Inside Story is Grace Jones

Grace Jones

Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...

's eighth studio album, and her first with the Manhattan Records

Manhattan Records

Manhattan Records is a United States record label, owned by EMI and operates as a subsidiary of The Blue Note Label Group.-Company history:Manhattan Records was formed in 1984 by Bruce Lundvall, and was later renamed EMI Manhattan Records after absorbing EMI America Records imprint...

 label. It was also her first time working with producer Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers

Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...

. The album spawned the singles "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)

I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)

"I'm Not Perfect " is the first single from Grace Jones' album Inside Story. The song was co-written by Bruce Woolley and produced by Nile Rodgers of Chic fame.-Chart performance:...

", "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician

Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician

"Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician" is the third single from Grace Jones' 1986 album Inside Story, co-produced by Jones and Nile Rodgers. As the song title suggests, it saw Jones exploring new musical territories and the spoken opening line even refers to one of the late and greats of jazz:...

", "Crush

Crush (Grace Jones song)

"Crush" is the third single from Grace Jones' album Inside Story, chosen for the US whereas Europe opted for "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician"...

", and "Party Girl

Party Girl (Grace Jones song)

"Party Girl" is the second single from Grace Jones' album Inside Story.-Chart performance:Party Girl charted on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks peaking at 82...

".

The artwork for the album cover was designed by Richard Bernstein, who had previously worked with Jones on the albums Muse, Fame

Fame (album)

-Charts:-References:*[ Allmusic]...

, and Portfolio. This album is notable for being Jones' first foray into production, a role she would again assume on 1989's Bulletproof Heart

Bulletproof Heart

Bulletproof Heart is the ninth studio album by Grace Jones and was released in 1989. Singles from the album were "Love on Top of Love" and "Amado Mio"...

, which resulted in frequent, heated clashes with Rodgers.

A remastered edition of the album was released in 2004 on EMI Records

EMI Records

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. (Note: Copy protected

Copy Control

Copy Control was the generic name of a copy prevention system, used from 2001 until 2006 on several digital audio disc releases by EMI Group and Sony BMG Music Entertainment in several regions...

)

Side A

1. "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)
   I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)
   "I'm Not Perfect " is the first single from Grace Jones' album Inside Story. The song was co-written by Bruce Woolley and produced by Nile Rodgers of Chic fame.-Chart performance:...
   
   " - 3:57
2. "Hollywood Liar" - 3:50
3. "Chan Hitchhikes to Shanghai" - 4:33
4. "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician
   Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician
   "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician" is the third single from Grace Jones' 1986 album Inside Story, co-produced by Jones and Nile Rodgers. As the song title suggests, it saw Jones exploring new musical territories and the spoken opening line even refers to one of the late and greats of jazz:...
   
   " - 4:42
5. "Party Girl
   Party Girl (Grace Jones song)
   "Party Girl" is the second single from Grace Jones' album Inside Story.-Chart performance:Party Girl charted on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks peaking at 82...
   
   " - 3:44

Side B

1. "Crush
   Crush (Grace Jones song)
   "Crush" is the third single from Grace Jones' album Inside Story, chosen for the US whereas Europe opted for "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician"...
   
   " - 3:27
2. "Barefoot in Beverly Hills" - 4:07
3. "Scary but Fun" - 3:55
4. "White Collar Crime" - 4:59
5. "Inside Story" - 4:31

Personnel and production

• Produced by Nile Rodgers
  Nile Rodgers
  Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
  
   with Grace Jones
• Recorded & mixed by James Farber
• Digitally recorded & mixed at Skyline Studios, New York
• Second Engineers: Scott Ansell, Knut Bohn
• Production Manager: Budd Tunick
• Digitally edited by Barry Diament at Atlantic Studios, New York
• Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York
• All songs arranged by Nile Rodgers & Bruce Woolley
• All PCM digital recording equipment by Sony
• Digital interfacing, sequencing and drum programming by Kevin Jones on Synclavier II
  Synclavier
  The Synclavier System was an early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation, manufactured by New England Digital Corporation, Norwich, VT. The original design and development of the Synclavier prototype occurred at Dartmouth College with the collaboration of...
  
   system
• Borneo Horns:
• Lenny Pickett: Tenor Sax
• Stan Harrison
  Stan Harrison
  Stan Harrison is an American saxophonist who is also accomplished in playing other woodwind instruments, namely the horn, flute and clarinet. He has also written music for television. Harrison released his first solo album The Ties That Blind in 2000 on his own record label...
  
  : Alto Sax
• Steve Elson: Bariton Sax & Flute
• Additional Horns: Mac Gollehon - Trumpet, Flueglhorn, Double Bell Euphonium
• P.Y Jones: Being there
• Bruce Garfield: Made it happen
• Computer image by Richard Bernstein
• Produced at Napoleon Video Graphics
• Special thanks to Neil Hiasch
• Special thanks to: The Factory, Twickenham, England, WK Studios, NY Don Young (Engineer), Bob Caviano, Michael Tannen & Assoc., Keith Haring
  Keith Haring
  Keith Haring was an artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s.-Early life:...
  
  , David Spada/Jewelry, Daniela Morera

Singles

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Sweden	34
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	61
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	81
Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	41