Hurricane (Grace Jones album)

***Hurricane*** is the tenth studio album by Jamaican singer Grace Jones. It was released on November 3, 2008. _Hurricane_ was her first album of new songs in nineteen years.

## Information

Grace Jones' previous album, _Bulletproof Heart_, was released in 1989. She tried to make several new albums in the 1990s but they were never released. Jones decided "never to do an album again".

## Personnel

- Wally Badarou - keyboards
- Mikey Chung - guitar
- Neil Comber - mix assistance
- Cameron Craig - sound engineering, mix engineering
- Jonathan de Villiers - photography
- Don-E - keyboards, backing vocals
- Sly Dunbar - drum kit, programming
- Brian Eno - production, keyboards, backing vocals
- Richard Flack - sound engineering
- Antony Genn - production, arrangements, keyboards, backing vocals
- Paulo Goude - keyboards, marimba, backing vocals
- Adam Green - guitar
- Ivor Guest - production, programming, mix engineering, arrangements, keyboards
- Ladonna Harley-Peters - backing vocals

- Sharlene Hector - backing vocals
- Tom Hingston - artwork design
- Will Johnstone - sound engineering
- Grace Jones - lead vocals, backing vocals, production
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Steve Pelluet - sound engineering
- Barry Reynolds - guitar
- Leopold Ross - guitar
- Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar
- Philip Sheppard - arrangements, conducting
- Martin Slattery - piano, organ
- Uziah Thompson - percussion
- Bruce Woolley - co-production, keyboards, backing vocals
- Will Worsley - sound engineering

## Companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – PIAS / Wall Of Sound Ltd.

Copyright (c) – Bloodlight Inc.

Recorded at – Exponential studios

Recorded at - Microcosm studios

Recorded at – 2 Kilohertz

Recorded at – Matrix studios, London

Mixed at – Strongroom (a division of Air Studios (Lyndhurst) Ltd.)

Mixed at – Microcosm studios

Mastered at – Gateway Mastering

## Album notes

"Well Well Well is dedicated to the memory of Alex Sadkin

The album is dedicated to the memory of my dad, Bishop Robert W. Jones"

## Chart performance

|align="left"|Chart|align="left"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Austria|align="center"|23|
|align="left"|Belgium <small>(Flanders)</small>|align="center"|14|
|align="left"|Belgium <small>(Wallonia)</small>|align="center"|54|
|align="left"|France|align="center"|36|
|align="left"|Germany|align="center"|19|
|align="left"|Italy|align="center"|40|
|align="left"|Netherlands|align="center"|63|
|align="left"|New Zealand|align="center"|37|
|align="left"|Sweden|align="center"|34|
|align="left"|Switzerland|align="center"|28|
|align="left"|United Kingdom|align="center"|42|
|align="left"|United States <small>(Top Electronic Albums)</small>|align="center"|20|

## Release history

|align="center"|Region|align="center"|Year|align="center"|Format(s)|align="center"|Label|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Europe|align="left"|3 November 2008|align="left"|CD, digital download|align="left" rowspan="2"|Wall of Sound, PIAS|
|align="left"|Argentina|align="left"|14 April 2009|align="left"|CD|||
|align="left"|United Kingdom|align="left"|2010|align="left"|LP|align="left"|The Vinyl Factory|
|align="left"|United States|align="left"|6 September 2011|align="left"|CD, digital download|align="left"|Wall of Sound, PIAS|

## Other websites

- _Hurricane_ on Allmusic
- _Hurricane_ on Discogs
- _Hurricane_ on Rate Your Music

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Hurricane
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Grace Jones
- **released**: November 3, 2008
- **recorded**: 2004-2007
- **length**: 48:40
- **prev title**: The Ultimate Collection (Grace Jones album), The Ultimate Collection
- **prev year**: 2006
- **next title**: Disco (Grace Jones album), Disco
- **next year**: 2015