Island Life

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Island Life was Grace Jones' 1985 compilation album, featuring songs from her Island Records albums Portfolio, Fame, Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing, Living My Life, and Slave to the Rhythm. No tracks from Muse were included. The album was a huge success in the UK (reaching number #4 on the UK Album Chart in December, 1985), with "Pull Up to the Bumper" (#12 in the UK Singles Chart) and "Love Is the Drug" (#35) re-entering the charts a second time. The album was re-released under the name "Island Life 2" in 1996 by Island Records/Universal Music, with four additional tracks.

Cover

The cover is by Grace Jones’ then-partner Jean-Paul Goude, published in New York magazine in 1978. The impossibly graceful arabesque is a montage of separate images, following Goude’s ideas on creating credible illusions.

Track listing

Side A

1. "La Vie en Rose" (Mack David/Marcel Louiguy/Edith Piaf) – 7:25
   • From 1977 album Portfolio
2. "I Need a Man" (Pierre Papadiamandis/Paul Slade) – 3:22
   • From 1977 album Portfolio
3. "Do Or Die" [7" Edit] (James Bolden/Jerry Robinson) – 3:22
   • Original version appears on 1978 album Fame
4. "Private Life" (Chrissie Hynde) – 5:10
   • From 1980 album Warm Leatherette
5. "Love is the Drug" [Eric "E.T." Thorngren Remix] (Bryan Ferry/Andy Mackay) – 6:02
   • Original version appears on 1980 album Warm Leatherette

Side B

1. "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" (Nathalie Delon/Astor Piazzolla/Barry Reynolds/Dennis Wilkey) – 4:29
   • From 1981 album Nightclubbing
2. "Pull Up to the Bumper" [7" Edit] (Koo Koo Baya/Grace Jones/Dana Mano) – 3:38
   • Original version appears on 1981 album Nightclubbing
3. "Walking in the Rain" (Harry Vanda/George Young) – 4:18
   • From 1981 album Nightclubbing
4. "My Jamaican Guy" (Grace Jones) – 6:00
   • From 1982 album Living My Life
5. "Slave to the Rhythm" [7" Edit] (Simon Darlow/Trevor Horn/Steve Lipson/Bruce Woolley) – 4:22
   • Original version appears on 1985 album Slave to the Rhythm

Bonus 12" (Australian copies)

1. "My Jamaican Guy" (Grace Jones) - 6:00
   • From 1982 album Living My Life
2. "Pull Up to the Bumper" [Extended Version] (Koo Koo Baya-Grace Jones-Dana Mono) - 4:58
   • Original version appears on 1981 album Nightclubbing
3. "On Your Knees" (David L Jeureux-J. Corbetta) - 6:30
   • From 1979 album Muse
4. "Warm Leatherette" (D. Miller) - 5:38
   • From 1980 album Warm Leatherette

Island Life 2 bonus tracks

11. "Pars" - 4:48
    • From 1980 album Warm Leatherette
12. "Feel Up" - 4:04
    • From 1981 album Nightclubbing
13. "Sexdrive" (Sex Pitch Mix) - 7:18
    • 1993 non-album single
14. "Sexdrive" (Hard Drive Mix) - 5:10
    • 1993 non-album single

Album sales

CD sales since 1991:

U.S. Nielsen SoundScan
112,000 link