Island Life

by Grace Jones

Island Life cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: December 1985
  • Label: Island
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Length: 48:13
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Showcasing her iconic creative partnership with the Compass Point All Stars rhythm section, this retrospective captures the Jamaican singer's sleek synthesis of dub, new wave, and avant-garde disco. The stunning Jean-Paul Goude cover art remains one of the most recognizable and defining visual statements of 1980s pop culture.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, rhythmic, party, electronic, dance

Tracklist

  1. La Vie en rose (7:25)
  2. I Need A Man (3:21)
  3. Do Or Die - 7" Version (3:22)
  4. Private Life (5:11)
  5. Love Is The Drug (6:02)
  6. I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) (4:29)
  7. Pull Up To The Bumper - Edit (3:38)
  8. Walking In The Rain (4:18)
  9. My Jamaican Guy (5:59)
  10. Slave To The Rhythm - 7" Edit (4:22)

Credits

  • Grace Jones - primary artist, voice [breath, blood and voice]
  • Jamie Talbot - alto saxophone
  • Phil Todd - alto saxophone
  • Richard Niles - arranged by, conductor, directed by
  • Tessa Niles - backing vocals
  • Andy Mackintosh - baritone saxophone
  • Luis Jardim - bass guitar, percussion, hihat [vocal hi hat]
  • Geoff Perkins - bass trombone

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