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Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm

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Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm

Label:
Catalog#:
GRACE 1, GRACE 1
Format:
Vinyl, LP
Country:
UK
Released:
Oct 1985
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Downtempo, Synth-pop

Tracklist

A1   Jones The Rhythm X
A2   The Fashion Show X
A3   The Frog And The Princess X
A4   Operattack X
B1   Slave To The Rhythm X
B2   The Crossing (Ohh The Action...)
B3   Don't Cry - It's Only The Rhythm X
B4   Ladies And Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones

Notes

Subtitled "A Biography". This original ZTT / Island pressing features a different mixdown and interviews edited out of later issues. Nb: titles on the album do not always relate to same or similarly titled tracks on the Slave To The Rhythm 7" or 12"…

Written by Bruce Wooley, Simon Darlow, Steven Lipson and Trevor Horn. Produced by Trevor Horn, assisted by Lipson. Engineering and synclavier programming by Lipson, who is also credited with lead guitar, bass guitar and keyboards. Juju, Little Beats and Shorty Tim collectively credited as Wash Them Go Go. Glenn Gregory, John Sinclair and Gary Maughan collectively credited as The Wall Of Men.


Sleevenotes:

"An inevitable inspirational Island / Zang Tuum Tumb co-production recorded April-August 1985 (Action Series 16)

Text; extracts from Ian Penman's The Annihilation Of Rhythm - read on the record by Ian McShane. Interviews with the rhythm conducted seriously by Paul Morley and jovially by Paul Cooke (acknowledgement to Capitol Radio). The Strictly Unreasonable ZTTBBC were conducted and directed by Richard Niles."

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