Disco Gardens

Disco Gardens
Studio album by Shalamar
Released	August 28, 1978
Recorded	1977–1978 at Studio Masters, Los Angeles, California, Star Track, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Disco, R&B
Length	31:52
Label	SOLAR
Producer	Leon Sylvers III, Dick Griffey
Shalamar chronology
Uptown Festival (1977) Disco Gardens (1978) Big Fun (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Pitchfork	7.0/10 [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Disco Gardens is the second album by the American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1978 on SOLAR Records. ^{[4] [5]} The group included Gerald Brown, Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley; it was the only Shalamar album on which Brown appeared. ^[6]

Disco Gardens was less successful than Shalamar's debut, Uptown Festival, peaking at No. 171 on the Billboard 200. ^[7] It also peaked at No. 52 on the R&B chart. "Take That to the Bank" was a UK top 20 hit. ^[8]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tossing, Turning and Swinging"	Ricky Sylvers, Edmund Sylvers, James Sylvers, Leon Sylvers III	5:47
2.	"Shalamar Disco Gardens"	Jeffrey Daniel	3:44
3.	"Take That to the Bank"	Kevin Spencer, Leon Sylvers III	6:14

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Stay Close to Love"	Leon Sylvers III, Herman Brown	3:49
5.	"Leave It All Up to Love"	Wayne Bell, Merlin Bell, Malcolm Anthony	3:46
6.	"Lovely Lady"	Kossi Gardner	5:36
7.	"Cindy, Cindy"	Wayne Bell, Merlin Bell, Malcolm Anthony	2:56

Singles

"Take That to the Bank" (US Hot 100 No. 79, US R&B No. 11, UK No. 20)

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Shalamar – Disco Gardens". AllMusic . Retrieved December 25, 2014.
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 372.
3. "Shalamar: Uptown Festival / Disco Gardens / Big Fun". Pitchfork.
4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 628–629.
5. Partipilo, Vic (December 29, 1978). "On Location". Oakland Post. No. 192. p. 4.
6. Lehman, Christopher P. (April 16, 2008). "A Critical History of Soul Train on Television". McFarland – via Google Books.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums (7th ed.). Record Research. p. 697.
8. "SHALAMAR". Official Charts. Retrieved June 17, 2021.