Grace jones danceable rockable pop reggae at its very best.
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Two 200 gram super heavyweight vinyl records containing grace jones critically celebrated recent album hurricane released on vinyl for the very first time album especially mastered for vinyl by the legendary bob ludwig in new york and pressed on the peerless emi 1400 in hayes middlesex.
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The extra dub cd is mostly instrumentals of the albums songs with grace using her voice sparingly.
Initially released in 2008 grace jones tenth studio album hurricane was an appropriately titled whirlwind of dub rock reggae industrial electro and trip hop which effortlessly re established her status as pop s premier avant garde diva following two decades in the musical wilderness.
Living my life 1982 slave to the rhythm 1985 the nile rodgers produced inside.
Hurricane is the tenth studio album by grace jones released in 2008 her first album of new material in nineteen years.
Hurricane i would even go so far to say stands as grace jones very best album too date surprisingly even eclipsing the excellence of warm leatherette and nightclubbing while standing a good head and shoulders above her other albums of the 1980s.
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The album features many previous collaborators of jones including robbie shakespeare sly dunbar barry reynolds uziah sticky thompson mikey chung bruce woolley as well as contributions from her son paulo goude brother chris jones 20 and mother marjorie jones.
The production and musicianship is equal to the compass point sessions.
This is really cool music.
Featuring grace jones first new studio album for 19 years pressed on vinyl for the first time anywhere in the world.
Grace beverly jones oj born 19 may 1948 is a jamaican model singer songwriter record producer and actress.
Nineteen years between albums is the sort of gap usually reserved for in it for the money reunions but hurricane grace jones first album since 1989 s bulletproof heart suggests an artist who hasn t lost one shred of her disco nous or imperious command recorded with a string of collaborators including brian eno tricky tony allen and wendy and lisa of prince s band the.
In 1999 jones ranked 82nd on vh1 s 100 greatest women of rock and roll and in 2008 she was honored with a q idol award jones influenced the cross dressing movement of the 1980s and has been an inspiration for artists including annie lennox lady gaga rihanna solange lorde.
Produced by ivor guest hurricane features long time grace jones collborators sly and robbie as well as brian eno tricky and tony allen.