Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
In the wake of Marianne Faithfull's disco-punk fusion on 1979'sBroken English, Island label mate and disco diva Grace Jones made a similar left turn with a couple of albums of new-wave classics (the Pretenders' "Private Life," Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing"), new-wave "classics" (the Normal's "Warm Leatherette") and a soul chestnut or two ("The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game") given her uniquely growling treatment. As the funk grew stronger, she even placed a few hits on the charts, notably the 1982 "Pull Up to the Bumper."Private Lifesurveys this, the artiest of Jones's periods, including rare 12-inch and dub mixes.--Rickey Wright