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January 6, 2003

Joe Jackson Really Going Out

New album, tour set for March
June 25, 2002

Joe Jackson Reunites "Sharp" Band

Group to reconvene after twenty years for new album, tour
December 4, 2000

Joe Jackson Brings the Big Apple to the Peach State

Atlanta performance finds Joe Jackson channeling NYC
August 11, 1999

This Day in Rock

Joe Jackson

Volume 4

Twenty-five years after his pissed-off debut, Look Sharp!, Joe Jackson has reassembled his original band and put aside his jazz-composer aspirations, for the moment. Emotionally, not much has changed for Jackson: He is still disgusted by the world and still standing around watching the pretty women...

2003 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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Joe Jackson cut a striking figure on his debut album: Look Sharp! portrays an angry young tunesmith, a messenger of the new wave who sends stinging telegrams to former lovers ("Is She Really Going Out With Him?") and the world at large ("Sunday Papers"). Jackson displayed a light-fingered pop touch that's entirely his own. I'm the Man feels rushed in comparison, but its best moments -- "It's...

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