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Basically, this Grace Jones entry in the Millennium Collection series is a one-disc version of Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions with "La Vie en Rose" added as representation of her early disco years. The Compass Point years were great, with Sly & Robbie providing the groovy reggae backbeat and Jones supplying the European iciness. The cosmopolitan and paranoid versions of Roxy Music's "Love Is the Drug," the Normal's "Warm Leatherette," and the Pretenders' "Private Life" are all excellent. Although the collection somehow leaves off her signature tune, "Slave to the Rhythm," the tunes written by Grace and friends are just as good, especially the widely sampled "My Jamaican Guy." If the compilers had included the few good singles from Jones' post-Island period it would have made the collection all the more valuable, but there's still a lot of great music here.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Louiguy, ComposerLyricist - Mack David, ComposerLyricist - EDITH GASSION, ComposerLyricist - Arthur Stoppe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Mark, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Moulton, Producer - Grace Jones, MainArtist - Duke Williams, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer - Chrissie Hynde, ComposerLyricist - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Uziah Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alex Sadkin, Producer - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Ferry, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Andy Mackay, ComposerLyricist - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Uziah Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alex Sadkin, Producer - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Petty, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Uziah Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alex Sadkin, Producer - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Otto Miller, ComposerLyricist - Uziah Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Vanda, ComposerLyricist - Alex Sadkin, Producer - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Redburn Young, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Uziah Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dana Manno, ComposerLyricist - Alex Sadkin, Producer - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Grace Jones, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Uziah Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer - Astor Piazzolla, ComposerLyricist - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Wilkey, ComposerLyricist - Uziah Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sting, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Uziah Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alex Sadkin, Producer - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Uziah Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Uziah Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Basically, this Grace Jones entry in the Millennium Collection series is a one-disc version of Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions with "La Vie en Rose" added as representation of her early disco years. The Compass Point years were great, with Sly & Robbie providing the groovy reggae backbeat and Jones supplying the European iciness. The cosmopolitan and paranoid versions of Roxy Music's "Love Is the Drug," the Normal's "Warm Leatherette," and the Pretenders' "Private Life" are all excellent. Although the collection somehow leaves off her signature tune, "Slave to the Rhythm," the tunes written by Grace and friends are just as good, especially the widely sampled "My Jamaican Guy." If the compilers had included the few good singles from Jones' post-Island period it would have made the collection all the more valuable, but there's still a lot of great music here.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:09
- Main artists: Grace Jones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group This Compilation ℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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