Slave To The Rhythm
by Grace Jones

Slave To The Rhythm by Grace Jones
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 10,290th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 53 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (130th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,468th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,290th)

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Grace Jones bestography

Slave To The Rhythm is ranked 4th best out of 14 albums by Grace Jones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Grace Jones is Nightclubbing which is ranked number 1498 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,134.

Grace Jones album bestography « Higher ranked (7,363rd)
Warm Leatherette
This album (10,290th)
Slave To The Rhythm
Lower ranked (12,539th) »
Hurricane

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Slave To The Rhythm rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,290th | 1980s rank: 1,468th | 1985 rank: 130th
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2026 ExTeaSeaTop 68 Music Albums of 198535/683
2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 198532/502
2026matterhornriderTop 65 Music Albums of 198565/650
2025PasteThe 30 Greatest Albums of 198530/300
2025skrapoelTop 54 Music Albums of 198530/542
2025Marswolf68Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s88/1003
2025JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 198587/1001
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 198576/1001
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198560/1002
2025lanadeleswiftTop 30 Music Albums of 198521/302
2025 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198534/1003
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the 80's (401 - 500) by U R C70/100 -
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 198582/1001
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 198525/1004
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 198567/1002
2024 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 198539/1003
2024WayneMCUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1980s (401-500)70/99 -
2024 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of 198527/1004
2024 HeliosTop 90 Music Albums of 198522/904
2024cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 198522/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 44
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 116
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71/100 (from 53 votes)
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02/13/2026 02:44 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,93081/100
 
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09/12/2025 05:25 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,37869/100
 
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03/08/2025 10:11 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,22836/100
 
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07/18/2024 01:09 lanadeleswift  Ratings distribution  3,57586/100
 
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04/19/2024 02:49 ScrumpyArbuckle  Ratings distribution  1,13178/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 69.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.

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From 02/02/2019 22:00 | #231162
Disco diva que levava o pop adiante! Incrível!
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From 10/21/2015 07:42 | #151793
Great record to test your hifi equipment!
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From 11/14/2014 17:45 | #126983
OK, this is a tough one. I want to love this record, but it sounds a bit shit, frankly. The Trevor Horn/Stephen Lipson/ZTT-Sarm sound thing is dating badly. Fading. The CD sounds dreadful anyway, needs remastering and putting back to it's original unedited vinyl form. It stands as an exercise or experiment in how to muck about with and stretch out one basic track for long enough to make an album. It is an artefact of it's time. But Grace is great, does what she does very well. And viewed as a bit of harmless fun it's alright.
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