Night and Day II
Night and Day II | ||||
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Studio album by Joe Jackson | ||||
Released | 24 October 2000 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 46:18 | |||
Label | Sony Classical | |||
Producer | Joe Jackson | |||
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Night and Day II is the 15th studio album by Joe Jackson, released in 2000. It is a sequel to his 1982 album, Night and Day. It is also a revisit to the style that album, featuring songs about the New York City lifestyle, seen through different characters.
While the original Night and Day took a satirical look at the downfalls of city life through songs such as "TV Age", "Cancer" and "Real Men", Night and Day II focuses primarily on the dark side of inner city living (the song, "Happyland", for instance, is about the 1990 arson fire at Happy Land Social Club in the Bronx that killed 87 people) as seen though the eyes of a cynical New Yorker, as Jackson lived in New York at the time.
The cover artwork is a dark nighttime shot taken from within a New York City cab, with the World Trade Center in the background, taken a year prior to 9/11.
The music is built with contributions from Graham Maby (bass), and Sue Hadjopoulos (percussion). Also featured are the string quartet Ethel, and three guest vocalists: Iranian diva Sussan Deyhim, drag performer Dale De Vere and Marianne Faithfull, who sings vocals on "Love Got Lost".
Track listing
All songs written, arranged and produced by Joe Jackson.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Prelude" | 1:57 |
2. | "Hell of a Town" | 3:18 |
3. | "Stranger Than You" | 4:16 |
4. | "Why" (vocals by Sussan Deyhim) | 3:54 |
5. | "Glamour and Pain" (vocals by Dale De Vere) | 5:59 |
6. | "Dear Mom" | 4:12 |
7. | "Love Got Lost" (vocals by Marianne Faithfull, Joe Jackson and Alexandra Montano) | 6:59 |
8. | "Just Because..." | 4:45 |
9. | "Happyland" | 5:12 |
10. | "Stay" | 5:46 |
Personnel
- Musicians
- Joe Jackson – piano, keyboards, synth basses
- Mary Rowell, Todd Reynolds – violin
- Ralph Farris – viola
- Dorothy Lawson – cello
- Graham Maby – bass guitar on "Glamour and Pain", "Love Got Lost" and "Just Because..."
- Sue Hadjopoulos – percussion on "Prelude", "Hell of a Town", "Stranger Than You" and "Happyland"
- Gary Burke – drum kit on "Love Got Lost"
- Sussan Deyhim, Dale De Vere, Marianne Faithfull, Alexandra Montano – vocals
- Production
- Joe Jackson – arrangements, producer, sequencing
- Dan Gellert – associate producer, recording engineer
- Charlie Post, Ross Petersen – assistant recording engineer
- Ted Jensen – mastering engineer
- Nitin Vadukul, Alex Vandoros – photography
Charts
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] | 65 |
References
External links
- Night and Day II album information at The Joe Jackson Archive
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- The Joe Jackson Band: Dave Houghton
- Graham Maby
- Gary Sanford
- Look Sharp!
- I'm the Man
- Beat Crazy
- Jumpin' Jive
- Night and Day
- Body and Soul
- Big World
- Blaze of Glory
- Laughter & Lust
- Night and Day II
- Volume 4
- Rain
- The Duke
- Fast Forward
- Fool
- What a Racket!
- Will Power
- Night Music
- Heaven & Hell
- Symphony No. 1
- Mike's Murder
- Tucker
- Live 1980/86
- Summer in the City: Live in New York
- Two Rainy Nights
- Afterlife
- At the BBC
- Live Music - Europe 2010
- Live at Rockpalast
- Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson
- Joe Jackson - Greatest Hits
- This Is It! (The A&M Years 1979–1989)
- Joe Jackson - Collected
- Steppin' Out - The Collection
- "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"
- "Sunday Papers"
- "One More Time"
- "Fools in Love"
- "I'm the Man"
- "It's Different for Girls"
- "Kinda Kute"
- "The Harder They Come"
- "Mad at You"
- "One to One"
- "Beat Crazy"
- "Jumpin' Jive"
- "Real Men"
- "Steppin' Out"
- "Breaking Us in Two"
- "A Slow Song"
- "Memphis"
- "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)"
- "Happy Ending"
- "Be My Number Two"
- "Right and Wrong"
- "Left of Center"
- "Home Town"
- "(He's a) Shape in a Drape"
- "Nineteen Forever"
- "Down to London"
- "Stranger than Fiction"
- "Obvious Song"
- "Stranger Than You"
- "In 20-0-3"
- "Got the Time"
- "On Your Radio"
- "Come On"