I'm the Man | ||||
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Studio album by Joe Jackson | ||||
Released | 5 October 1979 | |||
Recorded | March 1979 | |||
Studio | TW Studios, Fulham, London | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Length |
38:03 (original) 41:35 (2001 reissue) |
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Label |
A&M AMLH 64794 A&M/PolyGram Records 214 794 A&M/Universal Records 493 089 (2001 reissue) |
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Producer | David Kershenbaum | |||
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I'm the Man is Joe Jackson's second album, released in October 1979.
Taken from the album, "It's Different for Girls", was his biggest UK chart single, peaking at number five in the UK Singles Chart.
I'm the Man was re-released in 2001 with one bonus track, a live version of "Come On". "Come On" was originally released as the b-side to Jackson's single "I'm the Man", also issued in October 1979.
On the album cover, Jackson appears in the guise of a particular type of petty criminal known in the United Kingdom as a spiv, a character who, in Jackson's own words, "always wears a gross polka-dot tie and a pencil-thin mustache, and he's always trying to sell you a watch or something like that real cheap. I think people always want to put a label on what you do, so I thought I'd be one step ahead of them and invent one myself - spiv rock."
I'm the Man was also released as a 7" album (5 - 7" singles) in a package as 'The 7" Album' and included a poster.
In 2016 independent record label Intervention Records reissued I'm The Man on 180-gram vinyl with 100% analog mastering.
All songs written and arranged by Joe Jackson, except where noted. Produced by David Kershenbaum.
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