Island Life
was Grace Jones' 1985 compilation album, featuring songs from her Island Records albums Portfolio
, Fame
, Warm Leatherette
, Nightclubbing
, Living My Life
, and Slave to the Rhythm
. No tracks from Muse
were included. The album was a huge success in the UK (reaching number #4 on the UK Album Chart in December, 1985), with "Pull Up to the Bumper" (#12 in the UK Singles Chart) and "Love Is the Drug" (#35) re-entering the charts a second time.
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ISLAND LIFE TICKETS
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Cover
The cover is by Grace Jones’ then-partner
Jean-Paul Goude, published in New York magazine in 1978. The impossibly graceful arabesque is a montage of separate images, following Goude’s ideas on creating credible illusions.
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Track listing
Side A
# "
La Vie en Rose" (Mack David/Marcel Louiguy/
Edith Piaf) – 7:25
#* From 1977 album
Portfolio
# "
I Need a Man" (Pierre Papadiamandis/Paul Slade) – 3:22
#* From 1977 album
Portfolio
# "
Do Or Die" [7" Edit](James Bolden/Jerry Robinson) – 3:22
#* Original version appears on 1978 album
Fame
# "
Private Life" (
Chrissie Hynde) – 5:10
#* From 1980 album
Warm Leatherette
# "
Love is the Drug" [Thorngren Remix] (
Bryan Ferry/
Andy Mackay) – 6:02
#* Original version appears on 1980 album
Warm Leatherette
Side B
# "
I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" (Nathalie Delon/
Astor Piazzolla/Barry Reynolds/Dennis Wilkey) – 4:29
#* From 1981 album
Nightclubbing
# "
Pull Up to the Bumper" [7" Edit] (Koo Koo Baya/
Grace Jones/Dana Mano) – 3:38
#* Original version appears on 1981 album
Nightclubbing
# "
Walking in the Rain" (
Harry Vanda/
George Young) – 4:18
#* From 1981 album
Nightclubbing
# "
My Jamaican Guy" (
Grace Jones) – 6:00
#* From 1982 album
Living My Life
# "
Slave to the Rhythm" [7" Edit] (Simon Darlow/
Trevor Horn/
Steve Lipson/
Bruce Woolley) – 4:22
#* Original version appears on 1985 album
Slave to the Rhythm
Album sales
CD sales since 1991:
| U.S. Nielsen SoundScan
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| 112,000
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References
- Snapshot: Grace Jones || guardian.co.uk Arts