Hurricane (Grace Jones album)

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Hurricane
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Studio album by
Grace Jones
Released3 November 2008 (original)
5 September 2011 (Hurricane – Dub)
Recorded2004–2007
Genre
Length48:40 (original)
50:26 (Hurricane – Dub)
Label
Producer
Grace Jones chronology
The Ultimate Collection
(2006)		Hurricane
(2008)		 Disco
(2015)
Singles from Hurricane
  1. "Corporate Cannibal"
    Released: 24 August 2008
  2. "Williams' Blood"
    Released: 8 December 2008
  3. "Well Well Well"
    Released: 2009
  4. "Love You to Life"
    Released: 3 May 2010
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Is"
  • Grace Jones
  • Mark van Eyck
5:35
2."Williams' Blood"
5:57
3."Corporate Cannibal"
5:54
4."I'm Crying (Mother's Tears)"
  • Jones
  • Guest
4:31
5."Well Well Well"
3:51
6."Hurricane"
6:33
7."Love You to Life"
5:20
8."Sunset Sunrise"
  • Jones
  • Woolley
  • Paulo Goude
5:11
9."Devil in My Life"
5:48

Hurricane – Dub

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Is Dub"
  • Grace Jones
  • Mark van Eyck
4:35
2."Williams Dub"
  • Jones
  • Lisa Coleman
  • Wendy Melvoin
5:40
3."Cannibal Dub"
  • Jones
  • van Eyck
  • Adam Green
  • Ivor Guest
5:16
4."Well Well Well Dub"
  • Jones
  • Barry Reynolds
4:10
5."Crying Dub"
  • Jones
  • Guest
4:58
6."Hurricane Dub"
  • Jones
  • Tricky
5:20
7."Love You to Life Dub"
  • Jones
  • van Eyck
  • Bruce Woolley
5:20
8."Sunset Dub"
  • Jones
  • Woolley
  • Paulo Goude
4:45
9."Devil Dub"
  • Jones
  • Guest
  • van Eyck
  • Leopold Ross
5:17
10."Hell Dub"
  • Jones
  • Guest
5:04

Personnel

Charts

2008 chart performance for Hurricane
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [28] 123
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [29] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [30] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [31] 54
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [32] 63
French Albums (SNEP) [33] 36
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [34] 19
Greek Albums (IFPI) [35] 24
Italian Albums (FIMI) [36] 40
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [37] 37
Scottish Albums (OCC) [38] 60
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [39] 34
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [40] 28
UK Albums (OCC) [41] 42
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [42] 2
2011 chart performance for Hurricane
Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [43] 20

Release history

RegionYearFormat(s)Label
Europe3 November 2008 CD, digital download Wall of Sound, PIAS
Argentina14 April 2009CD
United Kingdom2010 LP The Vinyl Factory
United States6 September 2011CD, digital downloadWall of Sound, PIAS

The Hurricane Tour

The Hurricane Tour
Tour by Grace Jones
LocationNorth America • Europe
Associated albumHurricane
Start date19 January 2009
End date21 November 2009
Legs5
No. of shows31

The Hurricane Tour was a concert tour by singer Grace Jones to promote her album Hurricane. The tour sold well and received public and critical acclaim. [44] [45] [46] [47] [48]

Setlist

The setlist varied from show to show:

Average setlist [49]
  1. "Nightclubbing"
  2. "This Is"
  3. "My Jamaican Guy"
  4. "Demolition Man"
  5. "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)"
  6. "La Vie en Rose"
  7. "Love You to Life"
  8. "Williams' Blood"
  9. "Well Well Well"
  10. "Love Is the Drug"
  11. "Pull Up to the Bumper"
  12. "Slave to the Rhythm"

Encore

  1. "Hurricane"

Other songs from Hurricane were performed in different dates, including "Sunset Sunrise", "Devil in My Life", "Corporate Cannibal", and "I'm Crying (Mother's Tears)" .

Tour dates

Europe
DateCityCountryVenue
19 January 2009 Birmingham England Symphony Hall
21 January 2009 Gateshead England Sage Gateshead
23 January 2009 Glasgow Scotland Clyde Auditorium
24 January 2009 Manchester England Manchester Apollo
25 January 2009 Bristol England Colston Hall
27 January 2009 London England The Roundhouse
28 January 2009LondonEnglandThe Roundhouse
17 March 2009 Berlin Germany Tempodrom
19 March 2009 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
22 March 2009 Paris France Le Grand Rex
25 March 2009 Frankfurt GermanyJahrhunderthalle
26 March 2009 Düsseldorf Germany Philipshalle
29 March 2009 Stockholm Sweden The Circus
31 March 2009 Copenhagen Denmark Falconer Theatre
Europe (2)
19 June 2009 Barcelona Spain Sónar
3 July 2009 Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival
4 July 2009 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter
9 July 2009 London UK Somerset House
11 July 2009 Montreux Switzerland Montreux Jazz Festival
16 July 2009 Stuttgart GermanyJazz Open Festival
18 July 2009 Southwold England Latitude Festival
North America
26 July 2009 Hollywood United States KCRW's World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl
29 July 2009 New York United States Hammerstein Ballroom
30 July 2009New YorkUnited StatesHammerstein Ballroom
Europe (3)
7 August 2009 Monte Carlo Monaco Summer Sporting Festival
9 August 2009 Playa d'en Bossa, Ibiza Spain Space
15 August 2009 Helsinki Finland Flow Festival
21 August 2009 St. Poelten Austria FM4 Frequency Festival
23 August 2009 Biddinghuizen Netherlands Lowlands
30 August 2009LondonEnglandBeachdown Festival
North America
21 November 2009 Guadalajara Mexico Sonofilla Festival

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