Nightclubbing

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Nightclubbing is Grace Jones’s acclaimed 1981 album that blends reggae, new wave, and post-disco influences into a distinctive, avant-garde pop sound.

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Nightclubbing canonical 15
Nightclubbing (album) 2
"Nightclubbing" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music album
studio album
artist Grace Jones
basedOn Nightclubbing (song by Iggy Pop and David Bowie)
chronologyNextAlbum Living My Life
chronologyPreviousAlbum Warm Leatherette
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtFeatures Grace Jones in androgynous tuxedo styling
criticalReception acclaimed
describedAs avant-garde pop
fusion of reggae, new wave, and post-disco
featuresMusician Barry Reynolds
Mikey Chung
Robbie Shakespeare
Sly Dunbar
linked to: Sly and Robbie

Uziah "Sticky" Thompson
Wally Badarou
genre art pop
avant-pop
new wave
post-disco
reggae
hasBackingBand Compass Point All Stars
hasTrack Art Groupie
Demolition Man
Feel Up
I’ve Done It Again
I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
linked to: Libertango

Nightclubbing (song)
Pull Up to the Bumper
Use Me
Walking in the Rain
includesAdaptation Libertango by Ástor Piazzolla
linked to: Libertango
includesCover Demolition Man by The Police
Nightclubbing by Iggy Pop
Use Me by Bill Withers
linked to: Use Me
influencedGenre dance music
electronic music
pop
labelCatalogNumber ILPS 9624
language English
length approximately 45 minutes
notableSingle I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
linked to: Libertango

Pull Up to the Bumper
Walking in the Rain
performer Grace Jones
producer Alex Sadkin
Chris Blackwell
rankedOnList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
recordingLocation Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
recordLabel Island Records
releaseDate 1981-05-11
releaseYear 1981

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Warm Leatherette nextAlbum Nightclubbing
subject linked to: album "Warm Leatherette"
Living My Life follows Nightclubbing
subject linked to: album "Living My Life"
Pull Up to the Bumper album Nightclubbing
subject linked to: single "Pull Up to the Bumper"
"I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" includedInAlbum "Nightclubbing"
linked to: Nightclubbing
Warm Leatherette followedBy Nightclubbing
Pull Up to the Bumper partOfAlbum Nightclubbing
Use Me partOfAlbum Nightclubbing
Use Me (Grace Jones version) partOfAlbum Nightclubbing
subject linked to: Use Me
Nightclubbing (song) partOf Nightclubbing (album)
linked to: Nightclubbing
Nightclubbing (song) album Nightclubbing (album)
linked to: Nightclubbing
Feel Up album Nightclubbing
Feel Up partOf Nightclubbing
Feel Up originallyReleasedOn Nightclubbing
Nightclubbing hasTitle Nightclubbing
Compass Point trilogy hasPart Nightclubbing
Barry Reynolds contributedToAlbum Nightclubbing