The Duke
by Joe Jackson
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
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  1. Q Magazine
    Jul 27, 2012
    60
    [Many of] these clean-sounding, jazz-rock rearrangements of songs from 1928 to 1963 prove successful experiments. [Aug 2012, p.100]
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  2. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Jul 23, 2012
    60
    He wins you over, eventually.
  3. Mojo
    Jul 19, 2012
    60
    For the most part his tribute to Duke Ellington works in the way that should keep purist onside. [Aug 2012, p.96]
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  5. Rolling Stone
    Jul 19, 2012
    60
    Even when it's too adult-contempo (see Steve Vai grating new age cheese all over "Isfahan") this album always has one thing going for it – it makes you want to listen to some Duke Ellington.
  6. AllMusic
    Jun 27, 2012
    50
    Most of the time, Jackson's new arrangements of Ellington's compositions don't serve the songs so much as they betray the arrogance of a musician who wants to show us how he can bring this music into the present day while ignoring many of the qualities that made it timeless.
  7. Consequence
    Jun 27, 2012
    40
    The Duke is too scattershot, and Jackson doesn't quite know what genre to focus on.

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