Bulletproof Heart (Grace Jones album)

***Bulletproof Heart*** is the ninth studio album by Jamaican recording artist Grace Jones, it was released on October 13, 1989 by Capitol Records, it was her first album on the label. It would be her last album until 2008's _Hurricane_.

## Background

On _Bulletproof Heart_ Jones would work with producer Chris Stanley, who at that time had become her first husband.

_Bulletproof Heart_ met with negative reviews, with critic Robert Christgau calling it "incongruous".

## Track listing

Notes: All songs were written by Grace Jones and Chris Stanley, except where noted. "Crack Attack" features rapper Freedom, and "Don't Cry Freedom" is a duet with Chris Stanley, although they're not credited as such in track listing on the album sleeve.

### LP version

**Side A**
1. "Driving Satisfaction" – 5:50
1. "Kicked Around" – 5:37
1. "Love on Top of Love" <small>(David Cole, Grace Jones)</small> – 6:10
1. "Paper Plan" – 3:55
1. "Crack Attack" – 5:20

**Side B**
1. "Bulletproof Heart" – 4:19
1. "On My Way" – 4:24
1. "Seduction Surrender" <small>(Jonathan Elias, Grace Jones, Chris Stanley, Alex Lasarenko)</small> – 4:57
1. "Someone to Love" – 4:47
1. "Amado Mio" <small>(Doris Fisher, Allen Roberts)</small> – 5:20

### CD version

1. "Driving Satisfaction" – 5:57
1. "Kicked Around" – 5:40
1. "Love on Top of Love" <small>(Cole, Jones)</small> – 6:17
1. "Paper Plan" – 3:57
1. "Crack Attack" – 5:24
1. "Bulletproof Heart" – 4:10
1. "On My Way" – 4:25
1. "Dream" – 3:26
1. "Seduction Surrender" <small>(Elias, Jones, Stanley, Lasarenko)</small> – 4:59
1. "Someone to Love" – 4:50
1. "Don't Cry Freedom" <small>(Stanley)</small> – 4:16
1. "Amado Mio" <small>(Fisher, Roberts)</small> – 5:20

### Remastered CD reissue

1. "Driving Satisfaction" – 5:50
1. "Kicked Around" – 5:37
1. "Love on Top of Love" <small>(Cole, Jones)</small> – 6:10
1. "Paper Plan" – 3:55
1. "Crack Attack" – 5:20
1. "Bulletproof Heart" – 4:19
1. "On My Way" – 4:24
1. "Seduction Surrender" <small>(Elias, Jones, Stanley, Lasarenko)</small> – 4:57
1. "Someone to Love" – 4:47
1. "Amado Mio" <small>(Fisher, Roberts)</small> – 5:20
1. "Dream" – 3:26
1. "Don't Cry Freedom" <small>(Stanley)</small> – 4:16
1. "Love on Top of Love-Killer Kiss" (Garage House Mix) <small>(Cole, Jones)</small> – 7:10
1. "Amado Mio" (The Brazilian Mix) <small>(Fisher, Roberts)</small> – 6:25

## Personnel

- Josh Abbey - sound mixing
- Alan - horns, keyboards, percussion
- Jerry Bennett - drum programming
- Jay Berliner - flamenco guitar
- Jocelyn Brown - backing vocals
- Danny Browny - guitar
- Francesco Centeno - bass
- Robert Clivillés - production, drum programming, percussion, sound mixing, sound editing
- David Cole - production, arrangements, keyboards, synthesizers, sound mixing, sound editing
- Dominic Cortese - accordion
- Ricky Crespo - sound editing
- Craig Derry - backing vocals
- Tyrone Downie - keyboards
- Jonathan Elias - production, arrangements, drum programming, keyboards, synthesizer programming
- Jeffrey Fey - design
- Chris Floberg - sound mixing
- Ray Foote - FX guitar
- Sherman Foote - drum programming, synthesizer programming, sound engineering, sound mixing
- Chris Fosdick - vocal effects
- Freedom - rap
- David Gennaro - vocals engineering
- Greg Gorman - inside photography
- Gordon Gottlieb - percussion
- Jean-Paul Goude - cover art
- Diva Gray - backing vocals
- Geo Greene - sequencing

- Steve "Griff" Griffin - recording engineering
- Lani Groves - backing vocals
- Clive Hunt - bass, horns, keyboards
- Chip Jenkins - synth programming
- Grace Jones - production, arrangements, vocals
- Curtis King Jr. - backing vocals
- Alex Lasarenko - keyboards, piano, synth bass, arrangement
- Jim "Bonzai" Lyon - mix engineering
- Willie Menendez - narration
- Jim Nicholson - synth programming, sound engineering
- Clifford Pemsler - synth programming, sound engineering
- Janice Pendarvis - backing vocals
- Lenny Pickett - saxophone
- Carl Pitterson - drum programming, keyboards, percussion, sound engineering, sound mixing
- Tom Regis - drum programming
- José Rodriguez - mastering
- Paul Seymour - vocals engineering
- Ira Siegel - groove guitar
- Frank Simms - backing vocals
- Chris Stanley - production, keyboards, bass, guest vocal
- Vanessee Thomas - backing vocals
- Dave Tofani - tenor saxophone
- George Victory - guitar, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards
- Martha Wash - backing vocals
- Kenny Williams - backing vocals

## Chart performance

|align="left"|Chart (1989)|align="left"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Germany|align="center"|55|

## Release history

|align="center"|Region|align="center"|Year|align="center"|Format(s)|align="center"|Label|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Worldwide|align="left"|1989|align="left"|LP, CD, Cassette|align="left"|Capitol, Jugoton|
|align="left"|Europe|align="left"|2004|align="left"|CD|align="left"|EMI|

## Other websites

- _Bulletproof Heart_ on Allmusic
- _Bulletproof Heart_ on Discogs
- _Bulletproof Heart_ on Rate Your Music

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Bulletproof Heart
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Grace Jones
- **released**: October 13, 1989
- **length**: 72:07
- **label**: Capitol Records, Capitol
- **prev title**: Inside Story (Grace Jones album), Inside Story
- **prev year**: 1986
- **next title**: The Ultimate (Grace Jones album), The Ultimate
- **next year**: 1993