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Lost Notes: 1980 - Ep. 7: Grace Jones

Lost Notes: 1980 - Ep. 7: Grace Jones

Update: 2020-09-24

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In 1980, anti-disco sentiment was at a high and Grace Jones was coming off a trilogy of disco albums. If she stayed stagnant, it felt like her career could be swept away. And so out of disco’s death rattle – driven by the discomfort of white male tastemakers – Grace Jones rose, reinforced and reimagined in a new decade freshly obsessed with risk.

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Lost Notes: 1980 - Ep. 7: Grace Jones

Lost Notes: 1980 - Ep. 7: Grace Jones