Grace Jones – Portfolio (VG/VG+) – LP, US 1977

Portfolio is an LP by Grace Jones from 1977 released on the Island Records label.

About this album

Portfolio introduced Grace Jones as a singular presence in disco by pairing club rhythms with French chanson and show-tune material. Released in 1977, the album includes striking versions of songs such as La Vie en Rose, Send In the Clowns and I Need a Man, turning familiar repertoire into something cooler, sharper and more fashionably detached. It captured Jones early in her recording career, before her transformation into an international icon, and helped establish the elegant, high-concept image that would define much of her later work. Part disco album, part reinvention project, Portfolio remains an intriguing debut statement.

Genre: Pop & Rock