Fool (Joe Jackson album)

Fool is the 20th studio album by British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson. Recorded the day after the end of his Fast Forward tour at the Tonic Room Studios in Boise, Idaho. Jackson had decided to record the album in whichever city the tour finished, which happened to be Boise after a performance at the Egyptian Theatre.^[6] It was released on 18 January 2019 through Edel AG.

Fool
Studio album by Joe Jackson
Released	18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)
Recorded	2018
Length	42:07
Label	Edel AG
Producer	Pat Dillett, Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson chronology
Fast Forward (2015) Fool (2019) What a Racket! (2023)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
Glide	9/10[4]
Paste	7.6/10[5]

Track listing

All songs written, arranged and produced by Joe Jackson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Big Black Cloud"	6:01
2.	"Fabulously Absolute"	4:14
3.	"Dave"	5:03
4.	"Strange Land"	5:41
5.	"Friend Better"	4:51
6.	"Fool"	4:59
7.	"32 Kisses"	4:28
8.	"Alchemy"	6:50

Personnel

Musicians

• Joe Jackson – vocals, keyboards, programming
• Graham Maby – bass, vocals
• Teddy Kumpel – guitar, vocals
• Doug Yowell – drums, programming, vocals

Production

• Joe Jackson and Pat Dillett – producer
• Pat Dillett – mixing
• Greg Calbi, Sterling Sound – mastering

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	71
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	72
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	13
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	107
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	11
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13]	64
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14]	13
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[15]	7
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[16]	14
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[17]	25