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Slave To The Rhythm by Grace Jones

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 inches; 2.5 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Island Records
Run time ‏ : ‎ 44 minutes
SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ July 25, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Island Records
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000001FU6
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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KaseyG

Conceited Much?? OMG This Was a Huge Misfire

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2020

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A HUGE disappointment in the catalog of Miss Grace Jones, SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM is nothing more than a deceptive vanity project that is nothing like any of her other excellent albums. Eight tracks on this album and all of them contain the title phrase, and all of them are dull and meandering. Was Grace on drugs when she came up with this lame concept? I could forgive the arrogance here if the music was good, but this is her worst work in that regard too. No clever lyrics or unique melodies to be heard here.

Lots of spoken passages in between the songs [in the form of Grace talking to a male interviewer], a technique Janet Jackson would soon adopt, but JJ only used sound bytes and if she did go on longer than that, never made remarks about choking on her own saliva in between tracks like Grace does here—gross! As if that wasn’t bad enough, on THE FROG AND THE PRINCESS we get a monotone male voice praising Miss Jones’ persona and performance throughout the entire hypnotic instrumental track. OPERATTACK is two minutes of heavy-breathing/grunting and screaming the title phrase repeatedly—it will make your ears bleed. On THE CROSSING, the male voice purrs “Miss Grace Jones” over soothing nature sounds as Grace herself goes on about “being adored and worshipped”. Not even Madonna has released anything this self-indulgent.

I love Miss Jones and so I listen to this every few years to see if I’m just missing something. After all, it was one of her most successful albums (along with 1981’s excellent NIGHTCLUBBING which totally deserved its success and more), but I can’t stomach this album or recommend it—then or now. Let’s just forget it never happened.

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Russ Lee

Which CD Release is the Best

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2016

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Although not especially a fan of Grace Jones, I've always enjoyed this concept album -- masterfully produced by Trevor Horn -- that takes the title song through several permutations and ends with an explosive flourish. There are several excellent reviews already posted here that delve into the music and individual tracks. My posting is to clear up some of the confusion over which CD is the "complete" release, and to comment on the sound quality.

Unfortunately, Amazon lumps all the reviews together regardless of which date, remix, or remastering is listed. I can't comment on the LMLR label's vinyl replica release as I have not heard it, but if it is related in any way to the Culture Factory replicas it should be avoided like the plague (massive brickwall compression is the hallmark of all Culture Factory remasters I have heard). The LMLR, however, does include the interview snippets that are missing from some of the earlier CD releases.

Despite what a couple of posters have written, the older Island Masters CD release [IMCD 65 (842 612-2)] also includes all the interview material, and the mastering is excellent. It is very lightly compressed and boasts great dynamics. You only need to turn up the volume a few notches if you want to hear it extra loud, and unlike brickwalled CDs it still sounds great when cranked up. In short, I recommend the Island Masters CD, which as of this writing can still be had cheap.

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DefiledHorror

Island Masters ver. IS NOT the Orignial "Slave to the Rhythm"!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2007

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THE ISLAND MASTERS VERSION OF "SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM" IS NOT THE VERSION THAT WAS RELEASED ON CD IN 1987/1990.

The interviews with Grace Jones are not in this release at all, it's six minutes shorter, and the track listing has been ordered differently. I ordered this recently thinking I had lost the "Slave to the Rhythm" I had, only to find it and I compared them. I'm not sure why the interviews with Grace have been taken out, the different order of the tracks, and different versions of the songs, but wanted to let all you guys know the difference. Hopefully there will be a remastered version in the future with the original copy of the 1985 release of this amazing album by Miss Grace Jones.

I give it 5 stars only for the original release, and 0 stars for this cheap copy. It's a shame the brilliance of 1985's "Slave to the Rhythm" will not be heard by anyone who buys this copy.

Good luck on finding the original..

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G. Parker

Slave to the Diva!

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2008

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Trevor Horn, producer of The Art of Noise, also produced and does some spoken word vocals on what is arguably one of Ms. Jones' most avant-garde yet listenable works. The first cut "Jones The Rhythm" is probably my favorite and has the most driving beat, with Grace singing (yelling?) "Slave to the rhythm, WORK to the rhythm!" The song ends and Grace chuckles and says, "Well, that's weird!"... only Ms. Jones can get away with that kind of stuff.

The rest of the album is utilizes the album title in a variety of interpretations, with much of it having a nice jazzy groove, punctuated with some danceable tunes. It's a great album for cocktails or a Project Runway watching party; some of it sounds very runway-ish, if that makes any sense.

Grace has limited vocal capabilities but when paired with good production and interesting arrangements, there is/was nothing like her!

Impress your friends with your avant-garde musical taste and enjoy!

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Scott Bull

Oh yeah

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2020

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A smoldering disc from an iconic diva. Produced by Trevor Horn. Ladies and gentleman... Miss Grace Jones... Buy it.

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marcus

Cookout

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2021

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I was waiting on this for a while now glad I brought it when I heard the songs from a cook out I was at recently

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McKlaatu

Love it, but I feel is more an EP than an LP.

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2018

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Love it, but I feel is more an EP than an LP. Trevor Rabin excellent work. Sadlly she doesn't sing more in this album. Some tracks make no sense.

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Mauricelio

Force of Nature

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2014

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She is an actress more than a majestic performer who has made a lot of fabulous thing that some beginners think they are doing today, this disc is allegorical and full of nuances, perfect for a lounge or time to the catwalk. Grace Jones trancende the term fashion
I recommend this to all of the Amazon store that values the quality of your services!

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This is such a poor version of a brilliant record...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2010

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I have the original, on Vinyl, and thought I'd get a CD copy... The other reviews here are right in saying that this is not the same as the original record in that they have removed Paul Moreley's interview parts. Unlike some others who have reviewed, I don't have a big problem with that - I may have doctored it myself anyway. However, the Music-hating (and Customer-hating) record exec's at Island also chose to release this without any regard for quality... Most of the time the peaks on this record are at @-12dbs, with only some tracks peaking at ~-6dbs. That means that they have lost at least half the volume on this record due to technical incompetance... They should do the right thing and give this to Trevor to remaster. They could improve the sound and lose a few db's of transients without eating into the sound noticeably at all. (I am not advocating over compression here like most modern crap recordings...) What a cock-up of content and quality! They should fire whoever re-issued this and sort this out. This is a classic Trevor Horn album of the 80's - Not to be missed if they re-issue it right at some point in the future.

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Mr Chris Speed

Surface noise alert

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 17, 2015

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Sadly the audio quality on this picture disc is particularly poor. During the spoken intro it sounds like there is a force ten wind blowing. I worried it might be the case as other picture discs I've had suffered from similar levels of noise. I hope that they re-release in on normal vinyl one day. That said, the download is the full album not the shortened one that made it to CD and that alone made it a worthwhile purchase; recapturing some of the excitement of the first ever listen through the album back in the day.

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Dr. Julian Daniels

Brought for a friend

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2019

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No issues. He liked it.

Robert 945

Quick delivery thankyou

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2019

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Great album quick delivery quality goods

christopher holloway

One Star

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 3, 2018

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terrible, awful - don't buy it

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