Hurricane (Grace Jones album)

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Hurricane
Studio album by Grace Jones
Released November 3, 2008
Recorded 2004 – 2007
Genre Alternative
Electronic
Soul
Trip hop
Length 48:40
Label Wall of Sound, Play It Again Sam
Producer Ivor Guest, Brian Eno, Ant Glenn, Grace Jones
Professional reviews

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Grace Jones chronology
Bulletproof Heart
(1989)		 Hurricane
(2008)
Singles from Hurricane
  1. "Corporate Cannibal"
    Released: 25 August 2008
  2. "Williams' Blood"
    Released: 8 December 2008
  3. "Love You to Life"
    Released: 4 May 2010

Hurricane is the tenth studio album by singer Grace Jones and her first album of new material in nineteen years.

Contents

[edit] Album information

[edit] Creation

Jones had decided not to do another album again before meeting music producer Ivor Guest by mutual friend Philip Treacy.[1] After becoming acquainted Guest played Jones a track he had been working on. Jones set her lyrics "Devil in My Life" to it and they ended up recording 23 tracks. According to Jones some of these tracks will make up her next album.[2]

In September 2008 Guest announced that he and Jones had completed recording the album.[3] Other participants on the new album were Sly and Robbie, Leopold Ross, Brian Eno, Bruce Woolley, Wally Badarou, Tricky, Wendy and Lisa,[4] Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, Mikey 'Mao' Chung, Barry Reynolds, John Justin, Martin Slattery, Philip Sheppard, Jones's son Paulo Goude, Robert Logan, Don-E and Tony Allen, with recording engineering duties by Cameron 'Engine' Craig.

[edit] Release

Jones performed a two hour concert at Massive Attack's Meltdown festival in London on 19 June 2008 during which she performed four new songs from the album.[5][6] The music video for "Corporate Cannibal" was premiered at the festival.[7][8] The video was officially uploaded onto YouTube on 4 July 2008.[9] "Corporate Cannibal" and its remixes by Atticus Ross, Robert Logan, and The Bug (aka Kevin Martin) were made available on iTunes in late August 2008. The mixes are also streamed on her official Myspace page.[10]

The album was released on Wall of Sound, on November 3, 2008 in the United Kingdom. At her signing with the label, it was announced that album would be named Hurricane.[11] PIAS, the parent company of Wall of Sound, distributed Hurricane worldwide, excluding North America.[12] "Williams' Blood" was the second single, released on 8 December 2008.[13] "Love You To Life" was the third single, containing remixes by Cagedbaby & Guy Williams, it was released on May 4, 2010.[14]

To promote the album, Jones embarked on The Hurricane Tour in 2009.[12]

[edit] Songs

The album's assertive opening track, dancehall-influenced "This Is", exhibits Jones' Jamaican accent against an electro beat.[15] The soaring "Williams' Blood" describes how Jones took after her mother's side of the family by pursuing music.[16] "Corporate Cannibal" is an aggressive industrial personification of corporate capitalism which has been favorably compared to Massive Attack's Mezzanine.[17] "I'm Crying" is a sentimental ode to her mother. On "Well Well Well" Jones considers home as a "refuge from her vices."[18] On the titular track "Hurricane", first recorded as a 1997 collaboration with Tricky, Jones embodies that force of nature "ripping up trees". "Love You To Life" urges an ill friend not to die. "Sunset Sunrise" ponders mankind's relationship with nature. The final song, "Devil In My Life", was written after a party in Venice while Jones was standing in the corner observing partygoers.[2]

[edit] Excluded songs

Originally announced to be an 11-track album,[19] four tracks; "The Key to Funky" (co-written by Jones and Diane Pernet in the late 80s[20]), "Body Phenomenon", "Sister Sister" and "Misery" were ultimately removed from the track listing. Another track recorded by Jones, "Volunteer", was leaked in 2007 by Leslie Winer. Winer asserted that she had written it and "This Is" with Joe Galdo in the 1990s.[21]

[edit] Reception

The album was named BBC Radio 6 Music Album of the Day on the day of its release.[22] It received a score of 72/100 on review aggregator Metacritic.[23]

[edit] Album art

Jones revealed on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that the album cover features chocolate heads of herself. These including her arms and legs were molded by life-casting experts John Schoonraad,[24] Tristan Schoonraad and artist Nick Reynolds (Alabama 3); she subsequently filled the moulds at the Thorntons Chocolate factory, where the artwork was shot.

[edit] Dub version

Hurricane Dub
Remix album by Grace Jones
Released September 5, 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Electronic
Trip hop
Length 50:25
Label Wall of Sound, Play It Again Sam
Producer Ivor Guest
Grace Jones chronology
Hurricane
(2008)		 Hurricane Dub
(2011)
Singles from Hurricane Dub

Three years since releasing Hurricane, Jones released a dub version of the album. Hurricane Dub came out on September 5 2011, available on CD and a special double vinyl edition. This version also features new album artwork by Jean Paul Goude of Jones smoking a cigarette whilst wearing a sparkling hat. The dub versions were made by Ivor Guest, with contributions from Adam Green, Robert Logan, Frank Byng and Ben Cowan.

