[1] On the album cover, Jackson appears in the guise of a particular type of petty criminal known in the United Kingdom as a spiv, a character who, in Jackson's own words, "always wears a gross polka-dot tie and a pencil-thin mustache, and he's always trying to sell you a watch or something like that real cheap.

I think people always want to put a label on what you do, so I thought I'd be one step ahead of them and invent one myself - spiv rock.

Shortly after Look Sharp's release, Jackson speculated, "Compared to the first album, I think it's a bit more mature.

[7] Jackson pushed for "I'm the Man" to be the leading single from the album, and professed bemusement when it failed to chart in the US or the UK.

The record label then decided on its own to release "It's Different for Girls" which went straight to the UK Top Ten.

The Christian Science Monitor called the music "crisp and sharp," writing that "Jackson continues his subtle satirization and serves notice he ... is not getting soft.