The Grace Jones Story


The Grace Jones Story is a 2006 anthology of songs recorded and released by Jamaican singer and songwriter Grace Jones, spanning from 1977 to 1993. It was released on 4th April 2006 as a joint venture from Island Records and Universal Music.

Background

The Grace Jones Story was 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.
Disc one gathers tracks from her first four albums: Portfolio, Fame, Muse and Warm Leatherette. Disc two includes one more track representing Warm Leatherette and songs from Jones's next four albums: Nightclubbing, Living My Life, Inside Story and Bulletproof Heart, plus the B-side "She's Lost Control" and "Sex Drive". The compilation however omits her biggest commercial hit, the 1985 "Slave to the Rhythm", and other charting songs, such as "Party Girl" and "Amado Mio", as well as one of Jones' signature tracks, "Demolition Man".

Track listing

Disc One
  1. "That's the Trouble" – 3:39
  2. "I Need a Man" – 3:24
  3. "La Vie en rose" – 7:28
  4. "Send in the Clowns" – 7:35
  5. "What I Did for Love" – 5:17
  6. "Do or Die" – 3:22
  7. "Fame" – 5:36
  8. "Am I Ever Gonna Fall in Love in New York City" – 5:28
  9. "Don't Mess with the Messer" – 4:52
  10. "Sinning" – 5:06
  11. "Saved" – 5:01
  12. "Warm Leatherette" – 4:29
  13. "Love Is the Drug" – 7:11
  14. "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" – 3:48
Disc Two
  1. "Private Life" – 5:13
  2. "She's Lost Control" – 8:23
  3. "Pull Up to the Bumper" – 3:41
  4. "Walking in the Rain" – 4:20
  5. "Use Me" – 5:05
  6. "Nightclubbing" – 5:06
  7. "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" – 4:30
  8. "My Jamaican Guy" – 6:01
  9. "The Apple Stretching" – 7:10
  10. "Nipple to the Bottle" – 5:53
  11. "I'm Not Perfect" – 3:59
  12. "Love on Top of Love" – 6:16
  13. "Someone to Love" – 4:49
  14. "Sex Drive" – 4:00
Notes: This CD inexplicably skips the first two minutes of "Saved", subsequently starting with the first line of the second verse. Original length of the track is 7:13.