Grace Jones - Classic (2003)

Goede verzamelaar van Grace Jones Island-jaren, waaronder een aantal covers. Zelfs van Tom Petty's 'Breakdown' en Roxy Music's 'Love is the drug' weet ze iets moois te maken.
Alle nummers zijn lekker dansbaar.
Voor haar latere hits heb je helaas weer andere CD's nodig, bijvoorbeeld 'The ultimate collection'.

En op die 'The Ultimate Collection' staat bijvoorbeeld wel Slave to the Rythm, Pieter?
Want die wordt hier wel gemist, anders zou het de bijna perfecte verzamelaar zijn van dit opgewonden standje.

had vorige jaar een recensie gedaan voor de Universal/Island compilatie The Grace Jones Story (in engels) - probleem met Grace Jones verzamelaars is dat er meerdere record companies bij betrokken zijn en licensing een probleem is ...

voor recensie van deze (uit Juni 2006) gaf ik een 7.5 uit 10

GRACE JONES - The Grace Jones Story {Digitally Re-mastered Double CD} (Universal/Island Records)
A highly recommended Anthology with 24 tracks that comes in a Hardback Cover and Includes a 24 Page Booklet, presenting the recordings that the Jamaican-born Actress/Super Model/Chanteuse recorded for Island Records, although sadly it therefore doesn't include any of her recordings on the ZTT label which included one of her biggest hit singles "Slave To The Rhythm" or the amazing "Storm" which was the stand out track on "The Avengers" soundtrack (1998 - WEA) and so much better than any of the recent Bond theme songs. In the 70`s Grace Jones went from a Broadway musical inspired sound through disco to then fuse this with the new wave and punk sounds of the early 80`s - her versions of Joy Division's "She's Lost Control" (coming in at over 8 minutes) and Roxy Music's "Love Is The Drug" are both unique and memorable. Over the years Grace Jones has worked with many influential producers and musicians, including disco pioneer Tom Moulton, Sly and Robbie, Trevor Horn (Frankie Goes To Hollywood, ABC, Belle & Sebastian and the forthcoming album by CAPTAIN), Nile Rodgers (Chic) and Tricky, while also collaborating with fashion designers and artists like Andy Warhol, Jean-Paul Goude and Keith Haring. She has since gone onto become a legend who musically and artistically has inspired plenty of artists and will no doubt continue to do so for many years to come. 7.5/10 - TerryA – summer 2006