Garden of Love Light

Garden of Love Light
Studio album by Narada Michael Walden
Released	November 4,1976
Recorded	August 21 – September 6, 1976
Studio	Atlantic Studios (New York, NY)
Genre	Soul, R&B, jazz fusion
Length	43:05
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Tom Dowd
Narada Michael Walden chronology
Garden of Love Light (1976) I Cry, I Smile (1977)

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.

1. "White Night" (Walden, Raymond Gomez) - 4:57
2. "Garden of Love Light" - 4:55
3. "Delightful" - 4:51
4. "First Love" - 5:52
5. "Meditation" (lyrics from Sri Chinmoy) - 1:38
6. "The Sun is Dancing" - 9:29 (dedicated to Mahavishnu John McLaughlin)
7. "You Got the Soul" - 3:22
8. "Saint and the Rascal" - 4:33
9. "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

1. 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

• Discogs listing