Beat Crazy is the third album by Joe Jackson, released in October 1980, and credited to the Joe Jackson Band. When Joe Jackson first arrived on the pop scene, few predicted he'd be making genre-defying music far removed from rock 'n ' roll. Indeed, the singer/writer/keyboardist–a former child prodigy who'd spent three years studying at London's prestigious Royal Academy of Music–would eventually exit the commercial pop world. But the fruits of Jackson's first decade as a slyly venomous rocker turned thoughtful adult pop troubadour continue to resonate.