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DISCID=c90e410f,d00e410f
DTITLE=Joe Jackson / Big World
DYEAR=1986
DGENRE=Other
TTITLE0=Wild West
TTITLE1=Right and Wrong
TTITLE2=(It's A) Big World
TTITLE3=Precious Time
TTITLE4=Tonight and Forever
TTITLE5=Shanghai Sky
TTITLE6=Fifty Dollar Love Affair
TTITLE7=We Can't Live Together
TTITLE8=Forty Years
TTITLE9=Survival
TTITLE10=Soul Kiss
TTITLE11=The Jet Set
TTITLE12=Tango Atlantico
TTITLE13=Home Town
TTITLE14=Man in the Street
EXTD=Originally Released March 1986\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Joe Jackson 
EXTD=crafted his most labored, serious album in 1984's Body & Soul, so
EXTD= it's no surprise that he made a complete turnaround for its foll
EXTD=ow-up, Big World. Instead of delving deeper into jazz, Jackson pa
EXTD=red his lineup down to a basic guitar, bass, and drums rock combo
EXTD= and recorded all of Big World live in front of an audience in a 
EXTD=move to avoid the over-production that bogged down records of its
EXTD= period. Interestingly, Jackson insisted the audience not make a 
EXTD=sound during the recording, so this doesn't sound like a live alb
EXTD=um, except in the spots where Jackson's voice wears a bit thin. A
EXTD=nd, running over 60 minutes and across three record "sides," Big 
EXTD=World is a sweeping album, shifting from a more accessible first 
EXTD=side to an experimental middle and closing out with a more aggres
EXTD=sive third side. It works, since Big World is the most raw and im
EXTD=mediate record of the middle part of Jackson's career. But listen
EXTD=ers expecting another Look Sharp! won't be impressed, as this is 
EXTD=still a much more serious, concerned Jackson than before. As the 
EXTD=title of the album suggests, Jackson is tackling big issues, such
EXTD= as global cultural differences, Reagan-era politics, yuppies, an
EXTD=d relationships -- from romantic ones to those you hold with your
EXTD= roots, as on the reflective "Home Town." At times, it works marv
EXTD=elously, and at times the songs are too ponderous and minimal to 
EXTD=make any impact. But the best moments, like "Right and Wrong," "T
EXTD=onight and Forever," and "Home Town," establish Big World as one 
EXTD=of the best and most overlooked records of Joe Jackson's career. 
EXTD=-- Jason Damas\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n4.5 stars....., Jun
EXTD=e 16, 2006\nReviewer: Scott Rogers (Ga.) (Gainesville, Ga United 
EXTD=States)\nBig Joe Jackson fan here. The 1986 release "Big World" s
EXTD=till caught me by surprise however. Joe brings it all together he
EXTD=re for a remarkable album filled with songs that should have been
EXTD= huge hits for the lad. Joe mixes his insightful lyrics filled wi
EXTD=th political themes and slice of life tidbits together with some 
EXTD=of his best melodies ever committed to tape. All recorded live (t
EXTD=he audience was instructed to keep quiet until the signal was giv
EXTD=en) the production values are killer and the band is extremely ti
EXTD=ght and well rehearsed. "Forty Years" stands out to me as the tra
EXTD=ck that sums up the album best, however "Right and Wrong" "Man in
EXTD= the Street" and "Jet Set" put you squarely in the middle of the 
EXTD=Reagan-era hypocracy and excess of the neuvo rich, and Jackson ta
EXTD=kes note of things and spins an inteligent answer to this low poi
EXTD=nt of American-led culture of the "screw you, I've got mine" mind
EXTD=set.A good companion to this release was the then-VHS release "Bi
EXTD=g World Sessions" where we get to see and hear some of the albums
EXTD= compositions. Long since out of print (both, I believe) they are
EXTD= two truly great recordings. I own them both. Find both if you ca
EXTD=n. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThis album has everything!, Se
EXTD=ptember 29, 2005\nReviewer: C. J. Holmes "Wannabe Renaissance Man
EXTD=" (Flemington, NJ USA)\nI'm not a huge Joe Jackson fan, in that I
EXTD= don't own anything by him except this album and Night & Day. But
EXTD= what I have heard I love. And this album is stunning. First off,
EXTD= I love the atmosphere of the whole thing. Recording this live, b
EXTD=ut with no audience reaction, was a great move. There's an intima
EXTD=cy on this album that is lacking on many albums from the same per
EXTD=iod. But a great sound is nothing without great songs, and this a
EXTD=lbum has them in spades. I must say that while I like the "poppy"
EXTD= side of Jackson, I LOVE the introspective and deep part. That is
EXTD= well represented in cuts like "We Can't Live Together," (great b
EXTD=ackup vocal harmonies on this one) "Forty Years" and "Home Town."
