T he peak of Jones’ Compass Point sessions, her fifth studio album is widely considered her greatest solo long-player, a perfectly realised artistic version that fully established her androgynous persona. Sam Moore (9 April 2021). "Grace Jones' Meltdown Festival rescheduled to 2022". NME . Retrieved 11 April 2022.

Snapshots from the performances of " Warm Leatherette" and " Walking in the Rain" later made the artwork for the CD re-release of Warm Leatherette. As Keith and Allison climb to the surface daylight, AJ remains in the sewers, making plans for how he can remain roommates with Keith by going to night school, or working a job on a graveyard shift. Warm Leatherette" (intro includes excerpts from "Nightclubbing"), "Walking in the Rain", "Feel Up" "La Vie en rose", "Demolition Man", "Pull Up to the Bumper", "Private Life", "My Jamaican Guy", "Living My Life", "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" Through her relationship with longtime collaborator Jean-Paul Goude, Jones has one son, Paulo, born 12 November 1979. From Paulo, Jones has one granddaughter. [130] Jones married Atila Altaunbay in 1996. She disputes rumors that she married Chris Stanley in her 2015 memoir I'll Never Write My Memoirs, saying, "The truth is, I only ever married one of my boyfriends, Atila Altaunbay, a Muslim from Turkey." She spent four years with Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren, her former bodyguard; [133] she got him a part as a KGB officer in A View to a Kill (1985). [134] Jones started dating Danish actor and stuntman Sven-Ole Thorsen in 1990, and was in an open relationship as of 2007. [135]

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Jones has a contralto vocal range. She sings in two modes: either in her monotone speak-sing voice as in songs such as " Private Life", " Walking in the Rain" and " The Apple Stretching", or in an almost- soprano mode in songs such as " La Vie en Rose", " Slave to the Rhythm", and " Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician". Jones's voice spans 4 octaves, 1 note and a semitone from the low note of C 2 (in " Corporate Cannibal") to the high note of E ♭ 6 (in "Slave to the Rhythm). [130] Personal life Muse, Jones’s third and final album with Moulton, was a commercial failure, but deserves reappraisal. Side one’s suite of songs offers a tougher and starker take on disco than its predecessors, while on the super-cool, reggae-influenced Atlantic City Gambler, the opening song of side two, you can distinctly hear the roots of what was to follow. 12. Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician (1987) City of Refuge Church – Los Angeles Bishop Noel Jones". Archived from the original on 5 June 2013 . Retrieved 10 June 2013. Jones provided guest vocals on Beyoncé's song "Move" from her seventh studio album Renaissance, released in July 2022. [106]

Iggy Pop and David Bowie’s paean to seedy Berlin nightlife might have been written for Jones, a nightclub fixture throughout the late 70s and 80s. She squeezes every drop of decadence out of the lyrics, shifting the song’s rhythm from diseased glam stomp to eerie dub. 8. Nipple to the Bottle (1982)Michael Verity. "Awesome Album Covers: Grace Jones' "Living My Life" ". Wnew.radio.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012 . Retrieved 24 May 2012. Grace is the granddaughter of Dan Williams (8), daughter of Marjorie Jones, sister of Bishop Noel Jones and Chris Jones (20), and mother of Paulo Goude. Show more

In the film, three college students visit a strip club with the intention of hiring a stripper for a college fraternity. The stripper who impresses them turns out to be a powerful vampire, as do many of the other inhabitants of the part of town they find themselves in, and their carefree visit to the club turns into a struggle for survival.Jones's live shows were highly sexualized and flamboyant, leading her to be called "Queen of the Gay Discos." [5] RAZZIE? Nominees & "Winners" - the Official RAZZIE? Forum". Razzies.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012 . Retrieved 17 January 2022. Her status as an experimental pop icon was now assured with this slow-burning masterwork. Read more: Top 1981 singles Jones, Daisy (2 August 2018). "The Guide to Getting Into Grace Jones". Vice . Retrieved 15 November 2018. a b Furman, Anna (7 November 2016). "The Stories Behind the Photos on 6 Iconic Album Covers". Pitchfork . Retrieved 8 November 2016.