Bulletproof Heart (Grace Jones album)

Bulletproof Heart
Studio album by Grace Jones
Released	October 13, 1989
Genre	Funk R&B
Length	72:07
Label	Capitol
Producer	Grace Jones Chris Stanley C+C Music Factory Jonathan Elias
Grace Jones chronology
Inside Story (1986) Bulletproof Heart (1989) The Ultimate (1993)
Singles from Bulletproof Heart
"Love on Top of Love" Released: October 6, 1989 "Amado Mio" Released: April 13, 1990

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.^[1]

Bulletproof Heart met with negative reviews, with critic Robert Christgau calling it "incongruous".^[2]

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

Side B

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

CD version

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

Remastered CD reissue

1. "Driving Satisfaction" – 5:50
2. "Kicked Around" – 5:37
3. "Love on Top of Love" (Cole, Jones) – 6:10
4. "Paper Plan" – 3:55
5. "Crack Attack" – 5:20
6. "Bulletproof Heart" – 4:19
7. "On My Way" – 4:24
8. "Seduction Surrender" (Elias, Jones, Stanley, Lasarenko) – 4:57
9. "Someone to Love" – 4:47
10. "Amado Mio" (Fisher, Roberts) – 5:20
11. "Dream" – 3:26
12. "Don't Cry Freedom" (Stanley) – 4:16
13. "Love on Top of Love-Killer Kiss" (Garage House Mix) (Cole, Jones) – 7:10
14. "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 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)	Peak position
Germany[3][4]	55

Release history

Region	Year	Format(s)	Label
Worldwide	1989	LP, CD, Cassette	Capitol, Jugoton
Europe	2004	CD	EMI

References

1. Lisa Sewards (2008-11-07). "'It's hard being a freak!' Grace Jones has built a 30-year career on scaring the hell out of us. But, she says, she's really a big softie". www.dailymail.co.uk.
2. Robert Christgau. "Robert Christgau: CG: grace jones". www.robertchristgau.com.
3. "Suche nach "grace jones"". www.charts.de (in German).
4. "Liedsuche" (in German). www.charts-surfer.de.

Other websites

• Bulletproof Heart on Allmusic
• Bulletproof Heart on Discogs
• Bulletproof Heart on Rate Your Music