The Grace Jones Story

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The Grace Jones Story
Compilation album by Grace Jones
Released	April 4, 2006
Recorded	1977-1993
Genre	Urban, Dance-pop, Soul, Disco, R'n'B
Length	Disc one: 72:25 Disc two: 74:34
Label	Universal Music
Professional reviews
Pop Matters - Christian John Wikane Rate: 7/10 link
Grace Jones chronology
The Collection 2004 The Grace Jones Story 2006 Colour Collection 2006

The Grace Jones Story is the 2006 anthology of Grace Jones' career spanning from 1977 to 1993. The Grace Jones Story is Island Records/Universal Music's first attempt to create a comprehensive documentation of Jones' recording career; starting in 1977 with her debut album Portfolio, and ending with the one-off Island Records single "Sex Drive" in 1993. The compilation however omits her biggest commercial hit, 1985's "Slave To The Rhythm", as well as other standout tracks like "Demolition Man", "Victor Should Have Been A Jazz Musician" and "Amado Mio".

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "That's the Trouble" (Grace Jones/Pierre Papadiamandis) - 3:39
2. "I Need A Man" (Pierre Papadiamandis/Paul Adrian Slade) - 3:24
3. "La Vie En Rose" (Edith Gassion/Luis/David Mack Guglielmi) - 7:28
4. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) - 7:35
5. "What I Did for Love" (Marvin Hamlisch/Edward Kleban) - 5:17
6. "Do Or Die" (7" Edit) (James Jaques Bolden/Jack Robinson) - 3:22
7. "Fame" (Jack Robinson/Martin Slavin) - 5:36
8. "Am I Ever Going to Fall in Love in New York City?" (James Jaques Bolden/Jack Robinson) - 5:28
9. "Don't Mess With the Messer" (Willie Dixon) - 4:52
10. "Sinning" (Grace Jones) - 5:06
11. "Saved" (Grace Jones) - 5:01 (Original length 7:13; this CD inexplicably skips the first two minutes of the track, subsequently starting with the first line of the second verse)
12. "Warm Leatherette" (LP Version) (Daniel Miller) - 4:29
13. "Love Is The Drug" (LP Version) (Bryan Ferry/Andy Mackay) - 7:11
14. "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" (LP Version) (Smokey Robinson) - 3:48

[edit] Disc two

1. "Private Life" (LP Version) (Chrissie Hynde) - 5:13
2. "She's Lost Control" (1998 Remix/Re-edit) (Ian Curtis/Bernard Dickin/Peter Hook/Stephen Morris) - 8:23
3. "Pull Up to the Bumper" (7" Edit) (Sly Dunbar/Dana Manno/Robbie Shakespeare/Grace Jones) - 3:41
4. "Walking in the Rain" (Harry Vanda/George Redburn Young) - 4:20
5. "Use Me" (Bill Withers) - 5:05
6. "Nightclubbing" (David Bowie/Iggy Pop) - 5:06
7. "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" (Astor Piazzolla/Barry Reynolds/Dennis Wilkey) - 4:30
8. "My Jamaican Guy" (Grace Jones) - 6:01
9. "The Apple Stretching" (Melvin van Peebles) - 7:10
10. "Nipple to the Bottle" (Sly Dunbar/Grace Jones) - 5:53
11. "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)" (Grace Jones/Bruce Woolley) - 3:59
12. "Love on Top of Love" (David Cole/Grace Jones) - 6:16
13. "Someone to Love" (Grace Jones/Chris Stanley) - 4:49
14. "Sexdrive" (7" Edit of the Sex Pitch Mix) (Fraser/Rodriguez) - 4:00

[edit] Overview

Disc one gathers tracks from her first four albums: Portfolio, Fame, Muse and Warm Leatherette.

Disc two gathers tracks from five albums, an EP and a B-side single: Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing, Living My Life, Inside Story, Bulletproof Heart, Sex Drive and a B-side of the single Private Life, but is sorely missing out on her 1985 collaboration with Trevor Horn, Slave to the Rhythm.