Night and Day (Joe Jackson album)

{{short description|1982 studio album by Joe Jackson}}

{{EngvarB|date=January 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Night and Day

| type = studio

| artist = Joe Jackson

| cover = Joe Jackson - Night and Day.png

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = 25 June 1982

| recorded = January–February 1982

| studio = Blue Rock, New York City

| genre =

• New wave
• sophisti-pop{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/volume-4-mw0000022950 |title=Joe Jackson Band – Volume 4 |website=AllMusic}}

| length = 42:42

| label = A&M

| producer =

• Joe Jackson
• David Kershenbaum

| prev_title = Jumpin' Jive

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Mike's Murder

| next_year = 1983

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Night and Day

| type = studio

| single1 = Real Men

| single1date = 11 June 1982

| single2 = Breaking Us in Two

| single2date = 13 August 1982{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-I0g4VDwtzgC&pg=PA300 |page=300 |last=Gimarc |first=George |date=1997 |title=Post Punk Diary: 1980–1982 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=9780312169688}}

| single3 = Steppin' Out

| single3date = October 1982

| single4 = Another World

| single4date = 1983

| single5 = A Slow Song

| single5date = June 1983

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/night-and-day-mw0000650292 |title=Night and Day – Joe Jackson |website=AllMusic |access-date=20 September 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2score = B−{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=5029 |chapter=Joe Jackson: Night and Day |access-date=21 September 2015 |title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |location=New York |publisher=Pantheon Books |year=1990 |isbn=0-679-73015-X}}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |location=London |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev4 = Melody Maker

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Tebbutt |first=Simon |title=Albums: No go Joe |magazine=Melody Maker |date=26 June 1982 |page=20 |issn=0025-9012}}

| rev5 = Q

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Joe Jackson: Night and Day |magazine=Q |issue=207 |date=October 2003 |page=127 |issn=0955-4955}}

| rev6 = Record Mirror

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Tebbutt |first=Simon |title=Albums |magazine=Record Mirror |date=26 June 1982 |page=20 |issn=0144-5804}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joejackson/albums/album/138551/review/6068142/night_and_day |title=Joe Jackson: Night And Day |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=376 |date=16 August 1982 |access-date=21 September 2015 |last=Holden |first=Stephen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602160050/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joejackson/albums/album/138551/review/6068142/night_and_day |archive-date=2 June 2008}}

| rev8 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Joe Jackson |last1=Coleman |first1=Mark |last2=Randall |first2=Mac |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/412 412]–413 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}

}}

Night and Day is the fifth studio album by English musician Joe Jackson, released on 25 June 1982 by A&M Records.{{cite magazine |title=Joe Jackson new album |magazine=Record Mirror |date=29 May 1982 |page=4 |issn=0144-5804 |quote=JOE JACKSON returns from his six month Stateside sojourn this week with a new album, 'Night And Day' for release on June 25 ...}}{{cite book |first=Martin C. |last=Strong |author-link=Martin C. Strong |year=2000 |title=The Great Rock Discography |edition=5th |location=Edinburgh |publisher=Canongate Books |pages=485–486 |isbn=978-1-84195-017-4}} It reached the top five in both the United Kingdom and United States, Jackson's only studio album to do so in either country. The album has been certified gold in the UK and US, and achieved platinum status in Canada. It has sold over one million copies.

The album pays tribute to the wit and style of Cole Porter (and indirectly to New York City). The track "Real Men" pointed obliquely to the city's early-1980s gay culture.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2003/06/22/1306240/gay-pop-music |title=Gay Pop Music |publisher=NPR Music |date=22 June 2003 |access-date=14 July 2022}}

"Steppin' Out" earned Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.{{cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-jackson-mn0000784732 |title=Joe Jackson Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=14 July 2022}} It reached number 6 on both the UK and the US charts. "Breaking Us in Two" reached number 18 in the US and number 59 in the UK.{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006 |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |page=274 |isbn=1-904994-10-5}}

Jackson released a sequel to the album entitled Night and Day II in October 2000.