Editing Joe Jackson (musician) (section)

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In 1981, Jackson produced an album for the British [[power pop]] group [[The Keys (English band)|the Keys]]. ''The Keys Album'' was the group's only LP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwoutpost.com/mfv_detail.asp?mfv_id=185 |title=The Keys : The Keys Album |author=Mike Paulsen |year=2009 |work=New Wave Outpost |access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222023240/http://nwoutpost.com/mfv_detail.asp?mfv_id=185 |archive-date=22 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

After the Joe Jackson Band disbanded, Jackson recorded ''[[Jumpin' Jive (Joe Jackson album)|Jumpin' Jive]]'', an album of old-style [[Swing music|swing]] and [[blues]] tunes. It included songs by [[Cab Calloway]], [[Lester Young]], [[Glenn Miller]], and [[Louis Jordan]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> The album and associated single release were credited to "Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive".<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

Jackson's 1982 album, ''[[Night and Day (Joe Jackson album)|Night and Day]]'',<ref name="LarkinGE"/> was his only studio album to chart in the UK and US Top 10, peaking at No.&nbsp;3 (UK)<ref name=occ>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17919/joe-jackson/|title=Official Charts > Joe Jackson|website=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref> and at No.&nbsp;4 (US).<ref name=USalbums>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/DGnieTT.jpg|title=Chart runs for Joe Jackson: US albums|website=UKmix.org|access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref> Two singles released from the album, "[[Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson song)|Steppin' Out]]" and "[[Breaking Us in Two]]", were US top 20 hits. The tracks "[[Real Men (song)|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.<ref name="Gay Pop Music">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1306240 |title="NPR Weekend Edition Sunday: Gay Pop Music", 22 June 2003 |publisher=NPR |date=22 June 2003 |access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref> "Real Men" also became a top 10 hit in Australia.<ref name="AUS1">{{cite book |title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=St Ives, N.S.W., Australia |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>

By 1984, New York had become Jackson's home base.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> He recorded ''[[Body and Soul (Joe Jackson album)|Body and Soul]]'' there,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> an album he later said was "from the point of view of a relative newcomer".<ref name="Bessman">{{cite magazine |last=Bessman |first=Jim |title=Artists & Music: New York Inspires Joe Jackson Again on ''Night and Day II'' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IBAEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22night+and+day%22+%22joe+jackson%22&pg=PA24 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=14 October 2000 |page=24 |access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref> Heavily influenced by [[Pop standard|pop]], jazz standards and [[Salsa music|salsa]], it had the US No. 15 hit single "[[You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)]]".<ref name="US charts">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/joe-jackson|title=Billboard > Artists / Joe Jackson > Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=4 December 2015}} N.B. Peaks for albums released prior to ''Big World'' are not listed.</ref>

In 1985, Jackson played piano on [[Joan Armatrading]]'s album ''[[Secret Secrets]]'', and in 1986 he collaborated with [[Suzanne Vega]] on the single "[[Left of Center (Suzanne Vega song)|Left of Center]]" from ''[[Pretty in Pink]]''{{'}}s [[Pretty in Pink (soundtrack)|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 (album)|Will Power]]'' (1987), with heavy classical and jazz influences, set the stage for things to come later, but before Jackson left pop behind, he released two more albums, ''[[Blaze of Glory (Joe Jackson album)|Blaze of Glory]]'' (which he performed in its entirety during the subsequent tour) and ''[[Laughter & Lust]]''.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> 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]]''.