10 Near Perfect New Wave Albums With One Bad Song

There aren't many images more iconic than this album cover. Grace Jones is depicted from the waste up; she has her signature flat top, a suit jacket open to the belly button, and a cigarette hanging from her mouth. She's poses with both a sinister intensity and a transfixing beauty. Find a more striking images from the '80s...

Her fifth studio album, contained tracks as equally stylised. It utilised a new wave formula to pull in elements of disco, reggae and R&B. Pull Up To The Bumper, was the albums standout track. Laidback but purposeful bass lines, instantly evoke a sensually smooth mood. The double entendre to the lyrics made it something of a controversial number back in the day. "Pull up to my bumper baby / In your long black limousine / Pull up to my bumper baby / And drive it in between". No points for guessing what she was getting at... Jones also included a cover of Iggy Pop's Nightclubbing, a song co-written by David Bowie. The original was a sleazy rock n' roll take on lounge music. Jones' version was more seductive, pulling in elements of reggae.

There isn't much not to like on this record, it transports you back to the smoother more glamorous side of '80s. The only track we could do without, is Art Groupie. It's sandwiched between two great slow-tempo numbers, but having a third does nothing for the album's overall flow.