Musicians:
Grace Jones: vocals
Ian McShane: spoken word
Louis Jardim: bass, percussion, vocal hi hat
J. J. Belle: rhythm guitar
S. J. Lipson: lead guitar, bass, keyboards, Synclavier programming
Bruce Woolley: keyboards, backing vocals, guitar
Andrew Richards: keyboards
William "Ju Ju" House: drums
Reginald "Little Beats" Daughtry: percussion
Timothy "Shorty Tim" Glover: percussion
The Wall of Men (featuring Glen Gregory, John Sinclair, Gary Maughan)
The Zang Tuum Tumb Big Beat Colossus
conducted, directed and arranged by Richard Niles
Frank Ricotti: percussion
John Thirkel: trumpet
Guy Barker: trumpet
Stuart Brooks: trumpet
Pete Beachill: trombone
Geoff Perkins: bass trombone
Jamie Talbert: alto sax
Phil Todd: alto sax
Stan Sultzman: tenor sax
Dave Bishop: tenor sax
Andy McIntosh: baritone
sax
John Pigneguey: French horn
David Snell: harp
Tessa Niles: backing vocals
The Ambrosian Singers: choir
(John McCarthy: choir master)
Gavyn Wright: string leader
Produced by Trevor Horn
Assisted by S. J. Lipson
Engineer: S. J. Lipson
Front cover by Jean Paul Goude
Tracks: THE RHYTHM IN 8 BITS
1. Jones The Rhythm (5:24)
2. The Fashion Show (4:05)
3. Operattack (2:17)
4. SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM (6:13)
5. The Frog and The Princess (7:34)
6. The Crossing (ooh the action...) (4:51)
7. Don't Cry—It's Only The Rhythm (2:48)
8. Ladies And Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones (4:28)
Written by Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Steven Lipson and Trevor Horn
Text: extracts from "The Annihilation of Rhythm" by I. Penman
Notes: (***) Fashion supermodel Grace Jones became a ZTT project with this strange concept album. There is only really one song, as such, here, "Slave to the Rhythm", which is re-arranged and distorted to produce further tracks, alongside experimental pieces in the style of the Art of Noise. There are several familiar ZTT names here—like Lipson, Jardim, Niles, Richards—and note ex-Buggle Bruce Woolley, who continued to work with Grace Jones on subsequent projects. (HP, 23 Jun 02)