The Ultimate Collection (Grace Jones album)

The Ultimate Collection is a 3 CD compilation by 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...

, released by Universal Music Netherlands in 2006. Remastered in a 32-bit

32-bit

The range of integer values that can be stored in 32 bits is 0 through 4,294,967,295. Hence, a processor with 32-bit memory addresses can directly access 4 GB of byte-addressable memory....

sound.

The Ultimate Collection features newly remastered songs from her disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

period (1976-1979), most noticeably the album version of her 1978 hit "Do or Die", which is available on compact disc

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

for the first time in more than a decade. The Ultimate Collection is not intended to be a singles collection, as several single releases are missing (most notably "On Your Knees", the primary single from the album Muse).

The Ultimate Collection is more or less an expanded re-issue of Universal Music's The Grace Jones Story
The Grace Jones Story
The Grace Jones Story is the 2006 anthology of Grace Jones' career spanning from 1977 to 1993. The Grace Jones Story is Island Records/Universal Music's first attempt to create a comprehensive documentation of Jones' recording career; starting in 1977 with her debut album Portfolio, and ending with...

released the same year, with a few notable changes:

Disc one omits "That's The Trouble" but adds the aforementioned album version of "Do or Die", "All On A Summer's Night" as well as the original long versions of "Private Life", "Love Is The Drug" and "Warm Leatherette". Unfortunately Universal Music haven't corrected the faulty edit of Muse track "Saved" that also appeared on The Grace Jones Story
The Grace Jones Story
The Grace Jones Story is the 2006 anthology of Grace Jones' career spanning from 1977 to 1993. The Grace Jones Story is Island Records/Universal Music's first attempt to create a comprehensive documentation of Jones' recording career; starting in 1977 with her debut album Portfolio, and ending with...

, which means that the two first minutes of the song are again left out.

Disc two uses the album version of "Pull Up To The Bumper" instead of the 7" edit as well as the original long version of "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game". It adds "Inspiration", "Slave To The Rhythm" (sadly not the well-known single version but the album track that confusingly bears the same title) and "Victor Should Have Been A Jazz Musician", but omits "Someone To Love" and moves "She's Lost Control" and "Sex Drive" to disc three, which otherwise consists of alternate versions previously issued on 1998's Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions is a two disc anthology of recordings by Grace Jones released by Island Records in 1998.Grace Jones recorded three albums with Sly & Robbie in the legendary Compass Point Studios, Bahamas during the period of 1980-1982; Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and...

.

The Ultimate Collection, packaged in a double gatefold cardboard sleeve - although usually listed as a box set, was released by the Dutch label CCM, a subsidiary of Universal Music Holland. CCM has previously issued similar 3 CD Ultimate Collections by artists like Donna Summer

Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...

, Barry White

Barry White

Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring...

, Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...

, Kool & The Gang

Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...

, Dusty Springfield

Dusty Springfield

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...

and others.

Track listing

Disc 1

"La Vie en Rose" - 7:29
- From 1977 album Portfolio
"Send In the Clowns" - 7:35
- From 1977 album Portfolio
"I Need a Man
I Need a Man (Grace Jones song)
"I Need a Man" was the debut single by singer and actress Grace Jones, originally recorded and released in France for the label Orfeus while Jones was still working as a fashion model. The track was later released in the U.S...

" - 3:24
- From 1977 album Portfolio
"Do Or Die" (Album Version) - 6:29
- From 1978 album Fame
  Fame (album)
  -Charts:-References:*[ Allmusic]...
"All on a Summer's Night" - 4:14
- From 1978 album Fame
  Fame (album)
  -Charts:-References:*[ Allmusic]...
"Fame" - 5:34
- From 1978 album Fame
  Fame (album)
  -Charts:-References:*[ Allmusic]...
"Am I Ever Going to Fall in Love in New York City" - 5:27
- From 1978 album Fame
  Fame (album)
  -Charts:-References:*[ Allmusic]...
"Don't Mess with the Messer" - 4:53
- From 1979 album Muse
"Sinning" - 5:06
- From 1979 album Muse
"Saved" - 5:00 (N.B. Original length 7:13. This CD, just like The Grace Jones Story
The Grace Jones Story
The Grace Jones Story is the 2006 anthology of Grace Jones' career spanning from 1977 to 1993. The Grace Jones Story is Island Records/Universal Music's first attempt to create a comprehensive documentation of Jones' recording career; starting in 1977 with her debut album Portfolio, and ending with...

