Warm Leatherette

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Warm Leatherette is a 1980 album by Grace Jones that marked her shift toward a bold fusion of new wave, reggae, and post-punk sounds.

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Warm Leatherette canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf studio album
artist Grace Jones
basedOn Warm Leatherette (original song by The Normal)
catalogCode ILPS 9592
countryOfOrigin Jamaica
coverArtDesigner Jean-Paul Goude
featuresMusician Barry Reynolds
Mikey Chung
Robbie Shakespeare
Sly Dunbar
linked to: Sly and Robbie

Uziah "Sticky" Thompson
Wally Badarou
followedBy Nightclubbing
follows Muse
format compact disc
digital download
vinyl record
genre disco
new wave
post-punk
reggae
rock
hasCoverArt Grace Jones in black leather jacket portrait
hasPart A Rolling Stone
Breakdown
Bullshit
Love Is the Drug
Pars
Private Life
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
Warm Leatherette (song)
hasReissue Warm Leatherette (2016 deluxe edition)
includesCoverOf Breakdown (originally by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Love Is the Drug (originally by Roxy Music)
Private Life (originally by The Pretenders)
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game (originally by The Marvelettes)
language English
notableFor fusion of new wave and reggae
transition in Grace Jones’s musical style toward post-punk and art-pop
partOfSeries Compass Point trilogy
performer Grace Jones
producer Alex Sadkin
Chris Blackwell
publicationYear 1980
recordedAt Compass Point Studios
recordingLocation Nassau, Bahamas
linked to: Nassau
recordLabel Island Records
releaseDate 1980-05-09
stylePeriod Compass Point sound

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nightclubbing follows Warm Leatherette
subject linked to: album "Nightclubbing"
Nightclubbing chronologyPreviousAlbum Warm Leatherette
A Rolling Stone album Warm Leatherette
Pars album Warm Leatherette
Warm Leatherette album Warm Leatherette
subject linked to: "Warm Leatherette"
Barry Reynolds contributedToAlbum Warm Leatherette