{"id":42011,"date":"2010-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/living-my-life\/"},"modified":"2010-06-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T00:00:00","slug":"living-my-life","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/living-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Living My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Living My Life <\/i>was Grace Jones\u2019 sixth album in six years. It was also the third and final release that she cut with the team at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. It was probably a good time to end the dream team, though, because while this record contains some brilliant tracks, it is not as consistent as its predecessors Warm Leatherette <\/i>and Nightclubbing<\/i>.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

The same musicians (Sly Dunbar, Barry Reynolds, and co.) and producers (Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin) once again gathered together to make magic, and this time Jones co-wrote all but one song on the album. While this was probably a necessary part of her development, it meant for a couple of weak tracks that this album could have done without \u2013 those being \u201cEverybody Hold Still\u201d and \u201cInspiration,\u201d which just sound lifeless and generic when compared to the prime cuts to be found here.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

The album kicks off with one of Jones\u2019 best songs, a reggae\/pop gem \u201cMy Jamaican Guy\u201d that harbors a seriously catchy groove and great lyrics. The same can be said for \u201cNipple To The Bottle,\u201d which has become another Jones classic and has been sampled several times over the years as well. \u201cCry Now, Laugh Later\u201d is a Jones\/Reynolds collaboration that is very Prince-like in its approach and execution; it\u2019s good but not great.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

The pair also wrote the album\u2019s closer, the beautiful \u201cUnlimited Capacity For Love.\u201d It is the quintessential Grace Jones love song; she rarely records them, so this is still a treat to hear. The New York-inspired \u201cThe Apple Stretching\u201d is the most upbeat song on the record, and Jones gives one of her rare carefree deliveries that are always fun to hear.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Living My Life <\/i>got the job done and delivered more hit singles for Jones, but while her partnership with Compass Point was a truly rewarding one, something about this albums tells me it was time to move on and cover some new ground. Jones did just that with her autobiographical high-concept album Slave To The Rhythm<\/i>, <\/i>with which she enjoyed some major critical success.\u00a0 That album\u2019s original concept of reworking the same song several times to tell her story was a bold and brave move, which now makes Living My Life <\/i>seem a bridge record of sorts, but still an important one for Grace Jones.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":30351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8370],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-42011","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-grace-jones","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42011"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}