EXTD= Listening to "Home Town" makes ME long for my childhood home, ev
EXTD=en though some of the things Jackson mentions in the song have no
EXTD=thing to do with my childhood. It's just that powerful a song. \n
EXTD=\nOn the more uptempo side, there are other all-time great pop so
EXTD=ngs like "Wild West," "(It's A) Big World," "The Jet Set" and "Ta
EXTD=ngo Atlantico." \n\nMost artists struggle to put together a consi
EXTD=stently excellent album that stretches 15 tracks and more than an
EXTD= hour. Jackson excels, and I am never bored listening to this dis
EXTD=c. The only song at all I'm not really thrilled with is "Soul Kis
EXTD=s," but it is by no means a detraction from this great set. \n\nA
EXTD=s others have mentioned, this album is currently out of print. So
EXTD= by all means, do whatever you have to in order to secure this al
EXTD=bum. It is absolutely worth it. This is easily one of the best al
EXTD=bums of the 1980s, and it is criminally overlooked.\n\nAMAZON.COM
EXTD= CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOut of Print? Say it ain't so, Joe! , August 31
EXTD=, 2005\nReviewer: Shawn (IL United States)\nOne of my all time fa
EXTD=vorites, and absolutely one of the best albums of the '80s. It's 
EXTD=hard to believe a CD this great would go out of print, but search
EXTD= around and you can find it. It will be time well spent. \n\nJoe 
EXTD=Jackson and his band make some great '80s pop music here, while t
EXTD=ouching on a diverse collection of musical styles. And, they stil
EXTD=l manage to be witty and sophisticated (lyrically and musically.)
EXTD= All of this - without synthesizers, drum machines, or synth drum
EXTD=s. Maybe that's why the music doesn't sound nearly as dated as mu
EXTD=ch of the music from that time. \n\nI won't go into individual hi
EXTD=ghlights, because this ones all highlights!! I will add this is o
EXTD=ne of the finest sounding live albums you'll ever hear. There's a
EXTD= crisply recorded natural live sound without a lot of audience no
EXTD=ise. I put this right up there with Gabriel's Secret World Live a
EXTD=nd GD Live Dead as one of my favorite live albums. \n\nAMAZON.COM
EXTD= CUSTOMER REVIEW\nArguably the greatest album of the 80s, August 
EXTD=15, 2005\nReviewer: Daryl R. Dirham\nNot that anyone asked, but t
EXTD=his is my "desert island" record. I think many music fans sometim
EXTD=es entertain themselves by trying to figure out which of their CD
EXTD=s they'd keep if someone put a gun to their heads and made them c
EXTD=hoose just one. This is it for me. It's not only a great record, 
EXTD=but it also pulls off the rare feat of being stylistically divers
EXTD=e without being unfocused. It truly is an "aural travelogue." Joe
EXTD= employs seemingly every musical style he's ever performed or bee
EXTD=n even remotely interested in. All are done well and with flair, 
EXTD=and serve what seems to be the point of the album: to take the li
EXTD=stener on a journey through Europe and Asia --whether eating food
EXTD= from a Chinese street vendor in the title track or pondering the
EXTD= clouds of a "Shanghai Sky," or taking a back alley tour through 
EXTD=Amsterdam in "Fifty Dollar Love Affair" and lamenting the lessons
EXTD= not learned from WWII in "Forty Years." His post punk roots are 
EXTD=revisited on "Survival" and "Jet Set," which mentions more intern
EXTD=ational locales and mocks the American tourists who want their ex
EXTD=otica packaged like a Disney attraction. "Tango Atlantico" lurche
EXTD=s along drunkenly and features some of the most bizarrely inspire
EXTD=d lyrics on the record, referencing a lady dancing with a general
EXTD= while flashing victory signs and smoking cigars. There's the sho
EXTD=ulda-been-a-hit "Hometown," including a great melody (that manage
