ZANG TUMB TUMB DISCOGRAPHY “…which deny the freedom of the flesh…”

Grace Jones

Slave to the rhythm


Type: Album

Format: Compact disc

Label: Island

Catalogue ref.: CID4011


Release date: 28 October 1985

Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Chart position: Single UK: (Starting 6/10/1985) 33; 14; 12; 13; 19; 26; 38; 50 (26/1/1986) 98 (1/5/1994) 28; 52; 78; 100
Single Germany: (Starting 4/11/1985) 59; 21; 13; 7; 5; 5; 5; 4; 6; 10; 12; 17; 21; 30; 33; 55; 62; 65
Album UK: (Starting 3/11/1985) 12; 15; 22; 45; 66; 90; x; x; x; 100; x; 100
Album Germany: (Starting 11/11/1985) 35; 15; 11; 10; 10; 11; 15; 18; 19; 19; 28; 24; 32; 38; 44; 45; 55; 62; 64
USA Billboard 200: (Peak 21/12/1985) 73
USA Billboard Black Singles: (Peak 25/1/1986) 20
USA Billboard Top Black Albums: (Peak 8/2/1986) 25
USA Billboard Dance Single Sales (Peak 21/12/1985) 3
USA Billboard Dance Club Songs (Peak 1/2/1986) 1


Sleeve design: XL Design; ZTT

Photography: Jean Paul Goude


Notes: This original CD version differs from the original vinyl version of this album, stripping out most of the interview material.

Printed tracklisting

  1. Jones the rhythm
  2. The fashion show
  3. Operattack
  4. Slave to the rhythm
  5. The frog and the princess
  6. The crossing (ooh the action…)
  7. Don’t cry—It’s only the rhythm
  8. Ladies and gentleman: Miss Grace Jones

Actual tracklisting

  1. Jones the rhythm 05:25
  2. The fashion show 04:05
  3. Operattack 02:16
  4. Slave to the rhythm 06:12
  5. The frog and the princess 07:34
  6. The crossing (ooh the action…) 04:51
  7. Don’t cry—It’s only the rhythm 02:48
  8. Ladies and gentleman: Miss Grace Jones 04:28

Occasionally the tracklisting printed on the sleeve art of a release isn’t 100% accurate. Tracks may be missing, mixes unspecified or misnamed. For this reason a more accurate actual tracklisting is shown alongside the printed tracklisting.

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