Album
Look Sharp!
1979 · Rock
60 collectors on Gatefold own this
Look Sharp! is a Rock album by Joe Jackson, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 153 pressings tracked, owned by 60 collectors.
About
By 1979, U.S. radio was making room in a bigger way for the new sounds coming from cities in America and Britain. Thanks to that support, England's Joe Jackson scored a gold record with his first album, <i>Look Sharp!</i> While not as densely layered as Elvis Costello's <i>Armed Forces</i>, from the same year, the record provided lots of entertainment value. Like Costello, Jackson worked with a tensile three-piece band attuned to the meld of styles he packed into his music (the reggae of "Fools in Love" and "Sunday Papers," the jittery pop of "Baby Stick Around"). His biggest success would come with the less headlong fusion of genres on Night and Day, but <i>Look Sharp!</i> shows his sophistication and intelligence already in place.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1One More Time3:15
- A2Sunday Papers4:18
- A3Is She Really Going Out With Him?3:33
- A4Happy Loving Couples3:07
- A5Throw It Away2:48
Side B
- B1Baby Stick Around2:35
- B2Look Sharp!3:22
- B3Fools In Love4:23
- B4(Do The) Instant Mash3:10
- B5Pretty Girls2:54
- B6Got The Time2:52
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Power Pop
- brittle
- swaggering
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dave HoughtonDRUMS
- Gary SanfordGUITAR
- Graham MabyBASS
- Joe JacksonSONGWRITER , ARRANGED BY , VOCALS, PIANO, HARMONICA VOCALS, PIANO, HARMONICA VOCALS, PIANO, HARMONICA, WRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY
60 collectors on Gatefold own this · 153 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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