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
 "Driving Satisfaction" – 5:50
 "Kicked Around" – 5:37
 "Love on Top of Love" (David Cole, Grace Jones) – 6:10
 "Paper Plan" – 3:55
 "Crack Attack" – 5:20

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

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

Remastered CD reissue
 "Driving Satisfaction" – 5:50
 "Kicked Around" – 5:37
 "Love on Top of Love" (Cole, Jones) – 6:10
 "Paper Plan" – 3:55
 "Crack Attack" – 5:20
 "Bulletproof Heart" – 4:19
 "On My Way" – 4:24
 "Seduction Surrender" (Elias, Jones, Stanley, Lasarenko) – 4:57
 "Someone to Love" – 4:47
 "Amado Mio" (Fisher, Roberts) – 5:20
 "Dream" – 3:26
 "Don't Cry Freedom" (Stanley) – 4:16
 "Love on Top of Love-Killer Kiss" (Garage House Mix) (Cole, Jones) – 7:10
 "Amado Mio" (The Brazilian Mix) (Fisher, Roberts) – 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
Chart (1989)PeakpositionGermany55

Release history
RegionYearFormat(s)LabelWorldwide1989LP, CD, CassetteCapitol, JugotonEurope2004CDEMI

References

Other websites
 Bulletproof Heart on Allmusic
 Bulletproof Heart on Discogs
 Bulletproof Heart on Rate Your Music

Category:1989 albums
Category:Grace Jones albums
Category:Funk albums
Category:R&B albums
Category:Capitol Records albums