Album
Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
1998 · Electronic, Reggae
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions is an Electronic album by Grace Jones, originally released in 1998. On Gatefold: 12 pressings tracked.
About
While Grace Jones' career encompasses several successful phases, fans new and old continue to return to the music she made at the Nassau-based Compass Point Studios in the early '80s. The Bahamian recording facility (owned by Island Records CEO Chris Blackwell) was Jones’ home base from 1980 to 1982, and everything she recorded there is on this superlative collection. Jones served as an ideal frontwoman for The Compass Point All Stars, the studio’s mostly Jamaican house band. They were looking to push the musical principles of reggae into the future, while Jones was a born futurist looking to reconnect with her Jamaican roots. While this collection boasts such definitive works as “Slave to the Rhythm,” “Pull Up to the Bumper," and “My Jamaican Guy,” the dub versions are equally essential to any understanding of the Compass Point ethos. Who else but Jones could have led this formidable group of Jamaicans to make a dub cover of “She’s Lost Control,” originally recorded by the doomed Manchester punk outfit Joy Division? Perhaps because of the tropical backdrop, the songs seem shaped by a deep conviction in musical voodoo.
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Tracklist
- 1Private Life (Long Version)6:17
- 2Private Life (Dub Version)8:03
- 3Love Is the Drug (Long Version)8:38
- 4Breakdown5:29
- 5Warm Leatherette (Long Version)5:35
- 6The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game (Long Version)6:43
- 7I've Done It Again3:49
- 8Pars (Long Version)5:41
- 9Pull Up to the Bumper4:33
- 10Use Me (Long Version)6:10
- 11She's Lost Control (Long Version)8:23
- 12She's Lost Control (Dub Version)8:37
- 2.1Walking In the Rain4:28
- 2.2Cry Now, Laugh Later5:01
- 2.3Nightclubbing5:03
- 2.4The Apple Stretching7:06
- 2.5Nipple to the Bottle (Long Version)6:54
- 2.6My Jamaican Guy (Long Version)7:02
- 2.7Feel Up4:01
- 2.8I've Seen That Face Before4:29
- 2.9Demolition Man (Long Version)4:56
- 2.10Unlimited Capacity for Love5:43
- 2.11Ring of Fire (Demo)3:56
- 2.12Man Around the House4:12
- 2.13Living My Life (7" Version)3:30
- 2.14Slave to the Rhythm (Hot Blooded Version)8:18
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- polished
- melancholic
- nocturnal
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Grace JonesVOCALS MUSICIAN , VOCALS PERFORMER , VOICE
- Andy MackintoshFEATURING , BARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Andy RichardsKEYBOARDS PERFORMER , KEYBOARDS
- Barry ReynoldsGUITAR MUSICIAN , GUITAR PERFORMER , GUITAR
- Bruce WoolleyKEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS, GUITAR PERFORMER , KEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS, GUITAR
- Dave BishopFEATURING , TENOR SAXOPHONE
- David SnellFEATURING , HARP
- Frank RicottiFEATURING , PERCUSSION
- Gary MaughanFEATURING
- Gavyn WrightFEATURING , LEADER
- Geoff PerkinsFEATURING , BASS TROMBONE
- Glenn GregoryFEATURING
- Guy BarkerFEATURING , TRUMPET
- J.J. BellePERFORMER , RHYTHM GUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR
- Jamie TalbotFEATURING , ALTO SAXOPHONE
- John PigneguyFEATURING , FRENCH HORN
- John SinclairFEATURING
- John ThirkellFEATURING , TRUMPET
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 12 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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