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1. "Tomorrow's World" 4:30
2. "Me and You (Against the World)" 4:14
3. "Down to London" 4:14
4. "Sentimental Thing" 6:09
5. "Acropolis Now" 4:21
6. "Blaze of Glory" 6:02
7. "Rant and Rave" 4:45
8. "Nineteen Forever" 5:48
9. "The Best I Can Do" 3:10
10. "Evil Empire" 3:45
11. "Discipline" 4:32
12. "The Human Touch" 5:11
Joe Jackson Band Members / Musicians
Joe Jackson – lead and backing vocals, organ, piano, synthesizers
Ed Roynesdal – synthesizer, vibraphone, Hammond organ, violin
Graham Maby – bass guitar, backing vocals
Rick Ford – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
Tom Teeley – electric and acoustic 6-string guitars, backing vocals
Vinnie Zummo – electric, acoustic and nylon 6 and 12-string guitars, electric sitar
Gary Burke – drums
Sue Hadjopoulos – congas
Joy Askew – lead and backing vocals
Drew Barfield – lead and backing vocals
Chris Hunter – alto saxophone
Tony Aiello – tenor saxophone
Steve Elson – baritone saxophone
Michael Morreale – trumpet
Tony Barrero – trumpet
Charlie Gordon – trombone
Glenn Dicterow – violin
Anthony Cox – acoustic bass
Charles McCracken – cello
Joe Jackson – arrangements, producer
Ed Roynesdal – co-producer, sampling, Kurzweil K250 sequencer
Joe Barbaria – recording engineer
Gene Orloff – orchestra conductor
Frank Orlinsky, Pat Gorman, Richard Frankel – art direction
Sandra Haber, Laura Levine – photography
Blaze of Glory is the 10th studio album by English rock and roll singer Joe Jackson, released in 1989. Jackson has stated that the album and the songs themselves were an examination of his generation as the 1980s were ending, ranging from the optimism of the 1950s ("Tomorrow's World") to the politics of terrorism ("Rant and Rave") and the Cold War ("Evil Empire"), to yuppies ("Discipline") and rockers who are well past their prime ("Nineteen Forever"). The title track compares the legacy of a classic rock musician who died young ("...went out in a blaze of glory") with the current wannabes ("They're just cartoons" who "think they're Superman" but "can't even fly").
