Breezin Says: Grace Jones and Sly & Robbie at
their Very Best!
Quotes from Amazon.com:
"You're music collection is not complete without
this. I have Grace's 1st cd, from wich a majority
of these songs hail from, but the extra tracks and
mixes are such a bonus.. this 2 cd set is such a
great record to have, to surprise & turn
onunknowing/unsuspecting friends onto grace
jones... with sly and robbie laying down the
greatest reggae/dance/tango grooves like on "Ive
seen that face before (Libertango)" or on "Pars"
you cant go wrong...yeah alot of people dont "get"
grace jones (her music, her persona, her
sexuality) to them i say HAH! PULL UP TO THE
BUMPER BABY - give grace a chance. five star all
the way!"
"Recorded at Bahamas Island studio recording
retreat, Compass Point, here is a collection of
long versions, never released, and dubs of songs
from Grace Jones' albums of the eighties. It's
wonderful. Jones always had the benefit of fine
studio session players and the musical cast here
shines in a dreamy Jamaican soundscape of romantic
endless Summers and street-wise smarts. Her voice
is sometimes zombie-like frightening as in the
ominous cover of Flash and The Pan's "Walking In
The Rain", and sometimes sedate and hypnotic as in
her many excursions into sleepy French language
back-up vocals ("I've Seen That Face Before"), but
it is always expressive and powerful, a perfect
niche to the rhythm and flow of the lush,
multi-layered music. Joy Division's "She's Lost
Control" is turned into a comedic, violent, and
deliciously psychotic urban anthem and the whole
CD rings with infectious grooves and sing-along
charm."
"Firstly, none of the tracks on this release are
new remixes. Some have been previously unreleased,
but they were all mixed at the time of recording.
Those reviewers who say the remixes are poor or
simply irrelevant have missed the point. "Compass
Point Sessions" is a compilation of Grace Jones'
trilogy of albums recorded in Nassau, Bahamas, in
the early 80s. There are a few album tracks
missing, but they have made way for previously
unreleased tracks and mixes. Secondly, Jones'
earlier disco work is not included in this
collection as it was recorded for a different
label. As a summary of Jones' move into the
mainstream, "Compass Point" is superb, especially
as it subverts its own internal logic by ending
with a great mix of Jones' much later song "Slave
to the Rhythm". Although some may argue there is
simply too much repetition in songs, "Compass
Point" at least documents an extraordinarily
fertile period for Grace Jones, and more
importantly, these tracks still sound great!"
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Greetings to ya'all from the Breezin Dutchman!
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