Living My Life is an album by Grace Jones released in 1982. It was the last of a trilogy of albums that she recorded at the Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas in the early eighties. This time around, Jones wrote or co-wrote every track on the album except for one, "The Apple Stretching", which was originally written by Melvin Van Peebles and used in the Broadway show "Waltz of the Stork".

The album reached number #15 on the UK Album Chart in November, 1982.

The title track "Living My Life" was ultimately left off the album. It received a scarce 1983 release as a UK white label single and was only officially released in Portugal. Jones, however, performed the track in several TV shows and it was also included in her "A One Man Show".

Also the track "Man Around the House" (written by Jones and Barry Reynolds) was left off. Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" was at some point tried out as a demo but never completed as a finished recording. Both tracks eventually saw the light of day on the 1998 compilation "Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions".

Track listing

Side A

1. "My Jamaican Guy" (Grace Jones) - 6:00
2. "Nipple to the Bottle" (Grace Jones, Sly Dunbar) - 5:55
3. "The Apple Stretching" (Melvin Van Peebles) - 7:08

Side B

1. "Everybody Hold Still" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) - 3:10
2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) - 5:00
3. "Inspiration" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) - 4:35
4. "Unlimited Capacity for Love" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) - 5:45

Personnel

• Benji Armbrister - Assistant Engineer
• Wally Badarou - Keyboards
• Chris Blackwell - Producer
• Michael Brauer - Mixing
• Mikey Chung - Guitar
• Sly Dunbar - Drums, Syndrum
• Jean-Paul Goude - Design, Photography
• Ted Jensen - Mastering
• Grace Jones - Vocals
• Rob O'Connor - Design
• Barry Reynolds - Guitar
• Trevor Rogers - Photography
• Alex Sadkin - Organ (Hand), Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Robbie Shakespeare - Guitar (Bass)
• Steven Stanley - Engineer, Mixing
• Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - Percussion

Singles

"My Jamaican Guy"

• UK 7" single (1983) IS 103
• "My Jamaican Guy" (7" Edit) - 3:36
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (7" Edit) - 4:25
• JP 7" promo (1982) 7S-83
• "My Jamaican Guy"
• "Everybody Hold Still"
• AU 7" single (1982) K 8995
• "My Jamaican Guy" (Edit) - 3:37
• "J.A. Guys" (Dub)- 3:48
• US 12" single (1982)
• "My Jamaican Guy" - 7:01
• "J. A. Guys" (Dub) - 7:15
• UK 12" single (1983) 12IS 103
• "My Jamaican Guy" - 4:05
• "J.A. Guys" (Dub) - 3:00
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) - 5:55
• GE 12" single (1983) 600 735
• "My Jamaican Guy" - 4:02
• "J.A. Guys" (Dub) - 3:00
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) - 5:55

"Nipple To The Bottle"

• US 7" single (1982) 7-99963
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (7" Version) - 3:59
• "J.A. Guys" (Dub) - 4:40
• IT 7" single (1982) WIP 26779
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Edit) - 4:22
• "The Apple Stretching" (Edit) - 3:33
• NE 7" single (1982) 104.706
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Edit) - 4:22
• "The Apple Stretching" (Edit) - 3:33
• US 12" single (1982) 0-99964
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) - 6:59
• "J.A. Guys" (Dub) - 7:15
• US 12" promo (1982) DMD 367
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) - 6:57
• "J.A. Guys" (Dub version of "My Jamaican Guy") - 7:15
• UK 12" single (1982) 12WIP 6779
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) - 6:59
• "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) - 8:40
• NE 12" single (1982) 600.687
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Long Version) - 6:59
• "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) - 8:40
• CA 12" single (1982) 79 99640
• "Nipple To The Bottle" - 6:54
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" - 5:55

"The Apple Stretching"

• US 7" single (1982)
• "The Apple Stretching" (7" Version) - 3:23
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut 7" Version) - 4:22
• UK 7" single (1982) WIP 6779
• "The Apple Stretching" (7" Version) - 3:23
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut 7" Version) - 4:22
• US 12" single (1982)
• "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) - 8:40
• "Nipple to The Bottle" (Club Cut) - 6:59
• UK 12" single (1982) 12WIP 6779
• "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) - 8:40
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Long Version) - 6:59
• GE 12" single (1982) 600 687
• "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) - 8:40
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Long Version) - 6:59

"Unlimited Capacity For Love"

• GE 7" single (1982) 105 095
• "Unlimited Capacity For Love" (Edited Version) - 3:30
• "My Jamaican Guy" (Dub Version)

"Cry Now, Laugh Later"

• US 12" single (1983) 0-99916
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) - 5:51
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Dub) - 6:04
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Dub) - 3:40
• CA 12" single (1983)
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) - 5:51
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Dub) - 6:04
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Dub) - 3:40
• US 7" promo (1983)
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (7" Edit) - 4:25
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (7" Edit) - 4:25
• US 12" promo (1983) DMD 603
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) - 5:51
• "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Dub) - 6:04
• "Nipple To The Bottle" (Dub) - 3:40

Charts