Look Sharp! (Joe Jackson album)

Look Sharp!
Studio album by
Joe Jackson
ReleasedJanuary 29, 1979
RecordedAugust 1978
StudioEden (London)
Genre
Length36:28
LabelA&M
AMLH 64743[3]
A&M/PolyGram Records
214 743
A&M/Universal Records
586 194 (2001 reissue)
ProducerDavid Kershenbaum
Joe Jackson chronology
Look Sharp!
(1979) 		I'm the Man
(1979)
Singles from Look Sharp!
  1. "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"
    Released: October 1978
  2. "Sunday Papers"
    Released: February 1979
  3. "One More Time"
    Released: 18 May 1979
  4. "Fools in Love"
    Released: June 1979 (NL)

Look Sharp! is the debut album by Joe Jackson, released in January 1979.[3] The album features one of Jackson's most well-known songs, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?", as well as the title track "Look Sharp", "Sunday Papers", "One More Time" and "Fools in Love".

The cover, featuring a pair of white shoes, ranked number 22 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest album covers of all time.[4]

In 2000, it was voted number 865 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[5]

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  2. ^ a b Maginnis, Tom. "Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 485–486. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  4. ^ "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers | Vinyl World".
  5. ^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 267. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.