Album Title
Grace Jones
Nightclubbing (1981)
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Track List
01) Walking in the Rain
02) Pull Up to the Bumper
03) Use Me
04) Nightclubbing
05) Art Groupie
06) I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
07) Feel Up
08) Demolition Man
09) I've Done It Again

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First Released

1981

Genre

R&B

Mood

Gritty

Style

Urban/R&B

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Island

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Nightclubbing ist auf jeden Fall ein phänomenales Pop-Album, das auf Platz 9 der Black-Album-Charts landete und auf Platz 32 in die Pop-Charts einstieg. Auf Nightclubbing arbeitete Grace Jones wieder mit Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare und dem restlichen Compass Point-Team zusammen. Auch Nightclubbing setzt Jones' Tradition fort, hervorragende Songs für ihre Neuinterpretation auszuwählen. Diesmal werden "Demolition Man" von The Police, "Use Me" von Bill Withers und "Nightclubbing" von Iggy Pop radikal neu interpretiert; "Nightclubbing" ist eisig im Tempo und ohne Wärme, während sowohl "Use Me" als auch "Demolition Man" perfekt in Jones' lyrisches Schema passen. Apropos lyrisches Schema: "Pull Up to the Bumper" (Nummer fünf der schwarzen Singles, Nummer zwei der Club-Playlist) ist so gespickt mit frechen Doppeldeutigkeiten - oder geht es nur um das parallele Einparken? -- dass es Musique's "In the Bush" so gewagt erscheinen lässt wie Paul Anka's "Puppy Love". Zwischen was einparken, Grace? Es sind nicht nur die Texte, die den Song herausstechen lassen; klimpernde Spiralen der Rhythmusgitarre und ein simpler, quietschender Midtempo-Rhythmus machen den Song auch ohne Jones' Anwesenheit effektiv. Sly & Robbie bieten einmal mehr eine ideale Kulisse für Jones, indem sie einen flotten, aber nicht borstigen Glanz über schwungvolle Strukturen legen. Nie zuvor und nie danach war ein präzise geschliffener Erzblock so verführerisch.



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By all means a phenomenal pop album that hit number nine on the black albums chart and crossed over to penetrate the pop charts at number 32, Nightclubbing saw Grace Jones working once again with Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, and the remainder of the Compass Point team. Nightclubbing also continues Jones' tradition of picking excellent songs to reinterpret. This time out, the Police's "Demolition Man," Bill Withers' "Use Me," and Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing" receive radical reinterpretations; "Nightclubbing" is glacial in both tempo and lack of warmth, while both "Use Me" and "Demolition Man" fit perfectly into Jones' lyrical scheme. Speaking of a lyrical scheme, "Pull Up to the Bumper" (number five black singles, number two club play) is so riddled with naughty double entendres -- or is it just about parallel parking? -- that it renders Musique's "In the Bush" as daring as Paul Anka's "Puppy Love." Drive it in between what, Grace? It's not just lyrics that make the song stick out; jingling spirals of rhythm guitar and a simplistic, squelching, mid-tempo rhythm make the song effective, even without considering Jones' presence. Sly & Robbie provide ideal backdrops for Jones yet again, casting a brisk but not bristly sheen over buoyant structures. Never before and never since has a precisely chipped block of ore been so seductive.


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