Bulletproof Heart (Rmxs) [Import]

Grace Jones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 18, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Gold Imports
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B0001ZXM2W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,519 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. Driving Satisfaction

2. Kicked Around

3. Love On Top Of Love

4. Paper Plan

5. Crack Attack

6. Bullet Proof Heart

7. On My Way

8. Seduction Surrender

9. Someone To Love

10. Amado Mio

11. Dream

12. Don't Cry Freedom

13. Love On Top Of

Editorial Reviews

Sighted as her most personal & beautiful album, originally released in 1989, this reissue features revamped original artwork & four bonus tracks, 'Don't Cry Freedom', 'Dream', 'Love On Top Of Love-Killer Kiss' (Garage House Mix) & 'Amado Mio' (Brazilian Mix). EMI Gold. 2004.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicous Club/Dance Music, June 25, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Bulletproof Heart (Audio CD)

An excellent album from Grace Jones. This is one of best albums. If it had been better promoted it would have been a return to Grace Jones being the Queen of the Alternative Lifestyler nightclubs. Here are the tracklistings.
1. Dreams (bonus track)
2. Love On Top of Love (the first single)
3. Kicked Around
4. Seduction Surrender
5. Bulletproof Heart
6. Crack Attack
7. On My Way
8. Someone to Love
9. Driving Satisfaction
10. Paper Plan
11. Don't Cry Freedom (with Chris Stanley)

12. Amado Mio

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sadly Overlooked, February 14, 2005

By 

Omar "omariii" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bulletproof Heart (Audio CD)

This is a rather good album, it's a shame it has been overlooked by many. It is somewhat disjointed though, I must agree with one amazon reviewer (Ian Phillips "1989 Studio Album"...by the way that review, in my opinion, gives a great portrayal of the album). There are some fillers here, so be warned. The good tracks are "Love On Top Of Love" (the most well known single off this album, and not the best one either), "Driving Satisfaction", "Bulletproof Heart", "Amado Mio" & "On My Way". Those last two tracks are designed to infuse some continental (European) flava "a-la-Grace" with some spanish and french undertones respectively. Tres chic, you'd better agree or you'll be slapped by Ms. Jones. There are some great remixes of the tracks off this album available out there, namely "Amado Mio (Brazilian Mix)" and "love On Top Of Love" (both the Garage House Mix & the Killer Kiss Mix) for the clubbers at heart. I believe these two are included as bonus tracks on the newly remastered CD. Now go put some Grace in your face.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amado Mio, December 11, 2004

By 

Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bulletproof Heart (Rmxs) (Audio CD)

Nineteen years elapsed between the release of Bulletproof Heart and Hurricane. On both Grace Jones acted as co-writer and co-producer. Bulletproof Heart's blend of styles has improved with age and it's not clear why some fans dissed this work when it was released in 1989. Robust & romantic singing replaces the menacing spoken delivery that appeared on, but by no means dominated, Warm Leatherette and Nightclubbing. BH consists of melodious power ballads and dynamic dance tracks courtesy of David Cole & Robert Clivilles and Chris Stanley who assume the role of Sly & Robbie on this magnificent album.

With its fast funky rhythm, Driving Satisfaction's screeching tire & car horn sound effects recall her risqué classic Pull Up To The Bumper from Nightclubbing, and the fast pace continues on Kicked Around where Grace wails like a soul or gospel pro, her voice conveying heartfelt emotion. The tempo slows somewhat for the buoyant Love On Top Of Love with its male voices weaving in & out of the mix and a snippet of echoing percussive raps that one associates with a séance.

On the grand ballad Paper Plan, Grace commands the stirring lyrics with aplomb; then the polyrhythms bubble up again on Crack Attack under the voice of a male rapper. An edgy beat, dramatic bursts of synth and percussion of the rattling & chirping variety make this one stand out. On the title track, prominent lead & backing vocals interact with an arsenal of instruments including electric guitar and squealing sax over jerky rhythms. In contrast, On My Way is a brooding ballad rendered other-worldly by a variety of samples, echoed vocals, sweeping synthscapes and electronic oddities whilst Seduction Surrender is built around jungle drumming and eerie vocals, not unlike a track or two on Hurricane.

The balladesque tracks includes the aforementioned Paper Plan and On My Way but Someone To Love and Amado Mio lift the album to stellar heights, being amongst the most memorable songs of her career. Tenderness alternates with exuberance on both - the rousing Someone To Love with its addicting melody and French infusions, and the majestic Amado Mio which is the album's masterpiece. This one opens with a dialogue where she sings in affirmation of a spoken Spanish male vocal whereafter the track erupts in a Wagnerian surge of thundering drums, skittering percussion and whistles that eventually gives way to softer segments of accordion and romantic French vocals, all falling perfectly in place through Grace's vocal prowess.

The 2004 CD re-issue of Bulletproof Heart includes four additional tracks, all good, although the duet Don't Cry Freedom with Chris Stanley and the Brazilian mix of Amado Mio are the glittering prizes. A pop-dance album like its 1986 predecessor Inside Story, Bulletproof Heart may not be Jones' most experimental work but it has grown in stature. I would suggest that Amado Mio alone is worth the price of the album.