, skips the first two minutes of the track and starts with the first line of the second verse)
- Original version appears on 1979 album Muse
"Private Life" (Original Long Version) - 6:18
- From 1980 album Warm Leatherette
"Love is the Drug" (Original Long Version) - 8:41
- From 1980 album Warm Leatherette
"Warm Leatherette
Warm Leatherette
"Warm Leatherette" is a song by Daniel Miller.-Overview:"Warm Leatherette" was released as the B-side to "T.V.O.D.", the only single by Miller's musical project The Normal. It was the very first release on his Mute Records label, and an early example of the then-burgeoning industrial music genre....

" (Original Long Version) - 5:37
- From 1980 album Warm Leatherette

Disc 2

"The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" (Original Long Version) - 6:45
- From 1980 album Warm Leatherette
"I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
"I've Seen That Face Before " is the third single from Grace Jones' album Nightclubbing. The song juxtaposes "Libertango", an Argentine tango classic, written by bandoneonist Ástor Piazzolla and first recorded by the composer himself in 1974, against a reggae arrangement and new lyrics penned by...

" - 4:29
- From 1981 album Nightclubbing
  Nightclubbing
  Nightclubbing is the fifth studio album by Grace Jones, released in 1981. It is the second of three post-disco albums that Jones made at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and became Jones' commercial breakthrough and also formed the basis of her groundbreaking concept tour A One Man Show...
"Pull Up to the Bumper
Pull Up to the Bumper
"Pull Up to the Bumper" was the second single released by Grace Jones from her critically acclaimed 1981 album Nightclubbing and has since come to be one of Jones' signature tunes. The song was co-written by Jones herself, Sly Dunbar, Dana Mano and Robbie Shakespeare.Upon its release, the song...

" - 4:42
- From 1981 album Nightclubbing
  Nightclubbing
  Nightclubbing is the fifth studio album by Grace Jones, released in 1981. It is the second of three post-disco albums that Jones made at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and became Jones' commercial breakthrough and also formed the basis of her groundbreaking concept tour A One Man Show...
"Nightclubbing" - 5:05
- From 1981 album Nightclubbing
  Nightclubbing
  Nightclubbing is the fifth studio album by Grace Jones, released in 1981. It is the second of three post-disco albums that Jones made at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and became Jones' commercial breakthrough and also formed the basis of her groundbreaking concept tour A One Man Show...
"Walking in the Rain
Walking in the Rain
"Walking in the Rain" was the third single from Grace Jones' 1981 album Nightclubbing. The song was originally composed and recorded by Australian band Flash and the Pan and included on their eponymous debut album....

" - 4:20
- From 1981 album Nightclubbing
  Nightclubbing
  Nightclubbing is the fifth studio album by Grace Jones, released in 1981. It is the second of three post-disco albums that Jones made at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and became Jones' commercial breakthrough and also formed the basis of her groundbreaking concept tour A One Man Show...
"Demolition Man
Demolition Man (Grace Jones)
"Demolition Man" is a song performed by Grace Jones, released as a single from her 1981 album Nightclubbing. The song was written by Sting of The Police.-Meaning and Composition:...

" - 4:03
- From 1981 album Nightclubbing
  Nightclubbing
  Nightclubbing is the fifth studio album by Grace Jones, released in 1981. It is the second of three post-disco albums that Jones made at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and became Jones' commercial breakthrough and also formed the basis of her groundbreaking concept tour A One Man Show...
"Nipple to the Bottle" - 5:57
- From 1982 album Living My Life
  Living My Life (album)
  -Charts:AlbumSingle...
"The Apple Stretching
The Apple Stretching
"The Apple Stretching/Nipple to the Bottle" is the second and last single from Grace Jones' album Living My Life, her 3rd and last album recorded in the famous Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas....

" - 7:08
- From 1982 album Living My Life
  Living My Life (album)
  -Charts:AlbumSingle...
"Inspiration" - 4:35
- From 1982 album Living My Life
  Living My Life (album)
  -Charts:AlbumSingle...
"My Jamaican Guy
My Jamaican Guy
"My Jamaican Guy" was the lead single to Grace Jones' 1982 album Living My Life, her third and last album recorded in the Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas. The single was released in January 1983....

" - 6:02
- From 1982 album Living My Life
  Living My Life (album)
  -Charts:AlbumSingle...
"Slave to the Rhythm" (N.B. Track five on the Slave to the Rhythm
Slave to the Rhythm
Slave to the Rhythm is the seventh album by Grace Jones. It was produced by Trevor Horn and released in 1985. The album was written by Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn...

