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Audio CD (10 Mar 2003)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Ryko
ASIN: B00008IUX4
Other Editions: Audio CD

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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8. Blue Flame

9. Dirty Martini

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Volume IV finds Joe Jackson back where he belongs. In the late-1970s and early-80s, Jackson was a skinny-tied child of New Wave, peddling a wordy and venomous strain of pop and generally resembling Elvis Costello's even more anti-social cousin. During this period, Jackson and his tremendous backing group made three fine albums: Look Sharp!, I'm the Man and Beat Crazy. Jackson then wandered off the reservation, and kept right on going from soul to jazz to classical to film to books. Volume IV is where Jackson completes his circuit, reuniting with his original band and reacquainting himself with his original working methods (Volume IV is recorded live to tape).

What could have been a colossal self-indulgence proves a startlingly vital album. Volume IV is faithful to the ethos of early Joe Jackson hits such as "One More Time" and "Is She Really Going Out with Him?", built as it is from clattering drums, jarring guitar, hyperactive keyboards, snarling vocals and lyrics riddled with puns and double entendres. But Jackson is too clever to get suckered by nostalgia, and instead contemplates, with his usual wry intelligence, his middle-aged present from inside his old clothes; the best of the resulting songs, "Blue Flame" and "Still Alive", are as good as anything he's ever done. Indeed, the only clunker here is "Thugz R Us" proof, were it needed, that scathing social commentary and ska are not natural bedfellows. --Andrew Mueller

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable. Can it be 2003? It feels like 1980., 25 Feb 2003

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This review is from: Volume 4 (Audio CD)

This is an amazing album from Jackson and the same line-up that created Look Sharp! and I'm The Man. And this sits incredibly comfortably next to those albums. Fueled by power-pop-punk ("Awkward Age", "Bright Grey"), jaunty bluesy rockers ("Still Alive", "Take It Like A Man", "Little Bit Stupid", "Dirty Martini") and emotive piano-based ballads ("Love At First Light", "Blue Flame") this album delivers what most Jackson fans have been yearning for for over twenty years. Somehow he's managed to sound not a day older too. Great stuff.

Try to get your hands on this double-CD version as the extra disc is 6-tracks of blistering live performances of old Jackson faves recorded in 2002 in the UK.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A side salad of nostalgia, 15 Mar 2003

By	Nigel (Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volume 4 (Audio CD)

Joe's reunion with the original Joe Jackson Band is a triumph. His songs have matured and so has his voice, but he is still capable of strong cynical lyrics. Blue Flame is a sad attempt to reach out to a cold ex-lover, Awkward Age tells a 15 year old that Joe's still at an awakward age himself, and a Little Bit Stupid sounds not unlike the Sweet at their finest (including the line "we just haven't got a clue what to do!!"). The limited edition live CD, recorded on the warm up tour in the autumn, is well worth early investment. Catch them on tour in the early Summer, too!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great live bonus disc, 7 Jul 2006

By	Greg Farefield-Rose (Hertfordshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Volume 4 (Audio CD)

Many new albums these days by major artists initially include a limited edition live CD or DVD to reward the faithful punter for parting with his cash as quickly as possible. A different approach is sometimes taken for critically acclaimed artists whose LPs are sometimes re-released a few months later with a bonus disc. This latter path was taken by the Joe Jackson Band with Volume 4 and it was definitely worth waiting...

Volume 4 is the first album by the reformed classic line-up of the JJ Band since 1980. Although the playing by these excellent musicians is good throughout, the songs and rather clunky mid-life crisis lyrics don't really recapture former glories with the new-wave settings sometimes sounding forced. Having said this, it's not a bad album with Take It Like A Man and Awkward Age good enough to be included on any JJ compilation.

Much better though is the bonus CD with blistering live versions of six classic songs from the band's earlier repertoire. The playing here is superb with Graham Maby's lead bass lines being supported by Gary Sanford's effectively sparing rhythm guitar and Dave Houghton's tight drumming to terrific exciting effect. On top of all this is JJ himself on vocals and keyboards leading the band through thrilling versions of One More Time, On Your Radio and I'm Your Man as well as the big hits Is She Really Going Out With Him and a slightly slower It's Different For Girls.

Admirable as it is for the highly principled Jackson to refuse to reform his original band without releasing new material, it's the bonus disc to which most buyers will return. Three stars for the studio album, five for the bonus disc making four overall...

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