Video: Joe Jackson "You Can't Get What You Want"

NICK DERISO: What if a skinny-tie wearing late-1970s garage bandster -- like, say, Joe Jackson -- decided to transfer those same dark insights into the bracing, sophisticated context of a large-band jazz record? More than a few, if not every single damn one, would fail. But not Joe. With cover art in the familiar, almost sepia-toned style of Blue Note, and a session done with just two micropones, this Jackson album had the look of an instant classic. Or a disastrous failure. [...]

The eclectic pianist/songwriter delivers a treat -- ten perfectly crafted pop songs that recall his best work or maybe are his best work.

• Joe Jackson - Invisible Man