Island Life

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Island Life
Compilation album by Grace Jones
Released	1985
Genre	Pop
Length	47:48
Label	Island Records
Professional reviews
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Grace Jones chronology
Slave to the Rhythm (1985) Island Life (1985) Inside Story (1986)

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.

[edit] Cover

The cover is by Jean-Paul Goude. The body position is anatomically impossible. It's an example of Goude's cut and paint technique, and it's from 1978.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side A

1. "La Vie en Rose" (Mack David/Marcel Louiguy/Edith Piaf) – 7:25
2. "I Need a Man" (Pierre Papadiamandis/Paul Slade) – 3:22
3. "Do Or Die" [7" Edit](Charles A. Bryant/Gerald Robinson) – 3:22
4. "Private Life" (Chrissie Hynde) – 5:10
5. "Love is the Drug" [Thorngren Remix] (Bryan Ferry/Andy Mackay) – 6:02

[edit] Side B

1. "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" (Natalie Delon/Astor Piazzolla/Barry Reynolds/Dennis Wilkey) – 4:29
2. "Pull Up to the Bumper" [7" Edit] (Ron Dunbar/Grace Jones/Dana Mano/Robbie Shakespeare) – 3:38
3. "Walking in the Rain" (Harry Vanda/George Young) – 4:18
4. "My Jamaican Guy" (Grace Jones) – 6:00
5. "Slave to the Rhythm" [7" Edit] (Simon Darlow/Trevor Horn/Steve Lipson/Bruce Woolley) – 4:22

[edit] Chart positions

"La Vie En Rose" (#10 U.S Dance Chart, #1 UK)
"I Need A Man" (#1 U.S Dance Chart, #83 Hot 100)
"Do Or Die" (#3 U.S Dance Chart)
"Private Life" (#17 U.K Charts)
"Love Is The Drug (#35 U.K Singles Chart)
"Pull Up Tp The Bumper" (#12 U.K Singles Chart, #2 U.S Dance Chart, #5 R&B)
"My Jamaican Guy" (#56 UK Charts)
"Slave To The Rhythm" (#12 U.K Chart, #1 U.S Dance Chart, #20 R&B)

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