Bulletproof Heart
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| Studio album by Grace Jones | ||||
| Released | October 13, 1989 | |||
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| Length | 72:07 (remastered CD reissue) | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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| Robert Christgau | C |
Bulletproof Heart is the ninth studio album by Grace Jones, released in 1989. The album, co-produced by Chris Stanley, would be her last studio album for 19 years, until she released Hurricane in 2008.
The album came after Jones' short break from recording music, during which she would again focus on acting, appearing in the all-star Straight to Hell and Mary Lambert's Siesta. On Bulletproof Heart Jones would work with producer Chris Stanley, who at that time had become her first husband. Stanley co-produced the album with her, co-wrote the majority of songs and delivered guest vocals on "Don't Cry Freedom". A number of tracks were produced by Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C+C Music Factory, who would achieve a global success with the dance track "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" in 1990, and Jonathan Elias. Musically, Bulletproof Heart continued the commercial pop sound of the previous record, Inside Story, showcasing material heavily influenced by synthesizers, drums and electronic percussion. The CD version of the album included two additional songs, which were absent on the vinyl pressing. A remastered, copy protected edition of the album was released in 2004 on EMI Records, and came with two more bonus tracks.
Bulletproof Heart met with unflattering reception, with critic Robert Christgau calling it "incongruous". Commercial performance of the album was also poor: it peaked at number 55 in Germany, failing to enter charts elsewhere, thus becoming the lowest-charting of all her studio albums and one of her least successful offerings. Although Jones has always stayed musically active, Bulletproof Heart would be her last studio album for almost two decades. None of her 1990s comeback attempts materialised and her next album, Hurricane, was eventually released in 2008.
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