Album
Warm Leatherette
1980 · Electronic, Reggae
13 collectors on Gatefold own this
Warm Leatherette is an Electronic album by Grace Jones, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 105 pressings tracked, owned by 13 collectors.
About
An exploratory change in direction from an electrifying icon. “I’m so tired of all this bullshit,” cries Grace Jones, hacking herself free of the disco roots tying her to a dying scene. The synths endure (“The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game” has tropical flair), but ensconced in a Bahamas studio she probes dub, post-punk (the thumping “Warm Leatherette”) and new wave (her edgy rework of Roxy Music’s “Love is the Drug”) to propel her forwards.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Warm Leatherette4:25
- A2Private Life5:11
- A3A Rolling Stone3:33
- A4Love Is The Drug7:13
Side B
- B1The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game3:59
- B2Bullshit5:21
- B3Breakdown5:30
- B4Pars4:08
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- synthetic
- defiant
- nocturnal
"Warm Leatherette" is the fourth studio album by Grace Jones, released in May 1980. Her first album recorded at Compass Point Studios, it features contributions from the reggae duo Sly & Robbie and marks a dramatic change in sound, dropping the disco of her first three albums in favour of new wave and reggae.
The album includes mostly covers, of songs by The Normal, The Pretenders, Roxy Music, Smokey Robinson, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers and Jacques Higelin, plus two original songs.
Most CD editions include longer versions of 5 tracks, compared to LP. These first appeared on some original cassette releases of the album.
"Warm Leatherette" was the first Grace Jones album with cover art designed by her then-boyfriend, Jean-Paul Goude. The initial release featured a black and white photograph of Grace Jones pregnant, wearing an dress.
After the commercial success of "Nightclubbing", Island Records reissued "Warm Leatherette" with new artwork, a picture of Grace Jones performing "Walking In The Rain", taken from her 1982 concert video "A One Man Show".
Singles from the album:
• A Rolling Stone - UK only
• The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
• Love Is The Drug
• Warm Leatherette (US 1980) (opens in a new tab) - US only, 4-track album promo
• Private Life - Jones' first UK top 20 hit
• Breakdown / Warm Leatherette - US only
• Pars - France and Canada only
• Bullshit = Fimo (Guatemala 1980) (opens in a new tab) - Guatemala only.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Barry ReynoldsGUITAR
- Grace JonesBACKING VOCALS, LEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Mikey ChungGUITAR
- Robbie ShakespeareBASS BASS GUITAR
- Sly DunbarDRUMS
- Uziah "Sticky" ThompsonPERCUSSION
- Wally BadarouKEYBOARDS
13 collectors on Gatefold own this · 105 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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