![]() ![]() ![]() Most compact disc editions included extended 12" mixes of selected tracks that had originally appeared on the single-sided chrome audio cassette. The vinyl LP release of the album included shorter versions of some of the songs, due to limited capacity of the vinyl format. " Pull Up to the Bumper" was also recorded during the sessions for Warm Leatherette, but its R&B sound was found not fitting in the rest of the material and so it appeared on Jones's next album, Nightclubbing in 1981. Reynolds would later write or co-write several tracks for Jones: " Art Groupie", " I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)", the entire B-side of the Living My Life album, and " Well Well Well". "Bullshit" is an original by Barry Reynolds. ![]() The album also includes one song co-written by Jones, " A Rolling Stone", and one French track, "Pars" (French for "Leave"), a reggae re-imagining of Jacques Higelin's song. For Jones's version of " Breakdown", Tom Petty specially wrote a third verse for the song. Blackwell intended to make a record with "a harsh sound that was heavy with Jamaican rhythm". The album includes covers of songs by The Normal, The Pretenders, Roxy Music, Smokey Robinson, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Jacques Higelin. According to John Doran of BBC Music, Warm Leatherette is a "post-punk pop" album that, "delved into the worlds of disco, reggae and funk much more successfully than most of her 'alternative' contemporaries, while still retaining a blank-eyed alienation that was more reminiscent of David Bowie or Ian Curtis than most of her peers." David Bowie influences were also noted by Joe Muggs of Fact. Warm Leatherette was the first of three albums recorded at the Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. ![]() The singer teamed up with producers Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin, and Sly and Robbie, Wally Badarou, Barry Reynolds, Mikey Chung and Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, aka the Compass Point Allstars, for a record that would be a total departure from disco and an exploration of new wave music, blending reggae and rock. For Warm Leatherette, Jones went through a musical and visual reinvention. The album features contributions from the reggae production duo Sly and Robbie and is a departure from Jones's earlier disco sound, moving towards a new wave-reggae direction.Īlthough having established herself as a performer with a string of club hits in the US and a large gay following, Jones had only achieved very modest commercial success with her first three disco albums. Warm Leatherette is the fourth studio album by Grace Jones, released on by Island Records. " The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game". ![]()
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