Hurricane | ||||
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Released | November 3, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2004-2007 | |||
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Length | 48:40 | |||
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Singles from Hurricane | ||||
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Hurricane is the tenth studio album by Jamaican singer Grace Jones. It was released on November 3, 2008. Hurricane was her first album of new songs in nineteen years.
Grace Jones' previous album, Bulletproof Heart, was released in 1989. She tried to make several new albums in the 1990s but they were never released. Jones decided "never to do an album again".[1]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 72/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
BBC Music | Favourable[4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
NME | [7] |
The Observer | [8] |
Pitchfork | [9] |
Record Collector | [10] |
Slant Magazine | [11] |
Spin | [12] |
The Village Voice | Favourable[13] |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "This Is" | Grace Jones, Mark van Eyck | 5:35 |
2. | "Williams' Blood" | Grace Jones, Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin | 5:57 |
3. | "Corporate Cannibal" | Grace Jones, Adam Green, Ivor Guest, Mark van Eyck | 5:54 |
4. | "I'm Crying (Mother's Tears)" | Grace Jones, Ivor Guest | 4:31 |
5. | "Well Well Well" | Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds | 3:51 |
6. | "Hurricane" | Grace Jones, Tricky | 6:33 |
7. | "Love You to Life" | Grace Jones, Mark van Eyck, Bruce Woolley | 5:20 |
8. | "Sunset Sunrise" | Grace Jones, Paulo Goude, Bruce Woolley | 5:11 |
9. | "Devil in My Life" | Grace Jones, Ivor Guest, Leopold Ross, Mark van Eyck | 5:48 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "This Is Dub" | Grace Jones, Mark van Eyck | 4:35 |
2. | "Williams Dub" | Grace Jones, Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin | 5:40 |
3. | "Cannibal Dub" | Grace Jones, Adam Green, Ivor Guest, Mark van Eyck | 5:16 |
4. | "Well Well Well Dub" | Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds | 4:10 |
5. | "Crying Dub" | Grace Jones, Ivor Guest | 4:58 |
6. | "Hurricane Dub" | Grace Jones, Tricky | 5:20 |
7. | "Love You to Life Dub" | Grace Jones, Mark van Eyck, Bruce Woolley | 5:20 |
8. | "Sunset Dub" | Grace Jones, Paulo Goude, Bruce Woolley | 4:45 |
9. | "Devil Dub" | Grace Jones, Ivor Guest, Leopold Ross, Mark van Eyck | 5:17 |
10. | "Hell Dub" | Grace Jones, Ivor Guest | 5:04 |
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Phonographic Copyright (p) – PIAS / Wall Of Sound Ltd.[14]
Copyright (c) – Bloodlight Inc.
Recorded at – Exponential studios
Recorded at - Microcosm studios
Recorded at – 2 Kilohertz
Recorded at – Matrix studios, London
Mixed at – Strongroom (a division of Air Studios (Lyndhurst) Ltd.)
Mixed at – Microcosm studios
Mastered at – Gateway Mastering
"Well Well Well is dedicated to the memory of Alex Sadkin
The album is dedicated to the memory of my dad, Bishop Robert W. Jones" [15]
Chart | Peak position |
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Austria[16] | 23 |
Belgium (Flanders)[17] | 14 |
Belgium (Wallonia)[18] | 54 |
France[19] | 36 |
Germany[20] | 19 |
Italy[21] | 40 |
Netherlands[22] | 63 |
New Zealand[23] | 37 |
Sweden[24] | 34 |
Switzerland[25] | 28 |
United Kingdom[26] | 42 |
United States (Top Electronic Albums)[27] | 20 |
Region | Year | Format(s) | Label |
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Europe | 3 November 2008 | CD, digital download | Wall of Sound, PIAS |
Argentina | 14 April 2009 | CD | |
United Kingdom | 2010 | LP | The Vinyl Factory |
United States | 6 September 2011 | CD, digital download | Wall of Sound, PIAS |