The Duke (Joe Jackson album)

The Duke
Studio album by Joe Jackson
Released June 26, 2012
Recorded 2011
Genre Jazz
Length 59:38
Label Razor & Tie Recordings
Producer Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson chronology
Rain
(2008)		 The Duke
(2012)		 Fast Forward
(2015)

The Duke is the seventeenth studio album by English musician Joe Jackson. The album was released on June 26, 2012, by Razor & Tie Recordings.[1][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Consequence of SoundD-[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Upon its release, The Duke received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59 based on 10 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[3]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200,[7] and No. 1 on the Top Jazz Albums chart,[8] selling around 5,000 copies in its first week of release. The album has sold 13,000 copies in the United States as of September 2015.[9]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Isfahan"   5:03
2. "Caravan"   6:01
3. "I'm Beginning to See the Light / Take the "A" Train / Cotton Tail"   3:34
4. "Mood Indigo"   4:04
5. "Rockin' In Rhythm"   3:28
6. "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues / Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from Me"   5:14
7. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)"   4:48
8. "Perdido / Satin Doll" (featuring Zuco 103) 4:49
9. "The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy"   5:26
10. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (featuring Iggy Pop) 5:11

References

  1. ↑ "The Duke by Joe Jackson on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  2. ↑ Phil Gallo (2012-11-07). "Joe Jackson Taking 'Duke' on the Road". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for The Duke by Joe Jackson". Metacritic. 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  4. ↑ Mark Deming (2012-06-26). "The Duke - Joe Jackson | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  5. ↑ Brennan, Collin (2012-06-26). "Joe Jackson – The Duke". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  6. ↑ Dolan, Jon (2012-07-19). "Joe Jackson The Duke Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  7. ↑ "Billboard 200". Billboard. July 14, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Top Jazz Albums". Billboard. July 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015.
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