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Grace Jones
Artist Icon Nightclubbing (1981)
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Nightclubbing is absoluut een fenomenaal popalbum dat op nummer negen staat in de zwarte albumcharts en op nummer 32 de popcharts binnenkomt. Grace Jones werkt opnieuw samen met Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare en de rest van het Compass Point-team. Nightclubbing zet ook Jones' traditie voort van het kiezen van uitstekende nummers om te herinterpreteren. Deze keer krijgen "Demolition Man" van The Police, "Use Me" van Bill Withers en "Nightclubbing" van Iggy Pop een radicale herinterpretatie; "Nightclubbing" is ijzig in zowel tempo als gebrek aan warmte, terwijl zowel "Use Me" als "Demolition Man" perfect passen in het tekstschema van Jones. Over een tekstueel schema gesproken, "Pull Up to the Bumper" (nummer vijf zwarte singles, nummer twee in clubs) zit zo vol met ondeugende dubbele bodems -- of gaat het gewoon over parallel parkeren? -- dat het Musique's "In the Bush" net zo gedurfd maakt als Paul Anka's "Puppy Love". Rijden tussen wat, Grace? Het is niet alleen de tekst die het nummer eruit doet springen; rinkelende spiralen van ritmegitaar en een simplistisch, krakend, midtempo ritme maken het nummer effectief, zelfs zonder rekening te houden met de aanwezigheid van Jones. Sly & Robbie bieden opnieuw de ideale achtergrond voor Jones en leggen een pittige, maar niet bruisende glans over levendige structuren. Nooit eerder en sindsdien is een nauwkeurig versnipperd blok erts zo verleidelijk geweest.
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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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