Bulletproof Heart
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Bulletproof Heart is the ninth studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...

 and was released in 1989. Singles from the album were "Love on Top of Love
Love on Top of Love
"Love on Top of Love " is the first single from Grace Jones' album Bulletproof Heart. It was produced by C+C Music Factory's David Cole and Robert Clivilles...

" (a #1 Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 hit) and "Amado Mio
Amado Mio
"Amado Mio" is a song from the classic 1946 film noir Gilda, written by Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher. The piece was mimed by Rita Hayworth and sung by Anita Kert Ellis....

" (a top 20 dance chart hit). This was Jones' last studio album for 19 years, until she released Hurricane
Hurricane (Grace Jones album)
Hurricane is the tenth studio album by singer Grace Jones and her first album of new material in nineteen years.-Creation:Jones had decided not to do another album again before meeting music producer Ivor Guest by mutual friend Philip Treacy. After becoming acquainted Guest played Jones a track he...

in 2008.

LP

Side one:
  1. "Driving Satisfaction" - 5:50
  2. "Kicked Around" - 5:37
  3. "Love on Top of Love
    Love on Top of Love
    "Love on Top of Love " is the first single from Grace Jones' album Bulletproof Heart. It was produced by C+C Music Factory's David Cole and Robert Clivilles...

    " (David Cole
    David Cole (producer)
    David Cole was a songwriter and record producer, and was one half of the dance-music duo C+C Music Factory, which he founded with musical partner Robert Clivillés....

    , Jones) - 6:10
  4. "Paper Plan" - 3:55
  5. "Crack Attack" (featuring Freedom) - 5:20


Side two:'
  1. "Bulletproof Heart" - 4:19
  2. "On My Way" - 4:24
  3. "Seduction Surrender" (Jonathan Elias
    Jonathan Elias
    Jonathan Elias is a U.S. composer and record producer, known for his movie soundtracks, production for several pop and rock acts, and his award-winning advertising music including the PBS logo instrumental from October 1, 1984 to October 1, 1989....

    , Jones, Stanley, A. Lasarenko) - 4:57
  4. "Someone to Love" - 4:47
  5. "Amado Mio
    Amado Mio
    "Amado Mio" is a song from the classic 1946 film noir Gilda, written by Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher. The piece was mimed by Rita Hayworth and sung by Anita Kert Ellis....

    " (Doris Fisher, Allen Roberts) - 5:20

CD

  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" (featuring Freedom) - 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" (duet with Chris Stanley) (Stanley) - 4:16
  12. "Amado Mio" (Fisher, Roberts) - 5:20

CD (2004 Reissue)

Note: Copy-protected
Copy Control
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.
  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" (featuring Freedom) - 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" (duet with Chris Stanley) (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

  • Grace Jones - vocals
  • Robert Clivilles
    Robert Clivillés
    Robert Clivillés is a record producer, songwriter, arranger, music video director most noted for his work with C+C Music Factory, a group he founded with musical partner David Cole...

     - drum
    Drum
    The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

     programming, percussion "Driving On Satisfaction", "Love On Top Of Love" & "Crack Attack"
  • David Cole
    David Cole (producer)
    David Cole was a songwriter and record producer, and was one half of the dance-music duo C+C Music Factory, which he founded with musical partner Robert Clivillés....

     - keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , synthesizer
    Synthesizer
    A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

     programming"Driving Satisfaction", "Love On Top Of Love" & "Crack Attack"
  • Janice Pendarvis - backing vocals "Driving Satisfaction", "On My Way" & "Seduction Surrender"
  • Vanessee Thomas - backing vocals "Driving Satisfaction", "Bulletproof Heart" & "Seduction Surrender"
  • George Victory - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    & keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

     "Kicked Around", "Paper Plan" & "Someone to Love", guitar "Bulletproof Heart" & "Seduction Surrender", rhythm guitar "On My Way", bass & guitar "Dream"
  • Carl Pitterson - drum
    Drum
    The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

     programming "Kicked Around", "Paper Plan" & "Dream"
  • Alan - horns
    Horn section
    In music, a horn section can refer to several groups of musicians. It can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play the horn . In a British-style brass band it refers to the tenor horn players. In popular music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a...

     & keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

     "Kicked Around", "Paper Plan", "Dream" & "Someone To Love", percussion "Paper Plan"
  • Clive Hunt - horns
    Horn section
    In music, a horn section can refer to several groups of musicians. It can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play the horn . In a British-style brass band it refers to the tenor horn players. In popular music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a...

     "Kicked Around", "Paper Plan" "Dream" & "Someone To Love", keyboards "Crack Attack", bass, horns & keyboards "Don't Cry Freedom"
  • Jocelyn Brown
    Jocelyn Brown
    Jocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer...

     - backing vocals "Love On Top Of Love"
  • Craig Derry - backing vocals "Love On Top Of Love"
  • Martha Wash
    Martha Wash
    Martha Wash is an American R&B, Pop, Soul, House singer/songwriter known for her distinctive and powerful voice.-Early career:...

     - backing vocals "Love On Top Of Love"
  • Carl Pitterson - keyboards "Paper Plan", drum programming "Someone To Love" & "Don't Cry Freedom", percussion "Don't Cry Freedom"
  • Chris Stanley - keyboards "Paper Plan", bass "Bulletproof Heart", male vocal & keyboards "Don't Cry Freedom"
  • Freedom - rap "Crack Attack"
  • Jonathan Elias
    Jonathan Elias
    Jonathan Elias is a U.S. composer and record producer, known for his movie soundtracks, production for several pop and rock acts, and his award-winning advertising music including the PBS logo instrumental from October 1, 1984 to October 1, 1989....

     - drum programming, keyboards, synth programming "Bulletproof Heart" & "Seduction Surrender", keyboards & synth programming "On My Way", drum programming & keyboards "Amado Mio"
  • Sherman Foote - drum programming & synth programming "Bulletproof Heart", "Seduction Surrender" & "Amado Mio" , drum programming "On My Way"
  • Alex Lasarenko - keyboards "Bulletproof Heart" & "Amado Mio", piano "On My Way", keyboards & synth bass "Seduction Surrender"
  • Lenny Pickett - saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

    s "Bulletproof Heart"
  • Jim Nicholson - synth programming "Bulletproof Heart", "On My Way" & "Seduction Surrender"
  • Lani Groves - backing vocals "Bulletproof Heart"
  • Curtis King Jr. - backing vocals "Bulletproof Heart", "Seduction Surrender" & "Amado Mio"
  • Frank Simms
    Frank Simms
    Frank Simms is an American singer and voice-over artist known for providing the voices behind such iconic characters as the Kool-Aid Man, the Honeycomb Craver, the bug-eyed, fuzzy mascot of Honeycomb cereal, and the Geico ringtone. He is one of the founding members and songwriters of The Simms...

     - backing vocals "Bulletproof Heart", "Seduction Surrender" & "Amado Mio"
  • Kenny Williams - backing vocals "Bulletproof Heart"
  • Francesco Centeno - bass "On My Way"
  • Ray Foote - FX guitar "On My Way"
  • Ira Siegel - groove guitar "On My Way"
  • Tyrone Downie
    Tyrone Downie
    Tyrone Downie is a Jamaican keyboardist/pianist who is most known for his involvement as a member of Bob Marley and The Wailers. He studied at Kingston College and joined the wailers in the mid-1970s, making his recording début with the band on Rastaman Vibration, having previously been a member of...

