Paradise Bird

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Paradise Bird
Amii Stewart - Paradise Bird.jpg
Studio album by
Amii Stewart
ReleasedSeptember 1979
Recorded1979
Genre R&B, pop music, disco
Label Hansa, Ariola
Producer Barry Leng
Amii Stewart chronology
Knock On Wood
(1979)
Paradise Bird
(1979)
Images
(1981)

Paradise Bird is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in September 1979. The album yielded two European single releases, "Jealousy" (#58 UK, No. 4 Italy, No. 5 Switzerland) and double A-side "The Letter" / "Paradise Bird" (#39 UK 1980). The album was not as successful in the USA.

Contents

The original Paradise Bird album in its entirety remains officially unreleased on compact disc. However, a semi-official release was issued in Russia in 1999 on AS4000. This release paired this album with the debut release Knock on Wood and one bonus track "My Guy, My Girl", and includes all original artwork. [1]

Track listing

All Songs written by Barry Leng, Simon May and Gerry Morris, except where noted

Side A:

  1. "The Letter" (Wayne Carson Thompson) – 6:58
  2. "Paradise Bird" – 6:35
  3. "He's a Burglar" (Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:50

Side B:

  1. "Jealousy" – 6:36
  2. "Right Place, Wrong Time" – 5:07
  3. "Step Into the Love Line" (Leng, May) – 5:23
  4. "Paradise Found" – 2:26

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1979)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 89

Production

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References

  1. "Amii Stewart – Knock On Wood / Paradise Bird (1999, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 294. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.