Night and Day is the fifth studio album by English musician Joe Jackson, released on 25 June 1982 by A&M Records. It reached the top five in both the United Kingdom and United States, Jackson's only studio album to do so in either country.

"Steppin' Out" earned Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male. 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.

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

Reissues

In 1997, A&M released a digitally remastered CD manufactured in Europe. Not only were the tracks remastered, but "Another World" has an extra two bars in the intro. The crossfades for the songs were also re-created.

In 2003, A&M released a deluxe version of the album with a bonus disc consisting of live tracks, demos, and songs Jackson recorded for the 1984 film Mike's Murder.

Track listing

Original LP

2003 deluxe edition

In 2003, A&M released a remastered deluxe edition of Night and Day. All tracks were 96K/24-bit remastered from the original analog master tapes. This edition includes six demos, five tracks from Jackson's soundtrack to the film Mike's Murder and five tracks from the 1988 double live album Live 1980/86.

Disc one

Disc two

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Night and Day.

Musicians

  • Joe Jackson – arrangements, orchestration, piano, Fender Rhodes and Yamaha electric pianos, Hammond organ, GEM organ, Prophet-5 and Minimoog synthesisers, alto saxophone, vibes, lead vocals
  • Graham Maby – bass, vocals, percussion
  • Larry Tolfree – drums, timbales, percussion
  • Sue Hadjopoulos – congas, bongos, timbales, orchestral bells, xylophone, miscellaneous percussion, flute, vocals
  • Ricardo Torres – bongos, cowbell, claves (tracks 4, 7)
  • Ed Roynesdal – violins (tracks 8, 9), synthesiser programming
  • Al Weisman – background vocals
  • Grace Millan – background vocals
  • Jack Waldman – synthesiser programming

Technical

  • David Kershenbaum – production, mixing
  • Joe Jackson – production, mixing
  • Michael Ewasko – engineering
  • Ken Tracht – engineering assistance

Artwork

  • Joe Jackson – art direction
  • Paula Greif – coordination
  • Philip Burke – artwork
  • George Dubose – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ Weekly chart performance for Night and Day

! scope="col"| Chart (1982–1983)

! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position

|-

! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)

| 5

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|-

|-

|-

! scope="row"| Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)

| 24

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|-

|}

Year-end sortable charts

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ 1982 year-end chart performance for Night and Day

! scope="col"| Chart (1982)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)

| 22

|-

! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)

| 40

|-

! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)

| 20

|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ 1983 year-end chart performance for Night and Day

! scope="col"| Chart (1983)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)

| 77

|-

! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)

| 57

|-

! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)

| 13

|-

! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)

| 71

|-

! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)

| 42

|-

! scope="row"| UK Albums (Gallup)

| 64

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 22

|}

Certifications

References

Bibliography

  • Night and Day album information at The Joe Jackson Archive