays tribute to the wit and style of

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(and indirectly to New York City). The track " Real Men" pointed obliquely to the city's early-1980s gay culture. " Steppin' Out" earned

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nominations for

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and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male. It reached number 6 on both the UK and the US charts. " Breaking Us in Two" reached number 18 in the US and number 59 in the UK. Jackson released a sequel to the album entitled '' Night and Day II'' in October 2000.

Reissues

In 1997, A&M released a digitally remastered CD manufactured in Europe. Not only were the tracks remastered, but "Another World" has an extra two bars in the intro. The crossfades for the songs were also re-created. In 2003, A&M released a deluxe version of the album with a bonus disc consisting of live tracks, demos, and songs Jackson recorded for the 1984 film '' Mike's Murder''.

Track listing

Original LP

2003 deluxe edition

In 2003, A&M released a remastered deluxe edition of ''Night and Day''. All tracks were 96K/24-bit remastered from the original analog master tapes. This edition includes six demos, five tracks from Jackson's soundtrack to the film '' Mike's Murder'' and five tracks from the 1988 double live album '' Live 1980/86''.

Disc one

Disc two

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Night and Day''.

Musicians

* Joe Jackson – arrangements, orchestration, piano,

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and Yamaha electric pianos,

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

, GEM organ,

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and

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synthesisers,

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

, vibes, lead vocals *

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– bass, vocals, percussion * Larry Tolfree – drums,

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, percussion * Sue Hadjopoulos –

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest ...

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, timbales, orchestral bells,

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, miscellaneous percussion, flute, vocals * Ricardo Torres – bongos,

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(tracks 4, 7) * Ed Roynesdal – violins (tracks 8, 9), synthesiser programming * Al Weisman – background vocals * Grace Millan – background vocals * Jack Waldman – synthesiser programming

Technical

* David Kershenbaum – production, mixing * Joe Jackson – production, mixing * Michael Ewasko – engineering * Ken Tracht – engineering assistance

Artwork

* Joe Jackson – art direction * Paula Greif – coordination * Philip Burke – artwork * George Dubose – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end sortable charts

Certifications

References

Bibliography

External links

''Night and Day''
album information a
The Joe Jackson Archive
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