Warm Leatherette
Grace Jones
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Warm Leatherette | Grace Jones | 5:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Private Life | Grace Jones | 6:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Rolling Stone | Grace Jones | 3:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Love Is the Drug | Grace Jones | 8:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game | Grace Jones | 6:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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B******t | Grace Jones | 5:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Breakdown | Grace Jones | 5:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pars | Grace Jones | 4:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Songs |
Album Review
Grace Jones teamed with the great reggae production duo of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare on this '80 album, and made the transition from straight dance and club act into quasi-pop star with reggae and urban contemporary leaning. The single "Private Life" was one of her best, and the overall album had more energy and production gloss than previous LPs that had been aimed completely at the club market. It helped that Jones seemed enthused about the session and really put herself into the songs.
Customer Reviews
Awesome!
This album and NIGHTCLUBBING are masterpieces. Two of my favorite albums.
The Album that changed Grace Jones
When this album came out, it changed every perception of Grace with due accolades. Warm Leatherette changed the way we heard music, it is textured and a bit rough with some illusiveness but pointed. Love is the drug and Breakdown stand out however every song truely is a Grace Classic. Get this and enjoy, the production is stellar and was very progressive at the time. Excellent choice iTunes USA.
this album was a game changer
after several years as a second rate disco diva who earned the derision of musical reviewers, gracde jones finally emerged as an artist to be reckoned with in "warm leatherette." what's most important about this album, however, is that not only did jones successfully makeover her image, but, in tbose compass point sessions of the early 80s, under the guidance of sly, robbie & producer chris blackwell, she bascially inveented dub. at the time this album, as well as "night clubbing" & "living my life" were released, music of this genre hadn't been heard before. was it reggae? was it rock? was it disco? no one could really put a finger on what it was but, whatever it was, it was damned effective. it made grace jones into an icon and established her as an artist whose influence survives to this day.
my only complaint is the original album cover, depicting jones with her brand new bellhop haircut and issey miyake "football suit" has been replaced by a more generic image lifted from one of her videos.
Biography
Born: May 19, 1952 in Trench Town, Jamaica
Genre: Pop
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Grace Jones
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Pull Up to the Bumper | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Grace Jones | 4:42 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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La Vie en Rose | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Grace Jones | 7:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Slave to the Rhythm | Slave to the Rhythm | 6:35 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Pull Up To The Bumper | Nightclubbing | 4:41 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Slave to the Rhythm | Island Life | 4:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I've Seen That Face Before | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Grace Jones | 4:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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La Vie en Rose | Island Life | 7:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) | Island Life | 4:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) | Nightclubbing | 4:28 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Slave to the Rhythm (Hot Blooded Version) | Private Life - The Compass Point Years | 8:18 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
