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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

13. Grace JonesNightclubbing

It’s such a great idea this, this mixture of electronic, disco, reggae, blues, salsa, new wave and funk. And the production, by Alex Sadkin – what he did is really some of the great inventions in this kind of genre of music. He uses this French chanson kind of accordion; it’s a wonderful idea, beautiful. That goes back to Juliette Gréco.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Dave Okumu, Simple Minds,
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