2006 compilation album by Grace Jones
The Grace Jones Story is a 2006 anthology of songs recorded and released by Jamaican singer and songwriter Grace Jones , spanning from 1977 to 1993. It was released on 4th April 2006 as a joint venture from Island Records and Universal Music .
Background
The Grace Jones Story was Island Records /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 , Pierre Papadiamandis ) - 3:39
"I Need a Man " (Pierre Papadiamandis, Paul Adrian Slade) - 3:24
"La Vie en rose " (Édith Piaf , Louis Guglielmi , Mack David ) - 7:28
"Send in the Clowns " (Stephen Sondheim ) - 7:35
"What I Did for Love" (Marvin Hamlisch , 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 " (Bryan Ferry , Andy Mackay ) - 7:11
"The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game " (Smokey Robinson ) - 3:48
Disc Two
"Private Life " (Chrissie Hynde ) - 5:13
"She's Lost Control " (Bernard Dickin , Peter Hook , 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 ) - 4:20
"Use Me " (Bill Withers ) - 5:05
"Nightclubbing" (David Bowie , Iggy Pop ) - 5:06
"I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) " (Ástor Piazzolla , Barry Reynolds , Dennis Wilkey , 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 ) - 5:53
"I'm Not Perfect " (Grace Jones, Bruce Woolley ) - 3:59
"Love on Top of Love " (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.
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