Grace Jones traveled to the Bahamas for this album. At the Compass Studios in Nassau she worked with and , the best rhythm section in reggae. For Jones-born Jones this made sense, but it was a step that surprised many people. Jones had already made a name for himself as a disco diva in New York. Warm Leatherette was released in 1980 and was a huge musical step forward. Jones sounds inspired and
… it doesn't matter whether she sings soul, reggae or new wave. So variation everywhere. She puts on songs from , and majestically to her own hand. In her later years her cold image became somewhat of a caricature, but Warm Leatherette remains convincing proof of Grace Jones' extraordinary abilities as a singer. This reissue of Warm Leatherette comes with an extra CD containing single and dub versions. (PdK)more