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Laughter & Lust by Joe Jackson
Laughter & Lust is an album by Joe Jackson, released in 1991. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Oh Well”, on 2 lists with a best position of #803.
Laughter & Lust, Joe Jackson's 11th studio album, came out in 1991 as his first record for Virgin, after he'd walked away from A&M a year earlier. His old label wasted no time, putting out the Stepping Out best-of, which became a Top Ten hit in the UK, so the new album had to compete with his own past.
It answers with the plainest, most tuneful set he'd made in a while. After a decade of swerving from new wave snap into jazz-pop and beyond, Jackson reins in the experiments and writes straight-ahead pop rock, sharp and grown-up, with "Oh Well" and "Obvious Song" as the calling cards. Music journalist Martin C. Strong later called it a welcome break from all that restless experimenting.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Laughter & Lust on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oh Well | 2 | #803 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 2 | Obvious Song | 1 | #1797 | – | 2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.