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Night and Day II
(2000)

Piano, All Keyboards, Synth Basses, Sequencing and Drum Programming by Joe Jackson
String Quartet: Ethel (Mary Rowell and Todd Reynolds, Violins; Ralph Farris, Viola; Dorothy Lawson, Cello and Cello Solos)
Graham Maby: Bass on Track 5, 7 & 8
Sue Hadjopoulos: Percussion on Tracks 1, 2, 3 & 9
Gary Burke: Drum Kit on Track 7

Written, Arranged, and Produced by Joe Jackson
Dan Gellert, Engineer and Associate Producer
Recorded at Avatar, New York City
Assisted by Charlie Post
Additional Assisting by Ross Peterson
Marianne Faithfull’s Vocal Recorded at Windmill Lane, Dublin, by Ciaran Cahill
Brian Coleman, Production Manager
Paul Geluso, Keyboard and MIDI Technician

Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, Chelsea

Label: Sony

‘I still don’t know if the title was the right thing to do. The consensus seems to be, in retrospect, that it hurt rather than helped. But I went with it because there were so many connections to the earlier album. It’s supposed to be something like a day in the life of New York, seen through the eyes of several different characters. The tracks are continuous and all in the same tempo, though the actual grooves change around it. That was a technical trick which I felt worked very well, it seemed to give the whole thing a kind of relentless drive like the energy of a big city. And I loved working with Marianne Faithfull (on ‘Love Got Lost’). Anyway, I reckon this is one of my best albums and certainly my most underrated.’