     - keyboards "On My Way"
  • Gordon Gottlieb - percussion "On My Way"
  • Chris Fosdick - vocal effects "On My Way"
  • Clifford Pemsler - synth programming "On My Way" & "Seduction Surrender"
  • Diva Gray - backing vocals "On My Way" & "Seduction Surrender"
  • Jerry Bennett - drum programming "Seduction Surrender"
  • Tom Regis - drum programming "Seduction Surrender"
  • Chip Jenkins - synth programming "Seduction Surrender"
  • Danny Browny - guitar "Don't Cry Freedom"
  • Dominic Cortese - accordion
    Accordion
    The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

     "Amado Mio"
  • Jay Berliner - flamenco guitar "Amado Mio"
  • Dave Tofani - tenor saxophone solo "Amado Mio"
  • Willie Menendez - narration "Amado Mio"

Production

  • Chris Stanley - producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

     "Driving Satisfaction", "Kicked Around", "Paper Plan", "Crack Attack", "Bulletproof Heart", "On My Way", "Dream", "Someone To Love", "Don't Cry Freedom"
  • Grace Jones - producer "Driving Satisfaction", "Kicked Around", "Paper Plan", "Crack Attack", "Bulletproof Heart", "On My Way", "Dream", "Seduction Surrender", "Someone To Love", "Don't Cry Freedom", arranger
    Arranger
    In investment banking, an arranger is a provider of funds in the syndication of a debt. They are entitled to syndicate the loan or bond issue, and may be referred to as the "lead underwriter". This is because this entity bears the risk of being able to sell the underlying securities/debt or the...

     "Amado Mio",
  • David Cole
    C+C Music Factory
    C+C Music Factory is a dance-pop and hip hop group formed in 1989 by David Cole and Robert Clivillés which stopped recording 1996, following Cole's death...

     - producer & arranger "Love On Top Of Love", co-producer "Crack Attack", sound mixer, sound editor "Driving Satisfaction" & "Love On Top Of Love"
  • Robert Clivilles
    C+C Music Factory
    C+C Music Factory is a dance-pop and hip hop group formed in 1989 by David Cole and Robert Clivillés which stopped recording 1996, following Cole's death...

     - producer "Driving Satisfaction", co-producer "Crack Attack", sound mixer, sound editor "Driving Satisfaction" "Love On Top Of Love" & "Crack Attack"
  • Jonathan Elias
    Jonathan Elias
    Jonathan Elias is a U.S. composer and record producer, known for his movie soundtracks, production for several pop and rock acts, and his award-winning advertising music including the PBS logo instrumental from October 1, 1984 to October 1, 1989....

     - producer "Seduction Surrender" & "Amado Mio", arranger "Amado Mio", additional production "Bulletproof Heart" & "On My Way"
  • Sherman Foote - producer & sound engineer "Amado Mio", sound mixer "Bulletproof Heart"
  • Steve "Griff" Griffin - recording engineer "Driving Satisfaction", "Love On Top Of Love" & "Crack Attack"
  • Jim "Bonzai" Lyon - mix engineer "Driving Satisfaction", "Love On Top Of Love" & "Crack Attack"
  • Ricky Crespo - sound editor "Driving Satisfaction" & "Love On Top Of Love"
  • Carl Pitterson - sound engineer, sound mixer "Kicked Around", "Paper Plan", "Dream", "Someone To Love" & "Don't Cry Freedom"
  • Josh Abbey - sound mixer "On My Way" & "Amado Mio"
  • David Gennaro - vocals engineer "Bulletproof Heart"
  • Paul Seymour - vocals engineer "Bulletproof Heart"
  • Chris Floberg - sound mixer "Bulletproof Heart"
  • Alex Lasarenko - arranger "Amado Mio"
  • Jim Nicholson - sound engineer "Amado Mio"
  • Clifford Pemsler - sound engineer "Amado Mio"
  • José Rodriguez - mastering at Sterling Sound New York
  • Jean-Paul Goude
    Jean-Paul Goude
    Jean-Paul Goude is a French graphic designer, illustrator, photographer and advertising film director. He created several well-known campaigns for brands such as Perrier, Citroën and Chanel....

     - cover art
  • Greg Gorman - inside photography
  • Jeffrey Fey - designer
  • Recorded at Music Mountain Studios, Stony Hill Jamaica, Soundtracks Studios, New York, Vision Sound Studios, New York, Quad Studios, New York

Singles

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