Island Life is a  by  released in December 1985, summing up the first nine years of her musical career. The album sits among Jones' best-selling works.

After the major commercial success Grace Jones achieved with her comeback album  in 1985,  decided to release a best-of compilation at the end of the same year. Island Life would feature songs from most of Jones' Island Records albums: , , , , , and Slave to the Rhythm. No tracks from  were included. Some of the songs appeared in edited forms, and a  of "" was included. No new songs were recorded for the album. Island Life consists only of previously released material, produced by , ,  and . American writer and journalist  wrote an essay for the record sleeve.

The Australian LP release of the album came with a bonus 12" disc containing four songs: "My Jamaican Guy", "Pull Up to the Bumper", "On Your Knees" and "Warm Leatherette", and the 1986 UK cassette release included three bonus tracks: "Demolition Man", "Nipple to the Bottle" and "Grace Jones Musclemix".

Island Life met with a warm commercial reception worldwide. It was a major success in the UK, reaching number 4 on the  in December 1985, and New Zealand, where it topped the chart in March 1986, thus becoming the only chart-topper in Jones' entire career. CD sales of the album in the United States since 1991 have reached 112,000, according to .

In April 1996 Island Records and  re-released the album under the name Island Life 2. Released only in France, it featured four additional tracks: "Pars", "Feel Up" and two versions of a 1993 single "", intended for the Black Marilyn album, which remains unreleased to date. This version retains the cover picture of the original album, with the only difference being the yellow-coloured background.

The cover picture is one of the most famous images of Grace Jones and was created by her then-partner . The impossibly graceful  is actually a montage of separate images, following Goude's ideas on creating credible illusions with his cut-and-paint technique. The body position is "anatomically unlikely". The picture was originally published in  magazine in 1978 and subsequently used in the music video for Jones' hit single "". It has been since described as "one of pop culture's most famous photographs". Also included in the album sleeve are other iconic images of Jones, among them the "twins" photograph, Grace Jones in a cage and wearing a "maternity" dress.

The cover picture was featured in ' 1996 book 1000 Record Covers and has been often imitated in works by other artists. American model  recreated the pose for her 2010 photo shoot. The image was also referenced in 's 2011 music video for "", with Minaj mimicking the pose. The cover art for 's most successful album  was reportedly inspired by the Island Life cover.

Side A

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength1."", , 7:252.""Paul Adrian Slade, Pierre PapadiamondisPortfolio3:223."", 3:224.""5:105."", Warm Leatherette6:02

Side B

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength6."", , Dennis Wilkey, 4:297.""Kookoo Baya, , Dana ManoNightclubbing3:388."", Nightclubbing4:189.""Grace Jones6:0010."", Simon Darlow, , 4:22

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