- Audio CD (May 21 1991)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Best of
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B000001FTH
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #42,731 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. La Vie En Rose |
| 2. I Need a Man |
| 3. Do or Die |
| 4. Private Life |
| 5. Love is the Drug |
| 6. I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) |
| 7. Pull Up To The Bumper |
| 8. Walking In The Rain |
| 9. My Jamaican Guy |
| 10. Slave To The Rhythm |
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Ladies and gentlemen...heeere's GRACE!,
This review is from: Island Life (Audio CD)
My first introduction to Grace Jones is when I saw the music video for "Love Is The Drug" on VH1 Classic and i knew i was going to be hooked for life. I managed to go to my local used cd store and i found this "Island Life" cd. I picked it up, brought it home, and popped it in my cd player. The first 3 songs are from her first 3 disco albums Portfolio, Fame, and Muse. The last two are long out of print. My favorite song out of those 3 is I Need A Man. But then we get onto the better early 80's material such as Love Is The Drug, Pull Up To The Bumper, and My Jamaican Guy. The cd ends with Slave To The Rhythm which is a pretty cool song. My only complaint about this cd is that I wish they included more songs such as Demolition Man and She's Lost Control but i'm still pretty satisfied. I hope she makes a comeback in 2004.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A skimpy collection,
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This review is from: Island Life (Audio CD)
Island Life is a collection of Grace Jones' biggest hits on the Island records label. It draws from albums like Portfolio (1977), Fame (1978), Muse (1979), Warm Leatherette (1980), Nightclubbing (1981), Living My Life (1982) and Slave To The Rhythm (1985). The tracks are arranged chronologically so it maps out her musical development from the robotic disco sounds of La Vie En Rose through her new wave experiments with Private Life, her torch song phase in Libertango up to the funky R&B of My Jamaican Guy. She wasn't taken seriously as a musician up until the release of Warm Leatherette in 1980, but I have always enjoyed her early disco work, especially the Portfolio album with its great tracks like Tomorrow, Send In The Clowns, I Need A Man and La Vie en Rose. The following two albums, Fame and Muse, were weaker but still contained a sprinkling of memorable disco musings like Autumn Leaves, Do Or Die and others. Warm Leatherette really put her on the musical map, especially on account of her version of the title track that was an obscure synth-pop single by Daniel Miller's The Normal. She also did interesting versions of Private Life (The Pretenders) and Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music). Tracks 6 to 8 come from Jones' very successful Nightclubbing album. Libertango and Walking In the Rain are witty, accessible pop ballads while the funky Pull Up To The Bumper is controversially sensual. My Jamaican Guy from the innovative Living My Life album is jerky, funky and tribal with stunning vocal arrangements. Unfortunately Island Life doesn't really succeed in providing the best of Grace Jones. It ought to properly have been a double disc as there are many other classics in her oeuvre that deserve to be on a best of album. Songs like Demolition Man, the title track from Nightclubbing, Rolling Stone, Art Groupie, Nipple To The Bottle and The Apple Stretching are equally worthy of inclusion on a greatest hits compilation. And then there are the great albums that followed her Island period: Bulletproof Heart and Inside Story, but that's another story!
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you like Madonna , you'll love this!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Island Life (Audio CD)
There could have been at least one more track from her disco era albums, "On Your Knees" the hit single from her second album "Muse". Also the huge hit from "Inside Story"(1986) that should have been included is "I'm Not Perfect(But I'm Perfect for You)". Aside from those two missing tracks, this is a good overview of Grace's material, good for the novice listener. For more Grace Jones get "Private Life:The Compass Point Sessions", "Bulletproof Heart", and "Sex Drive"(CD Single)". Fans of Madonna should check this out.
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