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Nightclubbing (Album) by Grace Jones
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Grace Jones Born Beverly Grace Jones On May 19 1948 In Spanish Town Jamaica Is A Model Singer And Actress. Raised In Syracuse New York She Found Success In The 70s As A Model Working In New York And Paris Where She Shared An Apartment With Jerry Hall And Jessica Lange Before Rising To Public Prominence As A Singer And Personality. Jones Secured A Record Deal With Island Records Which Resulted In A String Of Club Hits. The Three Disco Albums She Recorded - Portfolio 1977 Fame 1978 And Muse 1979 - Generated Dance Singles Such As Sorry That's The Trouble I Need A Man And A Classic Cover Of La Vie En Rose. During This Period She Also Became A Muse To Andy Warhol Appearing In His Portraits And Accompanying Him To Studio 54 On Many Occasions. As The 70s Drew To A Close Jones Adapted The Emerging New Wave Music To Suit A Different Style A Significant Departure From Her Previous Output That Resulted In Some Of Her Strongest Work. Still With Island And Now Working With Producers Alex Sadkin And Chris Blackwell At Compass Point Studios And With The Considerable Talents Of Sly Dunbar And Robbie Shakespeare Sly & Robbie Behind Her She Released The Acclaimed 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 And Tom Petty As Well As Originals Like The Innuendo-Filled Pull Up To The Bumper And The Haunting I've Seen That Face Before Libertango . Parallel To Her Musical Shift Was An Equally Dramatic Visual Departure Jones - Working Heavily With Style Artist Jean-Paul Goude - Adopted A Severe Androgynous Look That Enhanced Her Already Striking Presence The Iconic Cover Of Nightclubbing Exemplifying This New Identity. Her Collaboration With Sadkin And Blackwell Continued With The Dub Reggae-Influenced Album Living My Life Which Featured Nipple To The Bottle The Apple Stretching And The Jones-Penned And Much-Sampled My Jamaican Guy. Later In The 80s She Worked With Trevor Horn For The Conceptual Musical Collage Slave To The Rhythm 1985 And With Nile Rodgers For Inside Story 1986 - Her First Album Away From The Island Label. Inside Story Produced Her Last US Hot 100 Hit To Date I'm Not Perfect But I'm Perfect For You While Bulletproof Heart In 1989 Produced The #1 US Club Hit Love On Top Of Love - Killer Kiss Produced By C C Music Factory's David Cole And Robert Clivilles. Though A Chart Regular In The UK Grace Jones Never Achieved Mainstream Musical Success In The US But Most Of Her Singles Became Huge Hits In The Dance Underground. Jones' Strong Visual Presence Was Extended To Her Stage Work. Her Performances Were Unique Spectacles As She Adopted Various Personas And Wore Outlandish Costumes Throughout Particularly During Her Years With Goude. Her Most Memorable Performances Include The Paradise Garage In 1985 Wherein She Collaborated With Legendary Visual Artist Keith Haring For Her Costume And The Extraordinary One Man Show Filmed In Drury Lane Theatre London And In New York And Released On Video In 1982 It Is Yet To Be Re-Released . In 2008 She Returned With The Album "Hurricane".
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Grace Jones Born Beverly Grace Jones On May 19 1948 In Spanish Town Jamaica Is A Model Singer And Actress. Raised In Syracuse New York She Found Success In The 70s As A Model Working In New York And Paris Where She Shared An Apartment With Jerry Hall And Jessica Lange Before Rising To Public Prominence As A Singer And Personality. Jones Secured A Record Deal With Island Records Which Resulted In A String Of Club Hits. The Three Disco Albums She Recorded - Portfolio 1977 Fame 1978 And Muse 1979 - Generated Dance Singles Such As Sorry That's The Trouble I Need A Man And A Classic Cover Of La Vie En Rose. During This Period She Also Became A Muse To Andy Warhol Appearing In His Portraits And Accompanying Him To Studio 54 On Many Occasions. As The 70s Drew To A Close Jones Adapted The Emerging New Wave Music To Suit A Different Style A Significant Departure From Her Previous Output That Resulted In Some Of Her Strongest Work. Still With Island And Now Working With Producers Alex Sadkin And Chris Blackwell At Compass Point Studios And With The Considerable Talents Of Sly Dunbar And Robbie Shakespeare Sly & Robbie Behind Her She Released The Acclaimed 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 And Tom Petty As Well As Originals Like The Innuendo-Filled Pull Up To The Bumper And The Haunting I've Seen That Face Before Libertango . Parallel To Her Musical Shift Was An Equally Dramatic Visual Departure Jones - Working Heavily With Style Artist Jean-Paul Goude - Adopted A Severe Androgynous Look That Enhanced Her Already Striking Presence The Iconic Cover Of Nightclubbing Exemplifying This New Identity. Her Collaboration With Sadkin And Blackwell Continued With The Dub Reggae-Influenced Album Living My Life Which Featured Nipple To The Bottle The Apple Stretching And The Jones-Penned And Much-Sampled My Jamaican Guy. Later In The 80s She Worked With Trevor Horn For The Conceptual Musical Collage Slave To The Rhythm 1985 And With Nile Rodgers For Inside Story 1986 - Her First Album Away From The Island Label. Inside Story Produced Her Last US Hot 100 Hit To Date I'm Not Perfect But I'm Perfect For You While Bulletproof Heart In 1989 Produced The #1 US Club Hit Love On Top Of Love - Killer Kiss Produced By C C Music Factory's David Cole And Robert Clivilles. Though A Chart Regular In The UK Grace Jones Never Achieved Mainstream Musical Success In The US But Most Of Her Singles Became Huge Hits In The Dance Underground. Jones' Strong Visual Presence Was Extended To Her Stage Work. Her Performances Were Unique Spectacles As She Adopted Various Personas And Wore Outlandish Costumes Throughout Particularly During Her Years With Goude. Her Most Memorable Performances Include The Paradise Garage In 1985 Wherein She Collaborated With Legendary Visual Artist Keith Haring For Her Costume And The Extraordinary One Man Show Filmed In Drury Lane Theatre London And In New York And Released On Video In 1982 It Is Yet To Be Re-Released . In 2008 She Returned With The Album "Hurricane".
