Solid Effort

Review Score: (8/10)
Grace's musical career has been a rollercoaster of success.
She started off strong with Portfolio back in 77' and scored some hits with "La Vie En Rose", "I Need A Man" and "Sorry, That's The Trouble". In 78' her second album followed "Fame", while it couldn't top the success of it's predessesor it managed to score a hit with "Do Or Die". Her third disco album "Muse" didn't do well at all. But in 80' she changed her image, to the hard rockin' stylish lookin' "drag-king" style.
Along her new image her music also redically changed, she cut off the disco sound and changed it to the revolutionairy sound with Sly Dunbar and Robie Shakespeare. After two very successful albums she released her sixth album called "Living My Life" in 82. Although the album didn't do as well as "Warm Leatherette" or "Nightclubbing" it did manage to score some hits with: Nipple To The Bottle black single. no.17 and club play singles. no.2, Cry Now, Laugh Later black singles. no.64 and club play singles. no.33, My Jamaican Guy. the Billboard hot 100. no.14 and the album peaked at no.86 at the pop album chart in 1983. Beside these singles, there's many wonderful tracks such as: The Apple Stretching, Everybody Hold Still and Inspiration. I'll agree, it's not her greatest but it's not bad either. She's the queen of undead vocals. Scary, but fun.

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