On November 24, 2023, “earMusic” label released “What a Racket!”, the 21st Joe Jackson studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Patrick Dillett and Joe Jackson.

Personnel:

• Joe Jackson – recording supervision
• Max Champion – baritone voice, arrangements
• Albert Bonehill – first violin
• Bessie Macdermott – second violin
• Harry Penrose – viola
• Hetty Leno – violoncello
• Eugene Robey – contrabass
• Jack Chevalier – drums, cymbals, pots, pans, Maltese gong
• Vesta Merson – flute, piccolo
• Dan Fyffe – clarinet, bass clarinet
• Gus Leybourne – trumpet
• George Tilley – trombone
• B. Waldorf – pianoforte
• Patrick Dillett – recording supervision
• David Lawrence – character depiction
• Type Twenty Five – typography, graphic embellishments

Track listing:

All tracks by (Max Champion fictional music hall performer) – Joe Jackson

1. (Overture): Why, Why, Why?
2. The Sporting Life
3. Dear Old Mum – A London-Irish Lament
4. Monty Mundy (Is Maltese)!
5. The Shades of Night
6. What a Racket!
7. The Bishop and the Actress
8. Think of the Show – A Thespian’s Lament
9. Never So Nice in the Morning
10. Health & Safety
11. Worse Things Happen at Sea