| Fool | ||||
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| Released | 18 January 2019 (2019-01-18) | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
| Length | 42:07 | |||
| Label | Edel AG | |||
| Producer | Pat Dillett, Joe Jackson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| American Songwriter | [3] |
| Glide | 9/10[4] |
| Paste | 7.6/10[5] |
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.
All songs written, arranged and produced by Joe Jackson.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 |
| Chart | Peak position |
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| 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 |
| USIndependent Albums (Billboard)[15] | 7 |
| USTop Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[16] | 14 |
| USTop Album Sales (Billboard)[17] | 25 |
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