Joe Jackson - Beat Crazy
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Artist: Joe JacksonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-04-03
Music Label: American Beat
Soundtracks:
- Beat Crazy
- One to One
- In Every Dream Home (A Nightmare)
- The Evil Eye
- Mad at You
- Crime Don't Pay
- Someone Up There
- Battleground
- Biology
- Pretty Boys
- Fit
Music reviews of Beat Crazy
Music Review: Finally, the MASTERPIECE is back!
Rating: 5 Stars
Some years ago I was grieving on Amazon pages about "Beat Crazy" not being in stock. I was hoping then that someone will finally get their senses and re-release it like the rest of Joe Jackson's opus. And not just because of J.J.
This record has a special place in my heart, but besides that "Beat Crazy" still has an interesting sound, moreover - quite unique sound, so I feel tempted to welcome it once again by including the complete lament about previous, "out-of-print," edition written in April 2004.
Enjoy.
"Yeah, really, why exactly is this out of print?
Many lesser albums from all eras are getting deluxe makeovers, but this masterpiece is not even out there in any, even inferior, form. A shame, truly, since, as mentioned elsewhere, this really is Joe Jackson's best work: original, focused, crafty, smart, played to the max, uniquely produced yet firmly rooted in the sound of the - all together very progressive - new wave period.
At the time, not a whole lot has been said about this album. Meanwhile, it has been forgotten and now neglected, but there is still this intriguing, original sound to it that really makes it worth coming back to (and we all hope and pray that will happen one day in a digitally improved, remastered shape).
For years I have been wondering about the inspiration behind "Beat Crazy" and though I was fully aware - not to say thoroughly immersed in - the reggae/new wave connection, I was never sure if Joe Jackson really was so taken by then current sound of Jamaica that he had the urge to express it in this way (all this despite critic Robert Christgau's claim that "Battleground" track is a tribute to no less than Linton Kwesi Johnson, famous reggae poet).
But a few years back - a revelation: I have found out (when Orange Street label released the album) that in 1980, Joe Jackson has produced and played with the rest of the band on Prince Lincoln's "Natural Wild." Lincoln, a lesser-known reggae act, independently produced a handful of, I may say, actually pretty good albums before finding himself in London in the winter of 1980. I don't know by what miracle Joe Jackson walked into Prince Lincoln's sessions, but the results were - and still are - magical. It is distinctively a reggae album, but has a lot of little Joe Jackson traits buried in it: his piano, band's harmonies, Graham Maby's funky bass, Dave Haughton's killer drumming, Gary Sanford's wicked solo guitar and although there were some real reggae players involved in the recording, J.J. Band colored it so fresh that it remarkably stands out as unique reggae production.
All this talk to provide you with a back story and an alternative while you wait for dusted-off reissue of this special album: "Natural Wild" is that missing link and an explanation for the radical sound of "Beat Crazy." Even if you are not a reggae fan you'd appreciate it. And it would paint a different picture of how things looked, rather sounded, once Joe Jackson Band started recording their third album later in 1980.
Mystery solved. Both highly recommended. That is, grab Prince Lincoln now and let's hope "Beat Crazy" won't be long."
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