Warm Leatherette (album)

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Warm Leatherette
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette cover 2.jpg
Original artwork
Studio album by
Released9 May 1980
Recorded1979–1980
Studio Compass Point (Nassau, Bahamas)
Genre
Length39:04 (LP version)
46:40 (CD and cassette version)
Label Island
Producer
Grace Jones chronology
Muse
(1979)
Warm Leatherette
(1980)
Nightclubbing
(1981)
1984 re-release artwork
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette cover art 1.jpg
LP release – side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Warm Leatherette" Daniel Miller 4:25
2."Private Life" Chrissie Hynde 5:10
3."A Rolling Stone"
3:30
4."Love Is the Drug"7:15
LP release – side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" Smokey Robinson 3:50
6."Bullshit" Barry Reynolds 5:20
7."Breakdown" Tom Petty 5:30
8."Pars" Jacques Higelin 4:05
CD and cassette release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Warm Leatherette"Miller5:39
2."Private Life"Hynde6:19
3."A Rolling Stone"
  • Williams
  • Baskett
  • Jones
3:30
4."Love Is the Drug"
  • Ferry
  • Mackay
8:41
5."The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"Robinson6:45
6."Bullshit"Reynolds5:20
7."Breakdown"Petty5:30
8."Pars"Higelin4:44
2016 box set reissue – disc one (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Warm Leatherette" (Long Version)Miller5:35
10."Private Life" (Long Version)Hynde6:17
11."A Rolling Stone" (Long Version)
  • Williams
  • Baskett
  • Jones
5:43
12."Love Is the Drug" (Long Version)
  • Ferry
  • Mackay
8:38
13."The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (Long Version)Robinson6:44
14."Pars" (Long Version)Higelin5:41
2016 box set reissue – disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Private Life" (Long Version 2)Hynde7:55
2."Private Life" (Dub Version)Hynde8:04
3."She's Lost Control" (Long Version)8:23
4."She's Lost Control" (Dub Version)
  • Sumner
  • Hook
  • Morris
  • Curtis
8:38
5."Love Is the Drug" (Single Version)
  • Ferry
  • Mackay
4:41
6."Private Life" (Single Version)Chrissie Hynde4:37
7."She's Lost Control" (Single Version)
  • Sumner
  • Hook
  • Morris
  • Curtis
3:46
8."The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (Special Single Version)Robinson3:21
9."Breakdown" (US Single Edit)Petty3:00
10."Pars" (Single Version)Higelin4:24
11."Pars" (Dub Version)Higelin4:41
12."Love Is the Drug" (12" Single Remix)
  • Ferry
  • Mackay
7:23
13."Private Life" (12" Single Remix)Hynde7:04
2016 deluxe edition – Blu-ray release (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."She's Lost Control" (Long Version 2)
  • Sumner
  • Hook
  • Morris
  • Curtis
6:45
15."She's Lost Control" (Long Version 3)
  • Sumner
  • Hook
  • Morris
  • Curtis
5:45
16."Love Is the Drug" (7" Single Remix)
  • Ferry
  • Mackay
3:21
17."Private Life" (7" Single Remix)Hynde4:04
18."Warm Leatherette" (François Kevorkian Remix)Miller6:23

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Warm Leatherette
Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [14] 47
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 45
US Billboard 200 [16] 132
Chart performance for Warm Leatherette (2016 deluxe edition)
Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 96
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [18] 188
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [19] 198

Release history

RegionYearFormat(s)Label
Various1980LP, cassette Island
United States1986CD
Europe1987
Australia1989

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