Grace Jones

Nightclubbing

THE DEVINE MS. J!

Review Score:

(10/10)
THIS ALBUM TOTALLY CHANGED MY LIFE. IT COMBINED FOUR OF MY FAVORITE GENRES OF MUSIC: NEW WAVE/FUNK/SOUL/ REGGAE AND IT'S JUST BRILLIANT FROM START TO FINISH.

REGARDLESS OF MS. JONES' BIZARRE APPEARANCE, NIGHTCLUBBING PROVED THAT SHE IS (MUCH) MORE THAN HER GENDER-BENDER MASCULINE STATUESQUE IMAGE. THIS LADY CAN ACTUALLY SING AND SHE'S QUITE A REMARKABLE SONGWRITER AS WELL (NOTE: YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE INFECTIOUSLY FUNKY AND CLEVER "FEEL-UP" TO KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, KIDS).

TWO OF THE STRONGEST TRACKS FROM THIS ALBUM ARE ACTUALLY COVERS OF PREVIOUS HITS, BILL WITHERS' "USE ME" AND THE POLICE'S "DEMOLITION MAN". IN BOTH INSTANCES, MS. JONES TURNS BOTH SONGS, (WHICH ARE ALREADY FANTASTIC SONGS) INTO SEXY, HYPNOTIC REGGAE-INDUCED JAMS WITHOUT STRIPPING THEM OF THE ESSENCE THAT MADE THEM HITS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IN A DAY AND AGE WHERE JUST ABOUT EVERY SONG THAT'S IN THE TOP 40 IS EITHER SAMPLE-HEAVY OR COMPLETELY MADE OVER, BOTH LEADING TO DISASTRIOUS EFFECTS, (DON'T BELIEVE ME? WELL, THEN LISTEN TO BRITNEY SPEARS' SAD RENDITION OF JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS' "I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL". C'MON. LET'S BE HONEST PEOPLE. THAT SORRY EXCUSE FOR A REMAKE WAS LIKE WATCHING A HARDCORE TRIPLE X PORN FILM SUDDENLY TURN INTO A CHEESY SOAP OPERA LOVE SCENE!), GRACE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THESE SONGS HERS BECAUSE SHE DID NOT SET OUT TO JUST MAKE THEM OVER, SHE WANTED TO GIVE THEM A COMPLETELY NEW IDENTITY. THAT'S WHAT REAL ARTISTS ARE SUPPOSE TO DO. (TAKE NOTE, MISS SPEARS!)

THE BEST SONG ON THIS ALBUM IS IT'S TITLE TRACK. "NIGHTCLUBBING" IS HAUNTING, SEXY, AND A REMARKABLY ENERGETIC SONG, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TEMPO IS SLOW AND THE SHORT BUT SERIOUS BASSLINES ARE SWEET AND SEDUCING.

EVEN IF YOU STILL ARE NOT CONVINCED THAT GRACE JONES IS CAPABLE OF BEING MORE THAN A CROSS-DRESSING SCARY WOMAN WITH A TROUBLED HAIRCUT, I TOTALLY GUARANTEE THAT IF YOU GIVE "NIGHTCLUBBING" A CHANCE, YOU WILL AGREE THAT SHE IS A TOTALLY UNDERRATED ARTIST AND THIS MASTERPIECE NEEDS TO BE IN EVERYONE'S MUSIC COLLECTION!

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