''The Grace Jones Story'' is a 2006 anthology of recordings by
Grace Jones
Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a model, singer and actress. Born in Jamaica, she and her family moved to Syracuse, New York, when she was a teenager. Jones began her modelling career in New York state, then in Paris, working for ...
, spanning from 1977 to 1993.
Background
''The Grace Jones Story'' was
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
/
Universal Music's first attempt to create a comprehensive documentation of Jones' recording career; starting in 1977 with her debut album ''
Portfolio'', and ending with the one-off Island Records single "
Sex Drive" in 1993.
Disc one gathers tracks from her first four albums: ''Portfolio'', ''
Fame'', ''
Muse'' and ''
Warm Leatherette''. Disc two includes one more track representing ''Warm Leatherette'' and songs from Jones's next four albums: ''
Nightclubbing'', ''
Living My Life'', ''
Inside Story'' and ''
Bulletproof Heart'', plus the B-side "
She's Lost Control" and "Sex Drive". The compilation however omits her biggest commercial hit, the 1985 "
Slave to the Rhythm", and other charting songs, such as "
Party Girl" and "
Amado Mio", as well as one of Jones' signature tracks, "
Demolition Man".
Track listing
Disc One
# "That's the Trouble"
(Grace Jones
Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a model, singer and actress. Born in Jamaica, she and her family moved to Syracuse, New York, when she was a teenager. Jones began her modelling career in New York state, then in Paris, working for ...
, Pierre Papadiamandis) - 3:39
# "
I Need a Man"
(Pierre Papadiamandis, Paul Adrian Slade) - 3:24
# "
La Vie en rose
"La Vie en rose" (; ) is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, popularized in 1946, and released as a single in 1947. The song became very popular in the US in 1950, when seven versions reached the ''Billboard ...
"
( Édith Piaf, Louis Guglielmi, Mack David) - 7:28
# "
Send in the Clowns"
(Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...
) - 7:35
# "What I Did for Love"
(Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. Hamlisch was one of only seventeen people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. This collection of all four is referred to as an " EGOT ...
, Edward Kleban) - 5:17
# "
Do or Die"
( Jack Robinson, James Bolden) - 3:22
# "Fame"
(Jack Robinson, Gil Slavin) - 5:36
# "Am I Ever Gonna Fall in Love in New York City"
(Jack Robinson, Vivienne Savoie Robinson, James Bolden) - 5:28
# "Don't Mess with the Messer"
(Grace Jones, Pierre Papadiamandis) - 4:52
# "Sinning"
(Grace Jones, Pierre Papadiamandis) - 5:06
# "Saved"
(Jack Robinson, James Bolden, Vivienne Savoie Robinson) - 5:01
# "
Warm Leatherette"
( Daniel Miller) - 4:29
# "
Love Is the Drug
"Love Is the Drug" is a 1975 song from English rock band Roxy Music's fifth studio album ''Siren'', released as a single in September 1975. Co-written by Bryan Ferry and Andy Mackay, the song originated as a slower, dreamier track until the b ...
"
( Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay
Andrew Mackay (born 23 July 1946) is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founding member (playing oboe and saxophone) of the art rock group Roxy Music.
In addition, he has taught music and provided scores for television, while his ...
) - 7:11
# "
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"
(Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director. He was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief ...
) - 3:48
Disc Two
# "
Private Life"
(Chrissie Hynde
Christine Ellen Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician. She is a founding member and the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band the Pretenders, and one of the band's two remaining original members alon ...
) - 5:13
# "
She's Lost Control"
( Bernard Dickin, Peter Hook
Peter Hook (born Woodhead; 13 February 1956) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Joy Division and New Order. Hook often used the bass as a lead instrument, playing melodies on the high strings wi ...
, Stephen Morris, Ian Curtis) - 8:23
# "
Pull Up to the Bumper"
(Kookoo Baya, Grace Jones, Dana Mano) - 3:41
# "
Walking in the Rain"
( Harry Vanda, George Young George Young may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George Young (filmmaker), Australian stage manager and film director in the silent era
* George Young (rock musician) (1946–2017), Australian musician, songwriter, and record producer
* Geor ...
) - 4:20
# "
Use Me"
( Bill Withers) - 5:05
# "Nightclubbing"
( David Bowie, Iggy Pop
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Called the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of ...
) - 5:06
# "
I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)"
( Ástor Piazzolla, Barry Reynolds, Dennis Wilkey
Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Saint Dionysius (disambiguation), Christian saints named Dionysius.
The name came from Dionysus, the Classical mythology, Greek god of ecstatic states, ...
, Nathalie Delon) - 4:30
# "
My Jamaican Guy"
(Grace Jones) - 6:01
# "
The Apple Stretching"
( Melvin Van Peebles) - 7:10
# "
Nipple to the Bottle"
(Grace Jones, Sly Dunbar
Lowell Fillmore "Sly" Dunbar (born 10 May 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) is a drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie.
Biography
Dunbar began playing at 15 in a band called ...
) - 5:53
# "
I'm Not Perfect"
(Grace Jones, Bruce Woolley) - 3:59
# "
Love on Top of Love
"Love on Top of Love" is a song by Grace Jones released in 1989 as the first single from Jones' ninth studio album ''Bulletproof Heart'' .
Background
"Love on Top of Love", subtitled "Killer Kiss" on single releases, was produced by C+C Music Fact ...
"
( David Cole, Grace Jones) - 6:16
# "Someone to Love"
(Grace Jones, Chris Stanley) - 4:49
# "
Sex Drive"
( Sheep on Drugs) - 4:00
Notes: This CD inexplicably skips the first two minutes of "Saved", subsequently starting with the first line of the second verse. Original length of the track is 7:13.
References
External links
''The Grace Jones Story''on
Allmusic
''The Grace Jones Story''on
Rate Your Music
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2006 compilation albums
Grace Jones compilation albums
House music compilation albums