Island Life
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Island Life was Grace Jones
' 1985 compilation album
, featuring songs from her Island Records
albums Portfolio, Fame
, Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing
, Living My Life
, and Slave to the Rhythm
. No tracks from Muse were included. The album was a huge success in the UK (reaching number #4 on the UK Album Chart in December 1985), with "Pull Up to the Bumper" (#12 in the UK Singles Chart
) and "Love Is the Drug" (#35) re-entering the charts a second time. The album was re-released under the name "Island Life 2" in 1996 by Island Records
/Universal Music, with four additional tracks.The album became gold in Australia in 1997 and gold in UK.
, published in New York magazine in 1978. The impossibly graceful arabesque is a montage of separate images, following Goude’s ideas on creating credible illusions.
Grace Jones
Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
' 1985 compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
, featuring songs from her Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
albums Portfolio, Fame
Fame (album)
-Charts:-References:*[ Allmusic]...
, Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing
Nightclubbing
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...
, Living My Life
Living My Life (album)
-Charts:AlbumSingle...
, and Slave to the Rhythm
Slave to the Rhythm
Slave to the Rhythm is the seventh album by Grace Jones. It was produced by Trevor Horn and released in 1985. The album was written by Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn...
. No tracks from Muse were included. The album was a huge success in the UK (reaching number #4 on the UK Album Chart in December 1985), with "Pull Up to the Bumper" (#12 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
) and "Love Is the Drug" (#35) re-entering the charts a second time. The album was re-released under the name "Island Life 2" in 1996 by Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
/Universal Music, with four additional tracks.The album became gold in Australia in 1997 and gold in UK.
Cover
The cover is by Grace Jones’ then-partner Jean-Paul GoudeJean-Paul Goude
Jean-Paul Goude is a French graphic designer, illustrator, photographer and advertising film director. He created several well-known campaigns for brands such as Perrier, Citroën and Chanel....
, published in New York magazine in 1978. The impossibly graceful arabesque is a montage of separate images, following Goude’s ideas on creating credible illusions.
Side A
- "La Vie en Rose" (Mack David/Marcel Louiguy/Edith PiafÉdith PiafÉdith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...
) – 7:25- From 1977 album Portfolio
- "I Need a ManI Need a Man (Grace Jones song)"I Need a Man" was the debut single by singer and actress Grace Jones, originally recorded and released in France for the label Orfeus while Jones was still working as a fashion model. The track was later released in the U.S...
" (Pierre Papadiamandis/Paul Slade) – 3:22- From 1977 album Portfolio
- "Do Or Die" [7" Edit] (James Bolden/Jerry Robinson) – 3:22
- Original version appears on 1978 album FameFame (album)-Charts:-References:*[ Allmusic]...
- Original version appears on 1978 album Fame
- "Private Life" (Chrissie HyndeChrissie HyndeChristine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde is an US musician best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band the Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant member of the band throughout its history.-Early life and career:Hynde is the daughter of a part-time...
) – 5:10- From 1980 album Warm Leatherette
- "Love is the Drug" [Eric "E.T." Thorngren Remix] (Bryan FerryBryan FerryBryan Ferry, CBE is an English singer, musician, and songwriter. Ferry came to public prominence in the early 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with the band Roxy Music, who enjoyed a highly successful career with three number one albums and ten singles entering the top ten charts in...
/Andy MackayAndy MackayAndrew "Andy" Mackay is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founder member of the art-rock group Roxy Music....
) – 6:02- Original version appears on 1980 album Warm Leatherette
Side B
- "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)"I've Seen That Face Before " is the third single from Grace Jones' album Nightclubbing. The song juxtaposes "Libertango", an Argentine tango classic, written by bandoneonist Ástor Piazzolla and first recorded by the composer himself in 1974, against a reggae arrangement and new lyrics penned by...
" (Nathalie Delon/Ástor PiazzollaÁstor PiazzollaÁstor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...
/Barry Reynolds/Dennis Wilkey) – 4:29- From 1981 album NightclubbingNightclubbingNightclubbing 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...
- From 1981 album Nightclubbing
- "Pull Up to the BumperPull Up to the Bumper"Pull Up to the Bumper" was the second single released by Grace Jones from her critically acclaimed 1981 album Nightclubbing and has since come to be one of Jones' signature tunes. The song was co-written by Jones herself, Sly Dunbar, Dana Mano and Robbie Shakespeare.Upon its release, the song...
