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32-447: The award was first presented to Joe Jackson in 2001. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards , the award is presented to albums containing "at least 51% playing time of newly recorded pop instrumental tracks". As of 2023, Larry Carlton , Booker T. Jones and Snarky Puppy are the only musicians to receive the award more than once. (Snarky Puppy has had the most wins, with 4.) Gerald Albright has received

64-412: A 1979 A&M records sampler notable for live tracks from Joe Jackson and The Police . The song opens with a simple repeated two-note pattern on guitar which is quickly joined by a pulse on bass and drums. The first section of the verse remains quiet, with these instruments and the singer's voice being the main components. In the second section of the verse the dynamics change, with two strident beats on

96-532: A 2001 interview with the Irish Independent , Jackson said he was in a relationship with a male partner. Jackson had previously discussed his bisexuality in his autobiography A Cure for Gravity . His questioning of potential homosexuality and same-sex attraction is explored in the 1982 single " Real Men ". Jackson has actively campaigned against smoking bans in both the United States and

128-412: A Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2001 . In 2000, he released a follow-up album, Night and Day II . In 2003, he reunited his original quartet for the album Volume 4 , and a lengthy tour. In 2004, he contributed vocals to a cover of Pulp 's " Common People " with William Shatner for Shatner's album Has Been (produced by Ben Folds ). In 2005, he teamed up with Todd Rundgren and

160-409: A day later. On 18 January 2019, Jackson released the album Fool . Jackson said about the album on his website: "One of my inspirations for this album was the band I've been touring with on and off for the last 3 years. I've had many different line-ups but this one is special." Jackson and the band performed "Fabulously Absolute" on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show on 21 January 2019. Fool debuted in

192-668: A hit with his first release, " Is She Really Going Out with Him? ", in 1979. It was followed by a number of new wave singles, before he moved to more jazz-inflected pop music and had a Top-10 hit in 1982 with " Steppin' Out ". Jackson is associated with the 1980s Second British Invasion of the US. He has also composed classical music. He has recorded 21 studio albums and has received five Grammy Award nominations. Born in Burton upon Trent , Staffordshire, England, David Jackson spent his first year in nearby Swadlincote , Derbyshire. He grew up in

224-669: A hit". James Belsey of the Bristol Evening Post picked it as the newspaper's "single of the week" and noted the "attractive sound" and "nicely observed lyrics". He concluded it was "by far the best single release so far from the talented Joe Jackson". In the US, Billboard wrote, "Though the lyrics may be scathing, the instrumentation is laidback and backup singers provide nice harmonies." Record World called it "a power pop ballad with echoing vocals and keyboards that carry Jackson's thoughtfully poignant message about male/female roles." In 2007, Freaky Trigger ranked

256-414: A pop star was hardly worth writing about. In 2004 the first-ever tribute album to Jackson, Different for Girls: Women Artists and Female-Fronted Bands Cover Joe Jackson , was released. Among the female artists covering Jackson was Joy Askew, whose album credits include Jackson's Big World , Live 1980/86 , Blaze of Glory , Laughter & Lust and Heaven & Hell . A brief presentation of

288-590: A top 10 hit in Australia. By 1984, New York had become Jackson's home base. He recorded Body and Soul there, an album he later said was "from the point of view of a relative newcomer". Heavily influenced by pop , jazz standards and salsa , it had the US No. 15 hit single " You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) ". In 1985, Jackson played piano on Joan Armatrading 's album Secret Secrets , and in 1986 he collaborated with Suzanne Vega on

320-483: A vein similar to contemporaries Elvis Costello and Graham Parker . The album enjoyed wide critical success: in 2013, Rolling Stone magazine named Look Sharp! number 98 in a list of the 100 best debut albums of all time. Some commercial success also followed, as the debut single " Is She Really Going Out with Him? " reached the top 40 in five countries, and No.  9 in Canada. The Joe Jackson Band released I'm

