Steppin' Out - The Videos (The Very Best of Joe Jackson)
Joe Jackson's reputation as a sort of post-punk crooner comes across in  this 12-video collection from the decade of his heyday, 1979-1989. His first  videos for the New Wave-ish tunes "I'm the Man" and "Different for Girls" are  charming in their primitive, pre-MTV style, while "Steppin' Out"--Jackson's  biggest success, with a keyboard-based hook to die for--is a prime example of an  early '80s "concept video" without a real concept.  Of the dozen videos on this collection, five of them are simply live performance  clips (including those for his other two hits, "Is She Really Going Out with  Him" and "You Can't Get What You Want ('Til You Know What You Want)"), which  begs the question of why complete concerts weren't released separately. Also,  with the whole thing clocking in at a mere 50 minutes with absolutely no extras  (no credits, chronology, or discography, and not even a 5.1 remix), only rabid  Joe Jackson fans need apply.--Kevin Filipski