Body and Soul (Joe Jackson album)

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Body and Soul
Music album Template: Infobox music album / maintenance / type undetectedby Joe Jackson

Publication
(s)

March 14, 1984

admission

January 1984

Label (s) AT THE

Format (s)

Vinyl, cassette, CD

Genre (s)

New wave, jazz pop

Title (number)

9

running time

45:31

production

David Kershenbaum,
Joe Jackson

Studio (s)

Vanguard Studios, New York, USA

chronology
Mike's Murder
(1983) 		Body and Soul Big World
(1986)
Single releases
April 21, 1984 Happy ending
June 23, 1984 Be My Number Two
September 29, 1984 You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)

Body and Soul is the seventh studio album by British singer and composer Joe Jackson .

Jackson himself describes the photo used on the album cover, which shows him with a saxophone and cigarette against a black background, as an homage to the jazz musician Sonny Rollins . In 1957, the Blue Note label published the album Sonny Rollins - Volume 2 with a cover photo, which at first glance can only be distinguished from the photo on Body and Soul by the color scheme . “A few years later, Rolling Stone printed the two covers side by side and thought they were being very clever by 'catching' me 'copying' it” (German: A few years later Rolling Stone magazine printed both album photos side by side and she thought they were particularly clever at catching me copying).

background

Preparations for the album began in the summer of 1983 when Jackson met with music producer David Kershenbaum in a sushi bar in Los Angeles. Both agreed that the music recordings of the time left an artificial impression, which was ultimately due to the recording technology in the then modern recording studios.

In New York, they therefore looked for suitable recording locations such as theaters or dance halls whose acoustics supported their ideas of a natural-looking music recording. The sound of the recording should be as similar as possible to a live recording.

They decided on an old mason's lodge made of wood and stone, the Brooklyn Masonic Temple , which was used by Vanguard Studios for classic recordings. In order to be able to make optimal use of the special features of the space, technicians installed two Neumann M-50 microphones at a height of five meters. The balance between the various instruments was ensured by the individual microphones, one for each musician. The recording was made on a 3M 32-track digital recording system, a 3M DMS 81 4-track was used for mastering. Work on the final master tape was completed in Studio B at Atlantic on February 7, 1984.

In 1939 Coleman Hawkins published his interpretation of the jazz standard Body and Soul , which made him famous and made him a forerunner of the bebops. Jackson chose the name for his own album with this in mind.

review

The diverse compositions on Body And Soul, which were also able to achieve chart successes, supported Jackson's reputation during the transition from pop musician to demanding composer.

Track list

All tracks were composed and written by Joe Jackson , unless otherwise indicated.

CD

  1. "The Verdict" - 5:31
  2. "Cha Cha Loco" - 4:47
  3. "Not Here, Not Now" - 5:27
  4. "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" - 4:50
  5. "Go For It" - 5:28 am
  6. "Loisaida" - 5:33
  7. "Happy Ending" (duet with Elaine Caswell) - 3:39
  8. "Be My Number Two" - 4:18
  9. "Heart Of Ice" - 6:53

occupation

production

  • Producer: David Kershenbaum
  • Producer: Joe Jackson

Charts

album

year Chart position
1984 UK album chart 14th
1984 US "Billboard" 200 chart 20th

single

Year single Chart position
1984 "Happy ending" UK single chart 58
1984 "Be My Number Two" UK Singles Chart 70
1984 "You Can't Get What You Want" UK Singles Chart 77

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://joejackson.com/music&album_id=36567
  2. ↑ http://joejackson.com/music&album_id=36567
  3. ^ Liner Notes, CD Body and Soul, A&M Records, 1984
  4. ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/joe-jackson-body-and-soul/
  5. ↑ http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Joe_Jackson.aspx
  6. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17919/joe-jackson/