352-612: The Paulsgrove area of Portsmouth , where he attended Portsmouth Technical High School. Jackson's parents moved to nearby Gosport when he was a teenager. He learned to play the violin but soon switched to the piano, and prevailed on his father to install one in the hall of their Paulsgrove council house . Jackson began playing piano in bars when he was 16, and won a scholarship to study musical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music . Jackson's first band, formed in Gosport,

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384-401: The cabaret circuit to make money to record a demo. In 1978, a record producer heard Jackson's demo tape and signed him to A&M Records . The next year, the newly formed Joe Jackson Band released their debut album, Look Sharp! The band consisted of Jackson, Gary Sanford on guitar, Graham Maby on bass, and David Houghton on drums. A mix of rock, melodic jazz, and new wave , it mined

416-571: The 2000 album Summer in the City: Live in New York . A new studio recording of the song by Jackson, slightly retitled "Different For Girls" and recorded as a duet with Joy Askew, was included on the 12-inch vinyl and CD formats of Jackson's 1991 single " Stranger than Fiction ". On the Laughter and Lust tour in 1991, it was performed as a duet with Mindy Jostyn , and their performance of

448-554: The Contemporary category field. The category description did not change. Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. An award was presented to James R. Jensen as the producer of the album. Joe Jackson (musician) David Ian " Joe " Jackson (born 11 August 1954) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Having spent years studying music and playing clubs, he scored

480-466: The Man in 1979. The album followed a similar musical pattern, and received good, though not as strong, reviews. It did produce the single " It's Different for Girls ", which became Jackson's highest charting UK single, peaking at No. 5. Beat Crazy followed in 1980. Jackson also collaborated with Lincoln Thompson in reggae crossover. The Joe Jackson Band toured extensively until it broke up at

512-897: The Man , "It's Different for Girls" was Joe Jackson's biggest UK chart single, peaking at #5 in the UK Singles Chart and #101 in Billboard . The song was backed with another track from I'm the Man , "Friday," in Britain, but in America, a live cover of the Chuck Berry song " Come On " was used instead. Apart from appearing as a single and on the album I'm the Man , "It's Different for Girls" has also appeared on other Joe Jackson albums. A live version appeared on Live 1980/86 in 1987, having been recorded on Jackson's Big World tour in 1986. A different live version appeared on

544-447: The UK. Covers have been recorded and released by several artists. "It's Different for Girls" contained lyrics that feature Jackson "deliberately turn[ing] clichés on their head" in that, while originally sounding as if the song would suggest that the male protagonist was looking for sex and his female partner was looking for love, the opposite is revealed to be the case. Jackson later said on

576-652: The United Kingdom, publishing a 2005 pamphlet ( The Smoking Issue ) and a 2007 essay ( Smoke, Lies and the Nanny State ), and recording a satirical song (" In 20-0-3 ") on the subject. Jackson's 1999 autobiography, A Cure for Gravity , was described by him as a "book about music, thinly disguised as a memoir". It traces his working-class upbringing in Portsmouth and charts his musical life from childhood until his 24th birthday. According to Jackson, life as

608-401: The album indicated: "Mr. Jackson himself has said: "I LOVE the idea of an all-female tribute album! Let them know I can't wait to hear it." It%27s Different for Girls " It’s Different for Girls " is a song by Joe Jackson appearing on his 1979 album, I'm the Man . The song has since become one of his most successful singles, notably being the highest charting Joe Jackson single in

640-409: The album was followed by a five-month tour. In 2015, Jackson announced the completion of his follow-up to 2012's The Duke via his official website. The album's title, Fast Forward , and track list were confirmed in addition to North American tour dates. The titular first single was released for streaming via his official SoundCloud page. The entire record was briefly posted before being taken down

672-469: The city and I had a hot love affair and now we're just friends, but we still have to see each other to remain friends. Today I live in Berlin. The New York I knew in late '81 and '82 is gone." Jackson currently resides in Berlin; he also owns homes in New York and Portsmouth. Jackson was married to his wife Ruth for two years, but the marriage ended in divorce and was later called a "disaster" by Jackson. In