" [7" Edit] (Koo Koo Baya/Grace JonesGrace JonesGrace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
/Dana Mano) – 3:38- Original version appears on 1981 album NightclubbingNightclubbingNightclubbing 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...
- Original version appears on 1981 album Nightclubbing
- "Walking in the RainWalking in the Rain"Walking in the Rain" was the third single from Grace Jones' 1981 album Nightclubbing. The song was originally composed and recorded by Australian band Flash and the Pan and included on their eponymous debut album....
" (Harry VandaHarry VandaHarry Vanda , is a Dutch-born Australian popular music singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer.-Career:...
/George Young) – 4:18- From 1981 album NightclubbingNightclubbingNightclubbing 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...
- From 1981 album Nightclubbing
- "My Jamaican GuyMy Jamaican Guy"My Jamaican Guy" was the lead single to Grace Jones' 1982 album Living My Life, her third and last album recorded in the Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas. The single was released in January 1983....
" (Grace JonesGrace JonesGrace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
) – 6:00- From 1982 album Living My LifeLiving My Life (album)-Charts:AlbumSingle...
- From 1982 album Living My Life
- "Slave to the RhythmSlave to the Rhythm (song)"Slave to the Rhythm" was the first single from Grace Jones' album of the same name, which was released in 1985. The song and the album was written by Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn and was produced by Horn...
" [7" Edit] (Simon Darlow/Trevor HornTrevor HornTrevor Charles Horn CBE is an English pop music record producer, songwriter, musician and singer. He was born in Houghton-le-Spring in north-east England....
/Steve Lipson/Bruce WoolleyBruce WoolleyBruce Woolley is an English writer, performer, record producer and composer.- Early years :Bruce Woolley was born in Loughborough, England on 11 November 1953 and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School where he learned electric guitar, began to write songs and where he met his future wife,...
) – 4:22- Original version appears on 1985 album Slave to the RhythmSlave to the RhythmSlave to the Rhythm is the seventh album by Grace Jones. It was produced by Trevor Horn and released in 1985. The album was written by Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn...
- Original version appears on 1985 album Slave to the Rhythm
Bonus 12" (Australian copies)
- "My Jamaican GuyMy Jamaican Guy"My Jamaican Guy" was the lead single to Grace Jones' 1982 album Living My Life, her third and last album recorded in the Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas. The single was released in January 1983....
" (Grace Jones) – 6:00- From 1982 album Living My LifeLiving My LifeLiving My Life is the 993-page autobiography of Lithuanian-born anarchist Emma Goldman, published in two volumes in 1931 and 1934 . Goldman wrote it in Saint-Tropez, France, following her disillusionment with the Bolshevik role in the Russian revolution...
- From 1982 album Living My Life
- "Pull Up to the BumperPull Up to the Bumper"Pull Up to the Bumper" was the second single released by Grace Jones from her critically acclaimed 1981 album Nightclubbing and has since come to be one of Jones' signature tunes. The song was co-written by Jones herself, Sly Dunbar, Dana Mano and Robbie Shakespeare.Upon its release, the song...
" [Extended Version] (Koo Koo Baya-Grace Jones-Dana Mono) – 4:58- Original version appears on 1981 album NightclubbingNightclubbingNightclubbing 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...
- Original version appears on 1981 album Nightclubbing
- "On Your KneesOn Your Knees (Grace Jones song)"On Your Knees" was the first and in most parts of the world the only single release from Grace Jones' third album Muse in 1979, in most territories credited as a double A-side with "Don't Mess With The Messer" as the second track...
" (David L Jeureux-J. Corbetta) – 6:30- From 1979 album Muse
- "Warm LeatheretteWarm Leatherette"Warm Leatherette" is a song by Daniel Miller.-Overview:"Warm Leatherette" was released as the B-side to "T.V.O.D.", the only single by Miller's musical project The Normal. It was the very first release on his Mute Records label, and an early example of the then-burgeoning industrial music genre....
" (D. Miller) – 5:38- From 1980 album Warm Leatherette
Island Life 2 bonus tracks
- "Pars" – 4:48
- From 1980 album Warm Leatherette
- "Feel Up" – 4:04
- From 1981 album NightclubbingNightclubbingNightclubbing 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...
- From 1981 album Nightclubbing
- "Sexdrive" (Sex Pitch Mix) – 7:18
- 1993 non-album single
- "Sexdrive" (Hard Drive Mix) – 5:10
- 1993 non-album single
Album sales
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