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Published: 05 May 2010, 13:51
Nightclubbing Is The Fifth Studio Album By Grace Jones Released In 1981. It Is The Second Of Three Post-Disco Albums That Jones Made At Compass Point Studios In The Bahamas And Became Jones' Commercial Breakthrough And Also Formed The Basis Of Her Groundbreaking Concept Tour A One Man Show. It Claimed The Number One Slot On NME Album Of The Year. The Lead-Off Single For The Album Was "Demolition Man" Written By Sting For Jones And Also Included On The Police's Album Ghost In The Machine Later In The Year. The Second Single "Pull Up To The Bumper" Was A Hit And Became One Of Jones' Best-Known Songs. It Originally Made #53 In The UK Singles Chart In June 1981 And A 1985 Re-Release Following The Success Of The Island Life Compilation Backed With "La Vie En Rose" Reached #12. The Third Single From Nightclubbing In 1981 Was "I've Seen That Face Before Libertango " Which Melded Ástor Piazzolla's Argentine Tango Classic With A Reggae Beat And Lyrics Partly Sung In French. The Title Track Is A Cover Of An Iggy Pop Song Which Was Co-Written By David Bowie And The Fourth Single Release "Walking In The Rain" Was Originally Recorded By Australian New Wave Band Flash And The Pan And Included On Their Eponymous 1979 Debut Album. Nightclubbing Closes With The Ballad "I've Done It Again" Written By Barry Reynolds With Whom Jones Would Go On To Compose Most Of The Material For 1982's Living My Life. The Album Reached Number #35 On The UK Album Chart In May 1981 #9 On Billboard's R&B Albums Chart And #32 On Pop Albums And This In Combination With An Entirely New Androgynous Image Created By Jean-Paul Goude Brought Jones From Being A Former Disco Diva With A Loyal Cult Following But Dropping Sales Figures To An International Star With Mainstream Chart Success And Resulted In Island Records Re-Releasing Her 1980 Album Warm Leatherette Worldwide. The Liner Notes Of The 2006 Universal Music Compilation The Grace Jones Story State "A Double Deluxe CD Edition Of Nightclubbing Is Being Released In May 2006 To Celebrate The 25th Anniversary Of Her Keynote Work" The Bonus Disc Most Likely Including The Original 1981 7" And 12" Mixes That Were Left Off The 1998 Compilation Private Life The Compass Point Sessions Namely "Walking In The Rain" 2 Different 12" Mixes One 7" Edit "Pull Up To The Bumper" 3 Different 12" Mixes And Also A 7" Dub Version Performed By The Compass Point Allstars Called "Peanut Butter" "Feel Up" 2 Different 12" Mixes "I've Seen That Face Before Libertango " 12" Mix Plus The Spanish Language 7" Version Of The Latter Entitled "Esta Cara Me Es Conocida". For Reasons Unknown This Deluxe Edition However Remains Unreleased. The Double Deluxe Edition CD Edition Of "Nightclubbing" Was Set To Be Released In 2009 To Coincide With Island Records 50th Anniversary But Is Now Delayed Indefinitely Universal Music Group Instead Re-Released The Album On Vinyl. The Strong Rhythm Section Which Features On Many Of The Tracks Was Provided By Robbie Shakespeare On Bass And Sly Dunbar On Drums. The Two Members Of The Jamaican Group Black Uhuru Were Later Successful As A Duo In Their Own Right.