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.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"
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
References
External links Discogs listing