28-02-2012, 08:58
![[Image: 51ekt1kePyL._SL500_AA300_.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ekt1kePyL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
JOE JACKSON "the collection" cd,2001.
Hmmm!,
what to say about Joe?
ive always found Joe a bit difficult to place in the scheme of things...he does classical instrumentals, jazz,reggae,pop,alternative and occasionally moves into New Wave sounds,sometimes all on a single album..
i find him a bit like Ben Folds that way...
has a great reputation,great reviews of albums,interesting lyrics and songs structures, but something just doesnt sit well with me while listening to him at times.
i find he makes either bloody brilliant songs or unlistenable drivel that ive just got to press "next" to foreward to the next track, i dont find him very consistant whatsoever, but when he is good, he is bloody good IMO!
ok, 18 tracks on here spanning his late 1970s material through to the end of the 1980s...five tracks i love, seven i dont like and six that are good...so theres the contrast between the loves and dislikes straight up for you.almost as many loves and hates??!!! go figure!
i have two of his studio albums, his debut set and "night and day" from '82ish...both are reasonable efforts...maybe Joe is more of an "albums" guy than a "singles" artist, i dunno?
i just know this one rates pretty low for a best of set at 1.9, most best of sets should at least rate a 2.2/2.3 IMO...but sadly not this one!
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.