The British New Wave was in full flower during the late '70s, offering listeners a brash grab bag of sounds that combined punk, ska and pop -- seemingly disparate elements that blended particularly smoothly in the grooves of Joe Jackson's debut LP, 'Look Sharp!'
Always restless, Joe Jackson made no apologies for taking an abrupt stylistic turn with 'Beat Crazy,' released in October 1980. In fact, it would be the first of many.
Having spent the first two decades of his career trying something different with nearly every new album, Joe Jackson then revisited his biggest success.