EXTD=s to be upbeat and melancholy at the same time) and probably the 
EXTD=most nakedly sentimental lyrics of Joe's life. You get the piano-
EXTD=based swing of "Soul Kiss," the pure pop of "Tonight and Forever"
EXTD= and "Precious Time." There's piano ballads, guitar rock, power p
EXTD=op, a musical homage to "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"(on the o
EXTD=utstanding opening track "Wild West"), accordions, mandolin and o
EXTD=n and on. And I could go on and on, but I digress. In all, fiftee
EXTD=n tracks of unadulterated creative bliss, sure to keep you compan
EXTD=y for years to come when stranded on a deserted isle. This baby's
EXTD= out of print (again), but doggone it, get it any way you can. Th
EXTD=is IS the same guy who hit the charts with "Steppin' Out," but th
EXTD=ere's a lot more to the man than that. Easy for me to say, but I 
EXTD=believe no one's musical education is complete without hearing th
EXTD=is album. How's that for an overreaching statement? And I stand b
EXTD=y it.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nJoe's Best Album is Out of P
EXTD=rint!!, February 10, 2005\nReviewer: D. Hawkins (Denver, CO Unite
EXTD=d States)\nThis bad boy has been out of print since the early 90'
EXTD=s, and that's a crying shame. Thankfully, I was able to find a us
EXTD=ed CD in the early 90's and have kept it close to my heart since 
EXTD=then. This album and a half shows the brilliance of Joe in all hi
EXTD=s incarnations. Catchy finger-snapping Joe is represented by "Fif
EXTD=ty Dollar Love Affair" and the still-apt lyrics of "Right and Wro
EXTD=ng." Joe's brilliant piano playing is showcased on "Shanghai Sky"
EXTD= and "Forty Years." And just to show he can do it all, there's th
EXTD=e pop perfection of "Hometown," which is a song that every person
EXTD= with a soul can relate to. Take out a loan at the bank, beg in t
EXTD=he streets, but do what you have to do to get a copy of this mast
EXTD=erpiece!\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nThis is a live, direct to 2-tra
EXTD=ck digital recording.\n\nPersonnel: Joe Jackson (vocals, piano, r
EXTD=ecorder, accordion, melodica); Rick Ford (acoustic guitar, bass, 
EXTD=background vocals); Vinnie Zummo (guitar, vocals); Gary Burke (dr
EXTD=ums); Joy Askew, Nikki Gregoroff, Peter Hewlett, Curtis King, Jr.
EXTD= (background vocals).\n\nRecorded live at the Roundabout Theatre,
EXTD= New York City on January 22-25, 1986.\nMulti-lingual lyric sheet
EXTD=.\n\nOn his previous couple of albums, Jackson had tried on vario
EXTD=us styles, inhabiting one or two for the length of a record, or a
EXTD=t least for a few songs. On BIG WORLD, he brings all his influenc
EXTD=es together for a constantly shifting amalgam of textures and sty
EXTD=les. After the relative excess of BODY AND SOUL, the band on BIG 
EXTD=WORLD was scaled down to bass-guitar-drums and Joe, just like the
EXTD= old days. To underline the excitement generated by small-band in
EXTD=teraction the album was recorded live to two-track.\nBIG WORLD wa
EXTD=s initially released as a three-sided double LP, and the tracks t
EXTD=ouch on everything from Ennio Morricone spaghetti Western motifs 
EXTD=("Wild West") and tango ("Tango Atlantico") to Steely Dan-ish jaz
EXTD=zy pop ("Soul Kiss") and dewy piano balladry ("Shanghai Sky"). Ul
EXTD=timately though, the emphasis is on the energetic, hooky pop/rock
EXTD= that is Jackson's strong suit. BIG WORLD also marks a return to 
EXTD=the biting sarcasm and social commentary of his early albums, mak
EXTD=ing it an appealing return to (lyrical) form.\n\nIndustry Reviews
EXTD=\nRanked #20 in CMJ's Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1986\nCMJ (01/
EXTD=05/2004)
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