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Grace Jones - The Collection (2004)
This is mostly a collection of Grace Jones' avant-garde explorations of the 1980s. The two exceptions are her magnificent version of Edith Piaf's La Vie En Rose and the anthemic I Need A Man from the Portfolio album, a disco classic. Her version of The Normal's Warm Leatherette is still ominous and impressive, whilst her cover of The Pretenders Private Life is interesting. Feel Up is a buoyant exploration of jungle rhythms and soulful vocals, whilst The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game is a lovely ballad. Her famous torch songs are represented by the timeless Walking In The Rain and I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango), two of her most memorable performances. Other tuneful and rhythmically exciting numbers include Nipple To The Bottle and Everybody Hold Still. Many of these tracks are the long album versions of the songs and the album includes a demo of Ring Of Fire, which makes it an essential purchase for the devoted fan. The album is of course not comprehensive and the most glaring omissions are the brilliant My Jamaican Guy and the evocative The Apple Stretching. Still, the collection is a worthwhile showcase of the contribution of this innovative and unique vocalist who transformed herself from disco star into art-rocker and torch singer. ---------------------------------- Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance club hits and a large gay following. The three disco albums she recorded - Portfolio (1977), Fame (1978), and Muse (1979) - generated considerable success in that market. During this period, she also became a muse to Andy Warhol, who photographed her extensively. Jones also accompanied him to famed New York City nightclub Studio 54 on many occasions. Towards the end of the 1970s, Jones adapted the emerging New Wave music to create a different style for herself. Still with Island, and now working with producers Alex Sadkin and Chris Blackwell, she released the acclaimed albums Warm Leatherette (1980) and Nightclubbing (1981). These included re-imaginings of songs by Sting, Iggy Pop, The Pretenders, Roxy Music, Flash and the Pan, The Normal, ?stor Piazzolla and Tom Petty, as well as originals like the UK Top 20 hit, "Private Life." Parallel to her musical shift was an equally dramatic visual makeover, created in partnership with stylist Jean-Paul Goude, whom she eventually married and by whom she had a son. Jones adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and angular, padded clothes. The iconic cover photographs of Nightclubbing and, subsequently, Slave to the Rhythm (1985) exemplified this new identity. To this day, Jones is known for her unique look at least as much as she is for her music. Her collaboration with Sadkin and Blackwell continued with the dub reggae-influenced album Living My Life. In the mid 1980s, she worked with Trevor Horn for the conceptual musical collage Slave to the Rhythm and with producer Nile Rodgers for Inside Story (1986) - her first album after leaving the Island Records label. The well-received Slave to the Rhythm consisted of several re-workings of the title track (the single of which hit #12 in the UK) while Inside Story produced her last Billboard Hot 100 hit to date, "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)," one of several songs she co-wrote with Bruce Woolley.[1] Bulletproof Heart (1989) spawned the #1 U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play hit "Love on Top of Love - Killer Kiss," produced by C+C Music Factory's David Cole and Robert Clivilles. Although she yet to become a truly mainstream recording artist in the United States, much of her musical output is still popular on the Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts and many of her songs are regarded as classics to this day. Jones was able to find mainstream success in the United Kingdom, scoring a number of Top 40 entries on the UK Singles Chart. To date, she has released 43 singles (commercial and/or promotional), including several non-album tracks.
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size ca.: 180 MB
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Track List :
01. Warm Leatherette 4.31
02 . Nipple To The Bottle 5.53
03. Everybody Hold Still 3.12
04. Private Life 5.12
05. Use Me 5.05
06. Living My Life 3.33
07. La Vie En Rose (Long Version)7.27
08. Love Is The Drug 7.11
09. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game 3.48
10. Feel Up 4.04
11. I Need A Man 3.24
12. Ring Of Fire - Demo 3.59
13. Walking In The Rain 4.20
14. All On A Summers Night 4.15
15. I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) 4.30
16. She's Lost Control 8.23
