A one woman show!  Grace Jones' Hurricane.

A one woman show! Grace Jones' Hurricane.

Hurricane (Audio CD)

Customer Review

19 years of waiting have finally ended. Grace Jones, Enfant Terrible-music history or Jamaica incarnate cult descends from her strange parallel universe and pampers its audience with a "one woman show" at its best!

"Hurricane" has everything can miss commercial plates: Unconditional creativity and the highest quality. On this record proves Grace Jones, that nothing is left to chance. Even her mature voice penetrates jaded tastes, dominated and remains nevertheless in fragile femininity! Almost one could say they flurisziert in the deepest darkness. Wow!

All titles contain a personal touch, the "red thread" running through and singer, as well as the production team fully Thank hear nine fabulous pieces of music whose developments are stunning:

"This is", starts wisely, even cautious at the beginning and increases the insurmountable interest in the stressed and hedonistic world of androgynous Grace Jones.

"Williams' Blood" offers significantly through strong personal ties to family and origin. Melodic stocky with brilliant guitar riffs, it seems wise to bring the single as No.2.

"Corporate Cannibal" is able to increase the inexorable tension of this project yet. If there was a way in a musical way with the greedy and rapacious music industry abzurechen, then "You're welcome"! Dark, intense and merciless.

"I'm Crying (Mother's Tears)," soothed the previous sound carpet to a status of grace'schen past. Because if you listen carefully, discovered familiar styles of a la "Victor Should Have Been a jazz musician". Here, however, an entire track melancholy.

"Well well well", had original may originate Records phase of times its Iceland! The transition to the second half of the album. Jamaican sounds go without hesitation to the center of the middle ear. Who has not at least, flicks here with your fingers full Macke!

"Hurricane", the musical storm front. Mystical, positively restless and if you want to get straight to the point ... you might notice that the title track has been added, as if David Lynch had filmed a weather report ... only in this case, for the stereo!

"Love you to life", underlines Graces' professional Würzeln and directed mentally back to Libertango times. Excellent.

"Sunset Sunrise" begins a bit cautious. We do not know exactly whether this number is something. Somehow it tastes like after "socially critical number" to be meteoric lift. And that is what is intended! Once again the predatory Jones uses her gifted talent, to fish out the old fans from the mental 70/80 Sound and the new companions to lead towards a grand finale.

... That would be because:

"Devil in my life"
Nobody could expect such a bombastic pearl. Not according to the brilliant songs before. Since "Diva Maxima" mixed with "James Bond" and is based on nothing other than the basic category quality music.

Now for the cover and booklet design:

Forget Johnny Depp and the "Chocolate Factory" ... because the band worker Grace Jones kicked! Time in yellow, green, orange or red - the coverall suits. And fashionable extravagances's on top: The gallant hairnet. Okay, joking aside ... Who is accustomed earlier Styles thinks only: "What's going on?" But far from it .. here lies nothing behind, except for tactics. Illuminated inclined and extremely we know Madame till you drop. In "Hurricane" one sees a woman who tackles difficult! And you finally hear too!

My Conclusion:

Who gets such successful producer in the Bot as Tricky or Marianne Faithfull "house and home" musicians Barry Reynolds or even Brian Eno, the "jumper cables" by David Bowie and Bryan Ferry (!) - Can be sure that you're not here by a can speak comeback but a late masterpiece!

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