Garden of Love Light

Garden of Love Light
Studio album by Narada Michael Walden
Released	Late 1976
Recorded	August 21-September 6, 1976; Atlantic Recording Studios
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 recording from noted R&B-soul-dance-pop songwriter/producer Narada Michael Walden. It featured nine tracks, seven of which featured a Walden writing credit only.^[1] It was produced by Tom Dowd, who was known for his production efforts for several Atlantic recording artists, such as Aretha Franklin (Walden would team up with Franklin in the 80's to produce her hit Arista disc Who's Zoomin' Who? in 1985). The single "Delightful" charted #81 on the R&B charts.^[2]

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, Tympani (1), Acoustic Piano (2-4,7,9), Fender Rhodes Bass (7), Vocals (2,3,7,9)
• David Sancious: Piano (7), Fender Rhodes Electric Piano (3), Hammond B-3 (3,4), Keyboards (1,6,8), Mini-Moog, Electric Sitar (1)
• Don Mero: Synthesizers (9)
• Ray Gomez (1,2,3,6), Carlos Santana (4), Icarus Johnson (7), Jeff Beck (8): Guitars
• Will Lee: Bass (1-3,6-9), Vocals (3)
• Sammy Figueroa: Congas (2,3)
• Norma Jean Bell: Sax (3), Vocals (3,7)
• Michael Gibbs: Arrangement and Conducting of Perfection Light Symphony (1,4,5,9)
• Lois Colin (4,5,9): Harp
• Tammy Cynthia Weiss, Carol Shue, Stacy Johns (5): Strings
• Patti Scialfa: Vocals (3,7)

Production

• Produced by Tom Dowd for Atlantic Records in association with Perfection Light Productions
• Recording and mixed by Dennis Mackay; additional recording by Jimmy Douglas
• Mixed at Trident Studios, London
• Mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios

Reference List

1. Songwriters at discogs
2. 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