[edit] Track listing

Hurricane
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "This Is"   Grace Jones, Mark Van Eyck 5:35
2. "Williams' Blood"   Jones, Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin 5:57
3. "Corporate Cannibal"   Jones, Adam Green, Ivor Guest, van Eyck 5:54
4. "I'm Crying (Mother's Tears)"   Jones, Guest 4:31
5. "Well Well Well"   Jones, Barry Reynolds 3:51
6. "Hurricane"   Jones, Tricky 6:33
7. "Love You to Life"   Jones, van Eyck, Bruce Woolley 5:20
8. "Sunset Sunrise"   Jones, Paulo Goude, Woolley 5:11
9. "Devil in My Life"   Jones, Guest, Leopold Ross, van Eyck 5:48
Dub Version
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "This Is Dub"   Grace Jones, Mark Van Eyck 4:35
2. "Williams Dub"   Jones, Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin 5:40
3. "Cannibal Dub"   Jones, Adam Green, Ivor Guest, van Eyck 5:16
4. "Well Well Well Dub"   Jones, Barry Reynolds 4:10
5. "Crying Dub"   Jones, Guest 4:58
6. "Hurricane Dub"   Jones, Tricky 5:20
7. "Love You to Life Dub"   Jones, van Eyck, Bruce Woolley 5:20
8. "Sunset Dub"   Jones, Paulo Goude, Woolley 4:45
9. "Devil Dub"   Jones, Guest, Leopold Ross, van Eyck 5:17
10. "Hell Dub"   Jones, Guest 5:04

Credits

Arranged By [Strings] - Ant Genn* (tracks: 4, 9) , Philip Sheppard (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)

Artwork By [Design And Art Direction] - Tom Hingston Studio

Backing Vocals - Ladonna Harley-Peters* , Sharlene Hector

Bass Guitar - Robbie Shakespeare

Co-producer - Ant Genn* (tracks: 1 to 3, 7) , Bruce Woolley (tracks: 8)

Conductor [Strings Conducted By] - Philip Sheppard (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)

Drums [Drum Kit], Programmed By [Mpc Overdubs] - Sly Dunbar

Engineer [Additional Pro-tools Engineering] - Will Johnstone , Will Worsley

Engineer [Additional Sound Engineering] - Steve Pelluet

Engineer [Advanced Pro-tools Engineering] - Richard Flack

Engineer [Recording Engineer] - Cameron Craig

Guitar - Adam Green (6) , Barry Reynolds , Leopold Ross , Mikey "Mao" Chung*

Keyboards - Wally Badarou

Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ant Genn* , Bruce Woolley , Don-E

Keyboards, Effects [Treatments], Backing Vocals - Brian Eno

Keyboards, Marimba, Backing Vocals - Paul Goude*

Keyboards, Programmed By [Programming] - Ivor Guest

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals - Grace Jones

Mastered By - Bob Ludwig

Mixed By - Cameron Craig , Ivor Guest

Other [Lifecast By] - Lifecast

Other [Make Up] - Neil Young

Other [Prop Stylist] - Eric Rehl

Other [Score Reading] - Roberto Borzoni (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)

Other [Strings Fixer] - Isobel Griffiths (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)

Other [Styling] - Zoe Bedeaux

Percussion - Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson*

Photography - Jonathan De Villiers

Piano, Organ [Hammond / Rhodes] - Martin Slattery

Producer - Ant Genn* (tracks: 4, 8, 9) , Grace Jones

Producer [Production Consultation] - Brian Eno

Producer, Arranged By - Ivor Guest

Recorded By [Strings] - Cameron Craig (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)

Technician [Mix Assistant] - Neil Comber

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position		 Certification
Austria Albums Chart[25] 23
Belgium Albums Chart[26] 14
Dutch Albums Chart[27] 63
European Top 100 Albums[28] 34
French Albums Chart[29] 36
German Albums Chart[30] 19
Greek Albums Chart[31] 27
Ireland Albums Chart[30] 61
Italian Albums Chart[30] 40
New Zealand Albums Chart[32] 37
Swedish Albums Chart[33] 34
Swiss Albums Chart[34] 28
UK Albums Chart[35] 42

[edit] Release history

Region Date
Japan 28 October 2008
Europe 3 November 2008
Argentina 14 April 2009
United States 6 September 2011

[edit] Promotional tour

Main article: The Hurricane Tour

A television and radio promotional tour was embarked on during 2008 and 2009. Jones twice appeared on British TV talk show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, the second time performing the song "Love You To Life" live. She also appeared at the NME Awards, MOBO Awards and the Q Awards. Jones also made promotional stops at several radio and television shows worldwide. She also made appearances at various celebrity parties to promote the album.

[edit] Singles

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

Grace Jones
Studio albums
Portfolio (1977)  · Fame (1978)  · Muse (1979)  · Warm Leatherette (1980)  · Nightclubbing (1981)  · Living My Life (1982)  · Slave to the Rhythm (1985)  · Inside Story (1986)  · Bulletproof Heart (1989)  · Hurricane (2008)
Compilations
Singles
"I Need a Man"  · "Sorry"  · "La Vie en rose"  · "Do or Die"  · "On Your Knees"  · "A Rolling Stone"  · "Love Is the Drug"  · "Private Life"  · "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"  · "Breakdown"  · "Demolition Man"  · "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)"  · "Pull Up to the Bumper"  · "Feel Up"  · "Walking in the Rain"  · "Nipple to the Bottle"  · "The Apple Stretching"  · "My Jamaican Guy"  · "Living My Life"  · "Cry Now, Laugh Later"  · "Slave to the Rhythm"  · "Jones the Rhythm"  · "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)"  · "Party Girl"  · "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician"  · "Crush"  · "Love on Top of Love"  · "Amado Mio"  · "7 Day Weekend"  · "Evilmainya"  · "Sexdrive"  · "Love Bites"  · "Hurricane (Cradle to the Grave)"  · "Corporate Cannibal"  · "Williams' Blood"  · "Love You to Life"
Filmography
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