Garden of Love Light
1976 studio album by Narada Michael Walden
Garden of Love Light is the debut solo album from R&B-soul-dance-pop songwriter/producer Narada Michael Walden . It featured nine tracks, seven which Walden wrote alone. It was produced by Tom Dowd . The single "Delightful" rose to number 81 on the R&B charts.[ 1]
Track listing
All songs written by Narada Michael Walden, except where noted.
"White Night" (Walden, Raymond Gomez) - 4:57
"Garden of Love Light" - 4:55
"Delightful" - 4:51
"First Love" - 5:52
"Meditation" (lyrics from Sri Chinmoy ) - 1:38
"The Sun is Dancing" - 9:29 (dedicated to Mahavishnu John McLaughlin )
"You Got the Soul" - 3:22
"Saint and the Rascal" - 4:33
"You Are Love" (Walden, Cynthia Anderson) - 3:12
Personnel
Narada Michael Walden - drums (1-4, 6-8), percussion, timpani (1), vocals (2, 3, 7, 9), acoustic piano (2-4, 7, 9), Fender Rhodes (7), Rhodes bass (7)
David Sancious – keyboards (1, 6, 8), electric sitar (1), Fender Rhodes (2, 3), Hammond organ (2), Yamaha organ (2), Minimoog (2), organ (3, 4), acoustic piano (7)
Don Muro – synthesizers (9)
Ray Gomez – guitars (1-3, 6)
Carlos Santana – guitars (4)
Icarus Johnson – guitars (7)
Jeff Beck – guitars (8)
Will Lee – bass (1-3, 6-9), vocals (3)
Sammy Figueroa – congas (2, 3)
Norma Jean Bell – horns (2), saxophone (3), vocals (3, 7)
Premik Russell Tubbs – horns (2)
Bob Knapp – horns (2)
Michael Gibbs – orchestra arrangements and conductor (1, 4, 5, 9)
Perfection Light Symphony – orchestra (1, 4, 5, 9)
Lois Colin – harp (4, 5, 9)
Cissy Houston – vocals (2)
The Victory Song Nightengales – vocals (2)
Patti Scialfa – vocals (3, 7)
Stacy Johns – vocals (5)
Carol Shue – vocals (5)
Tanima Cynthia Weiss – vocals (5)
Production
Tom Dowd – producer
Dennis Mackay – engineer, mixing
Jimmy Douglass – assistant engineer
Randy Mason – tape operator
Stephen W. Tayler – tape operator
Trident Studios (London, UK) – mixing location
Dennis King – mastering at Atlantic Studios
Lynn Breslin – art direction
Bob Defrin – art direction
Steinbicker/Houghton – photography
Gerard Huerta – front cover lettering
Reference List
^ Weather Report - Page 68 "His first album, Garden of Love Light, was released in 1976 and included the track ”Delightful”. The lone single released from the album, it charted at #81 on the R&B charts in the spring of 1977"
External links
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