Portfolio (Grace Jones album)

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Portfolio
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1977
Recorded1975-1977
Genre
Length36:59
LabelIsland
ProducerTom Moulton[1]
Grace Jones chronology
Portfolio
(1977)
Fame
(1978)
Singles from Portfolio
  1. "I Need a Man"
    Released: 1975
  2. "Sorry"
    Released: September 1976
  3. "That's the Trouble"
    Released: 1976
  4. "La Vie en rose"
    Released: October 1977
  5. "What I Did for Love"
    Released: 1977

Portfolio is the debut studio album by Jamaican singer Grace Jones. It was released on 6 September 1977 by Island Records[2] by Island Records. Before releasing Portfolio Jones had been a model.[3] The album's music is a mix of disco and R&B. The album was recorded from 1975-1977.

Track listing[change | change source]

Standard release[change | change source]

Side A

  1. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 7:33
  2. "What I Did for Love" (Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban) – 5:15
  3. "Tomorrow" (Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse) – 5:48

Side B

  1. "La Vie en rose" (Édith Piaf, Louis Guglielmi) – 7:27
  2. "Sorry" (Grace Jones, Pierre Papadiamondis) – 3:58
  3. "That's the Trouble" (Grace Jones, Pierre Papadiamondis) – 3:36
  4. "I Need a Man" (Pierre Papadiamondis, Paul Slade) – 3:23

Italian release[change | change source]

Side A

  1. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 7:33
  2. "What I Did for Love" (Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban) – 5:15
  3. "Tomorrow" (Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse) – 5:48

Side B

  1. "La Vie en rose" (Édith Piaf, Louis Guglielmi) – 7:27
  2. "I Need a Man" (Pierre Papadiamondis, Paul Slade) – 7:30

References[change | change source]

  1. Andrew Hamilton. "Grace Jones Portfolio". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. "Portfolio". Sonemic, Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. "Grace Jones - Vogue.it". Vogue.it. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2015-09-19.

Other websites[change | change source]