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Grace Jones
Artist Icon Nightclubbing (1981)
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Um álbum pop fenomenal que alcançou o número nove na tabela de álbuns negros e entrou na tabela pop no número 32, Nightclubbing viu Grace Jones a trabalhar mais uma vez com Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare e o resto da equipa do Compass Point. Nightclubbing também continua a tradição de Jones de escolher excelentes canções para reinterpretar. Desta vez, "Demolition Man", dos Police, "Use Me", de Bill Withers, e "Nightclubbing", de Iggy Pop, recebem reinterpretações radicais; "Nightclubbing" é glacial, tanto no ritmo como na falta de calor, enquanto "Use Me" e "Demolition Man" encaixam perfeitamente no esquema lírico de Jones. Falando de um esquema lírico, "Pull Up to the Bumper" (número cinco de singles negros, número dois de reprodução em discotecas) está tão repleto de duplos sentidos marotos - ou será apenas sobre estacionamento paralelo? -- que torna "In the Bush" de Musique tão ousada como "Puppy Love" de Paul Anka. Conduzi-la entre o quê, Grace? Não é só a letra que faz com que a canção se destaque; espirais de guitarra rítmica a tilintar e um ritmo simplista, esmagador e a meio ritmo tornam a canção eficaz, mesmo sem considerar a presença de Jones. Sly & Robbie fornecem os cenários ideais para Jones mais uma vez, lançando um brilho rápido, mas não brisado, sobre estruturas flutuantes. Nunca antes, nem depois, um bloco de minério cortado com precisão foi tão sedutor.
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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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