Album
Slave To The Rhythm
1985 · Electronic, Funk / Soul
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Slave To The Rhythm is an Electronic album by Grace Jones, originally released in 1985. On Gatefold: 101 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
About
After a three-year hiatus in which she transformed herself into a Hollywood star, Grace Jones returned to the studio and created 1985’s <i>Slave to the Rhythm</i>, which turned out to be both her most ambitious and most popular album. After making three brilliant albums in collaboration with the Nassau-based studio collective The Compass Point All-Stars, Jones assumed a new direction by teaming up with Trevor Horn, the eccentric pop producer most famous for his work with Frankie Goes to Hollywood. With his taste in orchestral electronics and theatricality, Horn helped develop a single Jones song—the excellent “Slave to the Rhythm”—into an entire album. With its spoken-word interludes (some read by Ian McShane, who'd later become famous playing Al Swearengen, the evil saloonkeeper on <i>Deadwood</i>) and reiterations of a single theme, <i>Slave to the Rhythm</i> feels something like an impressionistic autobiography, written in the vocabulary of '80s pop music. Listeners might never really notice that the album is essentially several remixes of the same song. The final product comes off like a surprisingly epic statement of purpose.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Jones The Rhythm6:17
- A2The Fashion Show6:36
- A3The Frog And The Princess7:04
- A4Operattack2:45
Side B
- B1Slave To The Rhythm6:36
- B2The Crossing (Ooh The Action...)4:58
- B3Don't Cry - It's Only The Rhythm2:54
- B4Ladies And Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones5:54
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Ambient & Downtempo
- layered
- hypnotic
- nocturnal
"Slave To The Rhythm" is the seventh studio album by Grace Jones, produced by Trevor Horn and released in 1985.
"Slave To The Rhythm" is a concept album featuring several interpretations of the title track. The track was originally intended for Frankie Goes To Hollywood as a follow-up to "Relax". (The FGTH version of "Slave To The Rhythm" was initially announced as part of the tracklist of "Inside The Pleasuredome" when the Pledge campaign was launched but eventually wasn't included.)
The original LP edition includes excerpts from conversations with Jones about her life, conducted by journalists Paul Morley, Paul Cooke with voice-overs from actor Ian McShane.
Portions of the original LP material are absent on several CD reissues. "Jones the Rhythm", "The Fashion Show" and "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones" are all edited in length (with the latter track matching the 7" single mix); the interview portions between Morley and Jones are omitted, rendering "The Crossing" a fully instrumental track. "The Frog and the Princess" appears in extended form and is moved further down the running order, after "Slave to the Rhythm". Ian McShane's introduction from the start of the album, "Ladies and gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones", reappears as the intro to the song of the same name. Only North American CD editions, e.g., Slave To The Rhythm (US 1987) (opens in a new tab) US 1987, some European pressings (albeit with the abridged tracklist printed on the artwork), e.g., Slave To The Rhythm (Europe) (opens in a new tab), Slave To The Rhythm (Europe) (opens in a new tab), and the 2015 remastered edition (opens in a new tab) retain the same track listing and running times as the original vinyl version.
Singles from the album:
• Slave To The Rhythm - appears on the album as "Ladies And Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones"
• Jones The Rhythm
• Slave To The Rhythm - appears on the original album edition as "Slave To The Rhythm" (track B1)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andy MackintoshBARITONE SAXOPHONE MUSICIAN , BARITONE SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Andy RichardsKEYBOARDS
- Bruce WoolleyBACKING VOCALS GUITAR KEYBOARDS
- Dave BishopMUSICIAN , TENOR SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- David SnellHARP MUSICIAN , HARP
- Frank RicottiMUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Gary MaughanBACKING VOCALS FEATURING VOCALS
- Gavyn WrightCONDUCTOR STRINGS
- Geoff PerkinsBASS TROMBONE MUSICIAN , BASS TROMBONE TROMBONE
- Glenn GregoryBACKING VOCALS FEATURING VOCALS
- Grace JonesVOCALS
- Guy BarkerMUSICIAN , TRUMPET TRUMPET
- J.J. BelleGUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR
- Jamie TalbotALTO SAXOPHONE MUSICIAN , ALTO SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- John McCarthyCHORUS MASTER
- John PigneguyFRENCH HORN MUSICIAN , FRENCH HORN
- John SinclairBACKING VOCALS FEATURING VOCALS
- John ThirkellMUSICIAN , TRUMPET TRUMPET
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