CD album, not the single version) - 6:13
- From 1985 album Slave to the Rhythm
  Slave to the Rhythm
  Slave to the Rhythm is the seventh album by Grace Jones. It was produced by Trevor Horn and released in 1985. The album was written by Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn...
"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:...

" - 3:59
- From 1986 album Inside Story
"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:...

" - 4:44
- From 1986 album Inside Story
"Love on Top of Love
Love on Top of Love
"Love on Top of Love " is the first single from Grace Jones' album Bulletproof Heart. It was produced by C+C Music Factory's David Cole and Robert Clivilles...

" - 6:16
- From 1989 album 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"...

Disc 3 (Bonus CD)

"Pars" (1998 Remix/Re-edit) - 5:42
- From 1998 compilation Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions is a two disc anthology of recordings by Grace Jones released by Island Records in 1998.Grace Jones recorded three albums with Sly & Robbie in the legendary Compass Point Studios, Bahamas during the period of 1980-1982; Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and...
  
  . Original version appears on 1980 album Warm Leatherette
"Private Life" (1998 Dub Remix/Re-edit) - 8:06
- From 1998 compilation Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions is a two disc anthology of recordings by Grace Jones released by Island Records in 1998.Grace Jones recorded three albums with Sly & Robbie in the legendary Compass Point Studios, Bahamas during the period of 1980-1982; Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and...
  
  . Original version appears on 1980 album Warm Leatherette
"Use Me" (1998 Remix/Re-edit) - 6:11
- From 1998 compilation Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions is a two disc anthology of recordings by Grace Jones released by Island Records in 1998.Grace Jones recorded three albums with Sly & Robbie in the legendary Compass Point Studios, Bahamas during the period of 1980-1982; Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and...
  
  . Original version appears on 1980 album Warm Leatherette
"She's Lost Control" (1998 Remix/Re-edit) - 8:25
- From 1998 compilation Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions is a two disc anthology of recordings by Grace Jones released by Island Records in 1998.Grace Jones recorded three albums with Sly & Robbie in the legendary Compass Point Studios, Bahamas during the period of 1980-1982; Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and...
  
  . Single B-side from the Warm Leatherette sessions, 1980
"Nipple to the Bottle" (Original 12" Version) - 6:54
- Original version appears on 1982 album Living My Life
  Living My Life (album)
  -Charts:AlbumSingle...
"My Jamaican Guy" (Original US 12" Version) - 7:02
- Original version appears on 1982 album Living My Life
  Living My Life (album)
  -Charts:AlbumSingle...
"Ring of Fire" (Demo) - 3:58
- From 1998 compilation Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions is a two disc anthology of recordings by Grace Jones released by Island Records in 1998.Grace Jones recorded three albums with Sly & Robbie in the legendary Compass Point Studios, Bahamas during the period of 1980-1982; Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and...
  
  . Demo from the 1982 Living My Life
  Living My Life (album)
  -Charts:AlbumSingle...
  
  sessions
"Man Around the House" - 4:13
- From 1998 compilation Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions is a two disc anthology of recordings by Grace Jones released by Island Records in 1998.Grace Jones recorded three albums with Sly & Robbie in the legendary Compass Point Studios, Bahamas during the period of 1980-1982; Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and...
  
  . Demo from the 1982 Living My Life
  Living My Life (album)
  -Charts:AlbumSingle...
  
  sessions
"Living My Life" (1986 7" Remix/Edit) - 3:33
- From 1998 compilation Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions is a two disc anthology of recordings by Grace Jones released by Island Records in 1998.Grace Jones recorded three albums with Sly & Robbie in the legendary Compass Point Studios, Bahamas during the period of 1980-1982; Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and...
  
  . Non-album track from the 1982 Living My Life
  Living My Life (album)
  -Charts:AlbumSingle...
  
  sessions
"Slave to the Rhythm" (1998 "Hot Blooded Version") - 8:19
- From 1998 compilation Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
  Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions is a two disc anthology of recordings by Grace Jones released by Island Records in 1998.Grace Jones recorded three albums with Sly & Robbie in the legendary Compass Point Studios, Bahamas during the period of 1980-1982; Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and...
  
  . Original version appears on 1985 12" single Slave to the Rhythm
  Slave to the Rhythm (song)
  "Slave to the Rhythm" was the first single from Grace Jones' album of the same name, which was released in 1985. The song and the album was written by Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn and was produced by Horn...
"Sexdrive" (7" Version) - 3:58
- 1993 non-album single

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