Grace Jones Story, The - Grace Jones

Advantages: superb collection of superb songs - great production too
Disadvantages: can't think of any

...This is Grace Jones' first album in 20 years and reunites her with Sly and Robbie, her collaborators on the classic trilogy of albums from the early eighties (Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing, and Living My Life). The new album also includes contributions from Brian Eno who contributes all sorts of sonic enhancements. The opening song "This Is" sets the scene - those classic half sung, half spoken vocals, masses of delightful sonic touches buried in the mix and above all, a very catchy tune. It's like Massive Attack suddenly wrote some dubby pop songs. Track two "William's Blood" is astounding too especially as Grace duets with her mother on a verse of "Amazing Grace" at the close of the song. The single "Corporate Cannibal" is superb - spooky vocals and lyrics (Grace sombrely declaring that she is 'a man eating machine'). Check... Read review

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Advantages: Hurricane emerges as Grace Jones most compelling recording project
Disadvantages: None that springs to mind

...backdrop. Devil In My Life sounds the ideal track to be lifted as a single, or, again, crack the Urban radio market. A fabulous ending to this critically-acclaimed masterpiece. So, final analysis? Hurricane, i would even go so far to say, stands as Grace Jones very best album too date, surprsingly even eclipsing the excellence of Warm Leatherette and Nightclubbing, while standing a good head and shoulders above her other albums of the 1980s: Living My Life (1982), Slave To The Rhythm (1985), the Nile Rodgers-produced Inside Story (1986) and Bulletproof Heart(1989). I'm sure I speak for all Grace Jones fans when i say it's a real pleasure to see Grace Jones return to the music scene, and with such a VENGEANCE! Her spirit, passion and fire literally pour out on Hurricane and is a sheer evidence, and a perfect testament, of her artistic gifts... Read review

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Advantages: The funky Pull Up To The Bumper
Disadvantages: None that really springs to mind

...Following the excellent Warm Leatherette (1980) album, her debut on the Island Records label which saw her rewarded with more commercial acceptance, the outrageous and off-the-wall diva, Grace Jones returned to the recording studios in early 1981 for the unforgetable Nightclubbing project. Grace Jones second album on Island Records is possibly the greatest of her considerably short recording career and captured Jones at her artistic peak. It features a series of remarkable recordings, encapsulating a multitude of styles such as New Wave, Reggae, Funk, Jazz and Soul. She was again aided by the fabulous production skills of those reggae kings, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. Nightclubbing (1981)begins with the curiously compelling, Walking In The Rain, which sets a dark, atmospheric tone for the duration of the project... Read review

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