Island Life | ||||
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Released | December 1985 | |||
Recorded | 1977–1985 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 47:48 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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Island Life is the first greatest hits album by Jamaican singer Grace Jones, it released in December 1985. It includes songs from her first seven albums. The albums' artwork is Jones' is her most iconic artwork.[1][2][3] The album was later re-released in 1996 under the name of Island Life 2 and included two remixes of a new song called "Sex Drive" which was originally going to appear on a album called "Black Marilyn" which was due out in the 1990s but never got released.
Side A
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "La Vie en rose" | Édith Piaf, Louigny, Mack David | Portfolio | 7:25 |
2. | "I Need a Man" | Paul Adrian Slade, Pierre Papadiamondis | Portfolio | 3:22 |
3. | "Do or Die" | Jack Robinson, James Bolden | Fame | 3:22 |
4. | "Private Life" | Chrissie Hynde | Warm Leatherette | 5:10 |
5. | "Love Is the Drug" | Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay | Warm Leatherette | 6:02 |
Side B
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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6. | "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" | Ástor Piazzolla, Barry Reynolds, Dennis Wilkey, Nathalie Delon | Nightclubbing | 4:29 |
7. | "Pull Up to the Bumper" | Kookoo Baya, Grace Jones, Dana Mano | Nightclubbing | 3:38 |
8. | "Walking in the Rain" | Harry Vanda, George Young | Nightclubbing | 4:18 |
9. | "My Jamaican Guy" | Grace Jones | Living My Life | 6:00 |
10. | "Slave to the Rhythm" | Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson, Trevor Horn | Slave to the Rhythm | 4:22 |
Notes: 7" edits of "Do or Die", "Pull Up to the Bumper" and "Slave to the Rhythm" are included. "Love Is the Drug" appears in Eric "E.T." Thorngren's remix.
Side A
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "La Vie en rose" | Édith Piaf, Louigny, Mack David | Portfolio | 7:25 |
2. | "I Need a Man" | Paul Adrian Slade, Pierre Papadiamondis | Portfolio | 3:22 |
3. | "Do or Die" | Jack Robinson, James Bolden | Fame | 3:22 |
4. | "Private Life" | Chrissie Hynde | Warm Leatherette | 5:10 |
5. | "Love Is the Drug" | Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay | Warm Leatherette | 6:02 |
6. | "Demolition Man" | Sting | Nightclubbing | |
7. | "Nipple to the Bottle" | Grace Jones, Sly Dunbar | Living My Life |
Side B
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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8. | "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" | Ástor Piazzolla, Barry Reynolds, Dennis Wilkey, Nathalie Delon | Nightclubbing | 4:29 |
9. | "Pull Up to the Bumper" | Kookoo Baya, Grace Jones, Dana Mano | Nightclubbing | 3:38 |
10. | "Walking in the Rain" | Harry Vanda, George Young | Nightclubbing | 4:18 |
11. | "My Jamaican Guy" | Grace Jones | Living My Life | 6:00 |
12. | "Slave to the Rhythm" | Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson, Trevor Horn | Slave to the Rhythm | 4:22 |
13. | "Grace Jones Musclemix" | various | Island Life |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "La Vie en rose" | Édith Piaf, Louigny, Mack David | Portfolio | 7:25 |
2. | "I Need a Man" | Paul Adrian Slade, Pierre Papadiamondis | Portfolio | 3:22 |
3. | "Do or Die" | Jack Robinson, James Bolden | Fame | 3:22 |
4. | "Private Life" | Chrissie Hynde | Warm Leatherette | 5:11 |
5. | "Love Is the Drug" | Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay | Warm Leatherette | 6:03 |
6. | "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" | Ástor Piazzolla, Barry Reynolds, Dennis Wilkey, Nathalie Delon | Nightclubbing | 4:29 |
7. | "Pull Up to the Bumper" | Kookoo Baya, Grace Jones, Dana Mano | Nightclubbing | 3:39 |
8. | "Walking in the Rain" | Harry Vanda, George Young | Nightclubbing | 4:18 |
9. | "My Jamaican Guy" | Grace Jones | Living My Life | 6:00 |
10. | "Slave to the Rhythm" | Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson, Trevor Horn | Slave to the Rhythm | 4:23 |
11. | "Pars" | Jacques Higelin | Warm Leatherette | 4:48 |
12. | "Feel Up" | Grace Jones | Nightclubbing | 4:04 |
13. | "Sex Drive (Sex Pitch Mix)" | Sheep on Drugs | Black Marilyn | 7:18 |
14. | "Sex Drive (Hard Drive Mix)" | Sheep on Drugs | Black Marilyn | 5:10 |
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