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704-851: The end of 1980, when Houghton, weary of touring and fame, left the band. Though Maby would continue to work with Jackson in the following decades, the full band would not reunite until 2004's Volume 4 . In 1981, Jackson produced an album for the British power pop group the Keys . The Keys Album was the group's only LP. After the Joe Jackson Band disbanded, Jackson recorded Jumpin' Jive , an album of old-style swing and blues tunes. It included songs by Cab Calloway , Lester Young , Glenn Miller , and Louis Jordan . The album and associated single release were credited to "Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive". Jackson's 1982 album, Night and Day ,

736-419: The lyrics "She said", and then drop back down to a quieter chorus driven by a slow arpeggiated guitar pattern, over which the vocal floats in a more complex melody, before returning to the original two-note guitar and bass pulse of the introduction. Upon its release, David Hepworth of Smash Hits described "It's Different for Girls" as "a very good song but a mite too sprawling and unfocused to be much of

768-457: The most nominations, with six. The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer of more than 50% of playing time on the winning album. A producer or engineer/mixer who worked on less than 50% of playing time, as well as the mastering engineer, can apply for a Winners Certificate. In 2015, the category was renamed Best Contemporary Instrumental Album and moved from the Pop category field to

800-533: The single " Left of Center " from Pretty in Pink ' s soundtrack . Jackson's next album was Big World , with all-new songs recorded live in front of an audience instructed to remain silent while music was playing. Released in 1986, it was a three-sided double record; the fourth side consisted of a single centering groove and a label stating "there is no music on this side". The instrumental album Will Power (1987), with heavy classical and jazz influences, set

832-431: The song at Sydney was included on the 1992 release Laughter & Lust Live . The original version of the song was also included on Jackson's 1990 compilation Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson and again on the 1997 compilation This Is It! (The A&M Years 1979–1989) . "Come On" was released as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of I'm the Man - prior to this it had only been available on Propaganda ,

864-469: The song's lyrics: It was something that I heard somewhere that struck me as a cliché. The sort of thing that someone might say. And again, I thought, What could that be about? And that maybe the idea was to turn it on its head and have a conversation between a man and a woman and what you'd expect to be the typical roles are reversed. So that was the idea of that. Taken from the Gold -certified 1979 album I'm

896-597: The stage for things to come later, but before Jackson left pop behind, he released two more albums, Blaze of Glory (which he performed in its entirety during the subsequent tour) and Laughter & Lust . In 1995, Jackson contributed his version of "Statue of Liberty" on a tribute album for the English band XTC called A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC . In the late 1990s, Jackson expanded into classical music; he signed with Sony Classical in 1997 and released Symphony No. 1 in 1999, for which he received

928-452: The string quartet ETHEL for a tour of the US and Europe. A dedicated smoker , he gave up his New York apartment in 2006 partly in protest over the ascendancy of smoking bans , and made the Berlin neighbourhood Kreuzberg his new home. It was there that he recorded, with longtime collaborators Graham Maby and Dave Houghton, his eighteenth studio album, Rain ( Rykodisc , January 2008);

960-603: The top 20 album charts in Holland, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. In the US, it debuted at No. 25 on Billboard' s Top Album Sales Chart. In the UK, it entered the Indie Albums Chart at No. 13. Jackson spent a number of years living in New York City, which served as an inspiration for his 1982 song "Steppin' Out". In a 2018 interview, Jackson said "I don't like New York much these days. It's as if

992-415: Was called Edward Bear, later renamed Arms and Legs. The band broke up in 1976 after two unsuccessful singles. He was still known as David Jackson when he joined Arms and Legs, but picked up the nickname "Joe" based on his perceived resemblance to the British television puppet character Joe 90 , a genius child spy. Jackson legally changed his name to Joe at age 20. Jackson then spent some time performing on

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1024-478: Was his only studio album to chart in the UK and US Top 10, peaking at No. 3 (UK) and at No. 4 (US). Two singles released from the album, " Steppin' Out " and " Breaking Us in Two ", were US top 20 hits. The tracks " Real Men " and " A Slow Song " referred obliquely to New York City's early 1980s gay culture, critiquing its exclusiveness and asking for a slow song in the disco respectively. "Real Men" also became

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