This Is It! The A&M Years (1997)

About this title: This Is It! The A&M Years is a double-disc, 37-track collection covering Joe Jackson's commercial and creative heyday. Over the course of two discs, This Is It! runs through all of his biggest hits -- "Is She Really Going Out With Him?," "It's Different for Girls," "Steppin' Out," "Breaking Us in Two," "You Can't Get What Want (Till You Know What You Want)" -- plus a number of significant album tracks and lesser-known singles, making it a comprehensive retrospective of Jackson's pop-oriented work. While it's unfortunate that the compilation stops just short of his last pop album, 1991's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Is She Really Going Out With Him? [Jackson]
2. Fools in Love [Jackson]
3. One More Time [Jackson]
4. Sunday Papers [Jackson]
5. Look Sharp! [Jackson]
6. Got the Time [Live] [Jackson]
7. On Your Radio [Jackson]
8. It's Different for Girls [Jackson]
9. Don't Wanna Be Like That [Jackson]
10. Amateur Hour [Jackson]
11. I'm the Man [Jackson]
12. Tilt [Jackson]
13. Someone up There [Jackson]
14. One to One [Jackson]
15. Beat Crazy [Jackson]
16. Biology [Jackson]
17. The Jumpin' Jive [Jackson]
18. What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)? [Jackson]
19. Is She Really Going Out With Him? [Live] [Jackson]
20. Another World [Jackson]
21. Breaking Us in Two [Jackson]
22. Chinatown [Jackson]
23. Real Men [Jackson]
24. Steppin' Out [Jackson]
25. A Slow Song [Jackson]
26. You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) [Jackson]
27. Not Here, Not Now [Jackson]
28. Be My Number Two [Jackson]
29. Happy Ending [Jackson]
30. Wild West [Jackson]
31. Right and Wrong [Jackson]
32. Home Town [Jackson]
33. Precious Time [Jackson]
34. Me and You (Against the World) [Jackson]
35. Down to London [Jackson]
36. Nineteen Forever [Jackson]
37. The Human Touch [Jackson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.