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Nightclubbing (CD - 1981)( UPC: 00042284236829)
As low as $9.68 from CD Universe Artist: Grace Jones Label: Island Records (USA) Genre: R&B - Dance Album Description: By all means a phenomenal pop album that hit number nine on the black albums chart and crossed over to penetrate the pop charts at number 32, Nightclubbing saw Grace Jones working once again... Read More |
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| By all means a phenomenal pop album that hit number nine on the black albums chart and crossed over to penetrate the pop charts at number 32, Nightclubbing saw Grace Jones working once again with Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, and the remainder of the Compass Point team. Nightclubbing also continues Jones' tradition of picking excellent songs to reinterpret. This time out, the Police's "Demolition Man," Bill Withers' "Use Me," and Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing" receive radical reinterpretations; "Nightclubbing" is glacial in both tempo and lack of warmth, while both "Use Me" and "Demolition Man" fit perfectly into Jones' lyrical scheme. Speaking of a lyrical scheme, "Pull Up to the Bumper" (number five black singles, number two club play) is so riddled with naughty double entendres -- or is it just about parallel parking? -- that it renders Musique's "In the Bush" as daring as Paul Anka's "Puppy Love." Drive it in between what, Grace? It's not just lyrics that make the song stick out; jingling spirals of rhythm guitar and a simplistic, squelching, mid-tempo rhythm make the song effective, even without considering Jones' presence. Sly & Robbie provide ideal backdrops for Jones yet again, casting a brisk but not bristly sheen over buoyant structures. Never before and never since has a precisely chipped block of ore been so seductive. ~ Andy Kellman One of Jones' best post-disco albums, recorded in Nassau, Bahamas, with a truly remarkable studio band, including the legendary reggae rhythm team of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, along with Marianne Faithful collaborator Barry Reynolds on guitar. The songs are generally arranged in an innovative, ahead-of-their-time way (echoey yet spare, with lots of deep bass) that owes a bit to dub and in any case provides a perfect backdrop for Jones' Queen of the Undead vocals. Highlights include the proto-rap "Walkin' in the Rain," (by Easybeats/AC/DC auteurs Vanda and Young) and a spooky cover of Bill Withers' "Use Me." |
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| Track Listing | |
| 1. | Walking in the Rain |
| 2. | Pull up to the Bumper |
| 3. | Use Me |
| 4. | Nightclubbing |
| 5. | Art Groupie |
| 6. | I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) - (French) |
| 7. | Feel Up |
| 8. | Demolition Man |
| 9. | I've Done It Again |
| Album Information | |
 UPC: |
00042284236829 |
| Release Date: | Oct 17, 1990 |
| Type: | Performer |
| Genre: | R&B - Dance |
| Label: | Island Records (USA) |
| Distributor: | Universal Di |
| Producer: | Alex Sadkin; Chris Blackwell |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| Original Release Year: | 1981 |
| # of Discs: | 1 |
| Studio / Live: | Studio |
| Mono / Stereo: | Stereo |
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