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| Released | September 4, 1979 |
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| Recorded | 1976-1979 |
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| Length | 42:36 |
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| Label | Island |
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| Producer | Tom Moulton |
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- "On Your Knees"
Released: August 1979
- "Don't Mess with the Messer"
Released: October 1979
- "Saved"
Released: December 18, 1979
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Muse is the third studio album by Jamaican singer Grace Jones. The album was released in September 4, 1979 by Island Records.
Background
Muse was the last of Jones's disco and R&B albums that was recorded with producer Tom Moulton. Her first album to feature that sound was with her debut Portfolio (1977). After Muse Jones moved on to making reggae and electronica sounding albums in the 1980s.
Track listing
Side A
- "Sinning" (Grace Jones, Pierre Papadiamandis) – 5:06
- "Suffer" (Tom Moulton, Thor Baldursson) – 4:17
- "Repentance (Forgive Me)" (Grace Jones, Pierre Papadiamandis) – 3:50
- "Saved" (Jack Robinson, James Bolden, Vivienne Savoie Robinson) – 7:13
Side B
- "Atlantic City Gambler" (Tom Moulton, Duke Williams) – 5:46
- "I'll Find My Way to You" (Stelvio Cipriani, Hal Shaper) – 5:14
- "Don't Mess with the Messer" (Grace Jones, Pierre Papadiamandis) – 4:50
- "On Your Knees" (D.C. LaRue, Jerry Corbetta) – 6:30
Personnel
- Thor Baldursson - guest vocals, keyboards, arrangements
- Carla Benson - background vocals
- Keith Benson - drums
- Evette Benton - background vocals
- Richard Bernstein - artwork design
- Eve Boman - photography
- Carl Davis - arrangements
- Carl Helm - background vocals
- Phil Hurt - background vocals
- Barbara Ingram - background vocals
- Grace Jones - lead vocals
- Francis Jug - artwork design
- Tom Moulton - production
- Don Renaldo - strings, horns
- José Rodriguez - mastering
- Craig Snyder - guitar
- Arthur Stoppe - mixing
- Sweethearts of Sigma - background vocals
- Neil Terk - art direction
- Ron Tyson - background vocals
- Jim Walker - percussion
- Larry Washington - percussion
- Jimmy Williams - bass guitar
Release history
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| Worldwide
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1979
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LP/Cassette
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Island
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| USA
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2011
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CD
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Gold Legion
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| USA
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2014
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CD
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Island Records
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References
Other websites
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| Studio albums | |
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| Compilations | |
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| Singles |
- "I Need a Man"
- "Sorry"
- "La Vie en rose"
- "Do or Die"
- "On Your Knees"
- "A Rolling Stone"
- "Love Is the Drug"
- "Private Life"
- "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"
- "Breakdown"
- "Demolition Man"
- "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)"
- "Pull Up to the Bumper"
- "Walking in the Rain"
- "Nipple to the Bottle"
- "The Apple Stretching"
- "My Jamaican Guy"
- "Cry Now, Laugh Later"
- "Living My Life"
- "Slave to the Rhythm"
- "Jones the Rhythm"
- "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)"
- "Party Girl"
- "Crush"
- "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician"
- "Love on Top of Love"
- "Amado Mio"
- "7 Day Weekend"
- "Evilmainya"
- "Sex Drive"
- "Love Bites"
- "Hurricane (Cradle to the Grave)"
- "Corporate Cannibal"
- "Williams' Blood"
- "Love You to Life"
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- Discography
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- albums
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