Living My Life (album)

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Living My Life
Studio album by Grace Jones
Released	1982
Genre	Reggae, Dance, Soul, New Wave
Length	37:32
Label	Island Records
Producer	Chris Blackwell, Alex Sadkin,
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Grace Jones chronology
Nightclubbing 1981 Living My Life'' 1982 Slave to the Rhythm 1985

Living My Life is an album by Grace Jones released in 1982. It was the last of a trilogy of albums that she recorded at the Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas in the early eighties. This time around, Jones wrote or co-wrote every track on the album except for one, "The Apple Stretching", which was originally written by Melvin Van Peebles and used in the Broadway show "Waltz of the Stork".

The album reached number #15 on the UK Album Chart in November, 1982.

Although it does not appear on the album, a track called "Living My Life" (written by Jones) was recorded during the sessions for the album and was later released as the B-side of the 1986 remix of "Love Is The Drug".

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side A 1.2 Side B 2 Personnel 3 Singles 3.1 "My Jamaican Guy" 3.2 "Nipple To The Bottle" 3.3 "The Apple Stretching" 3.4 "Unlimited Capacity For Love" 3.5 "Cry Now, Laugh Later" 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side A

1. "My Jamaican Guy" (Grace Jones) - 6:00
2. "Nipple to the Bottle" (Grace Jones, Sly Dunbar) - 5:55
3. "The Apple Stretching" (Melvin Van Peebles) - 7:08

[edit] Side B

1. "Everybody Hold Still" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) - 3:10
2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) - 5:00
3. "Inspiration" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) - 4:35
4. "Unlimited Capacity for Love" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) - 5:45

[edit] Personnel

• Benji Armbrister - Assistant Engineer
• Wally Badarou - Keyboards
• Chris Blackwell - Producer
• Michael Brauer - Mixing
• Mikey Chung - Guitar
• Sly Dunbar - Drums, Syndrum
• Jean-Paul Goude - Design, Photography
• Ted Jensen - Mastering
• Grace Jones - Vocals
• Rob O'Connor - Design
• Barry Reynolds - Guitar
• Trevor Rogers - Photography
• Alex Sadkin - Organ (Hand), Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Robbie Shakespeare - Guitar (Bass)
• Steven Stanley - Engineer, Mixing
• Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - Percussion

[edit] Singles

[edit] "My Jamaican Guy"

• UK 7" single (1983) IS 103

1. "My Jamaican Guy" (7" Edit) - 3:36
2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (7" Edit) - 4:25

• JP 7" promo (1982) 7S-83

1. "My Jamaican Guy"
2. "Everybody Hold Still"

• AU 7" single (1982) K 8995

1. "My Jamaican Guy" (Edit) - 3:37
2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub)- 3:48

• US 12" single (1982)

1. "My Jamaican Guy" - 4:05
2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) - 3:11
3. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Steven Stanley Remix) - 5:55

• UK 12" single (1983) 12IS 103

1. "My Jamaican Guy" - 4:05
2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) - 3:00
3. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) - 5:55

• GE 12" single (1983) 600 735

1. "My Jamaican Guy" - 4:02
2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) - 3:00
3. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) - 5:55

• US 12" promo (1982) DMD 367

1. "JA Guys" - 7:15
2. "Nipple To The Bottle" - 6:57

[edit] "Nipple To The Bottle"

• US 7" single (1982) 7-99963

1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (7" Version) - 3:59
2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) - 4:40

• IT 7" single (1982) WIP 26779

1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Edit) - 4:22
2. "The Apple Stretching" (Edit) - 3:33

• NE 7" single (1982) 104.706

1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Edit) - 4:22
2. "The Apple Stretching" (Edit) - 3:33

• US 12" single (1982) 0-99964

1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) - 6:59
2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) - 7:15

• US 12" promo (1982) DMD 367

1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) - 6:57
2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub version of "My Jamaican Guy") - 7:15

• UK 12" single (1982) 12WIP 6779

1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) - 6:59
2. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) - 8:40

• NE 12" single (1982) 600.687

1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Long Version) - 6:59
2. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) - 8:40

• CA 12" single (1982) 79 99640

1. "Nipple To The Bottle" - 6:54
2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" - 6:08

[edit] "The Apple Stretching"

• US 7" single (1982)

1. "The Apple Stretching" (7" Version) - 3:23
2. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut 7" Version) - 4:22

• UK 7" single (1982) WIP 6779

1. "The Apple Stretching" (7" Version) - 3:23
2. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut 7" Version) - 4:22

• US 12" single (1982)

1. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) - 8:40
2. "Nipple to The Bottle" (Club Cut) - 6:59

• UK 12" single (1982) 12WIP 6779

1. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) - 8:40
2. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Long Version) - 6:59

• GE 12" single (1982) 600 687

1. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) - 8:40
2. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Long Version) - 6:59

[edit] "Unlimited Capacity For Love"

• GE 7" single (1982) 105 095

1. "Unlimited Capacity For Love" (Edited Version) - 3:30
2. "My Jamaican Guy" (Dub Version)

[edit] "Cry Now, Laugh Later"

• US 12" single (1983) 0-99916

1. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) - 5:51
2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Dub) - 6:04
3. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Dub) - 3:40

• CA 12" single (1983)

1. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) - 5:51
2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Dub) - 6:04
3. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Dub) - 3:40

• US 7" promo (1983)

1. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (7" Edit) - 4:25
2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (7" Edit) - 4:25

• US 12" promo (1983) DMD 603

1. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) - 5:51
2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Dub) - 6:04
3. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Dub) - 3:40

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard Black Albums	19
1982	Billboard Pop Albums	86

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"Nipple to the Bottle"	Billboard Black Singles/Billboard Club Play	17/2
1982	"Cry Now, Laugh Later"	Billboard Black Singles/Billboard Club Play	64/33

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