Summer in the City: Live in New York

Summer in the City: Live in New York is a live album by English musician, singer and songwriter Joe Jackson with Graham Maby and Gary Burke. The album was produced by Jackson and Sheldon Steiger.

Summer in the City: Live in New York
Live album by
Released16 May 2000[1]
RecordedAugust 1999
GenreRock
Length54:59
LabelSony Music
ProducerJoe Jackson and Sheldon Steiger
Joe Jackson chronology
Symphony No. 1
(1999)
Summer in the City: Live in New York
(2000)
Night and Day II
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

With semi-classical pieces on his previous three recordings, Jackson proved he had not abandoned pop altogether in June 2000, with this issue, an album drawn from an August 1999 concert.[3][4] It featured Jackson playing the piano and singing, backed only by bassist Maby and drummer Burke, performing some of his old songs and several covers.[3]

The shows were recorded by Steve Remote and Sheldon Steiger over three days in August 1999 at Joe's Pub in Manhattan.[5]

Track listing

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All songs written and arranged by Joe Jackson, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer in the City"Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone1:47
2."Obvious Song" 4:25
3."Another World" 5:02
4."Fools in Love/For Your Love medley""For Your Love" by Graham Gouldman6:36
5."Mood Indigo"music: Duke Ellington; Barney Bigard; lyrics: Irving Mills4:24
6."The 'In' Crowd/Down to London medley"The 'In' Crowd" by Bill Page7:26
7."Eleanor Rigby"John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:13
8."Be My Number Two" 3:23
9."Home Town" 3:59
10."It's Different for Girls" 4:02
11."King of the World"Donald Fagen, Walter Becker3:45
12."You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" 3:30
13."One More Time" 3:35

Personnel

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Musicians
Production

References

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  1. ^ "The Joe Jackson Archive: Summer In The City". www.jj-archive.net. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ a b "Biography by William Ruhlmann". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  4. ^ Joe Marchese. "Holiday Gift Guide Review: Joe Jackson, 'Summer in the City: Live in New York'." The Second Disc. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Joe Jackson - Summer in the City: Live in New York". Cduniverse.com. 16 May 2000. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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