Kiss of Life (album)

Kiss of Life is the debut solo album by American singer-songwriter Siedah Garrett, released in 1988 by Quincy Jones's Qwest Records.

Track listing

Side one

1. "K.I.S.S.I.N.G." <small>(Dana Merino, Guy Babylon)</small> – 5:24
2. "Refuse to Be Loose" <small>(L.A. Reid, Babyface)</small> – 4:19
3. "Innocent Side" <small>(Clif Magness, Siedah Garrett)</small> – 5:06
4. "Night of No Return" <small>(Dwania Kyles, Mervine Grady)</small> – 4:50

Side two

1. "Kiss of Life" <small>(Barry Blue, Chris Birkett)</small> – 3:49
2. "Groove of Midnight" <small>(Rod Temperton)</small> – 4:40
3. "The Legend of Ruby Diamond" <small>(Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett)</small> – 5:32
4. "Baby's Got It Bad" <small>(Rod Temperton, Siedah Garrett)</small> – 4:42
5. "Nobody Does Me" <small>(Rod Temperton)</small> – 6:06

• On the vinyl version, tracks 1–4 are marked as "This Side", while tracks 5–9 are marked as "That Side".
• "Groove of Midnight" had been recorded as a demo by Michael Jackson during the 1986–87 Bad album sessions.
• "Baby's Got It Bad" is a reworked version of "Got the Hots", a demo recorded by Michael Jackson during the 1982 Thriller album sessions (included as a bonus track on the Japanese release of Thriller 25).

Personnel

Musicians

• Siedah Garrett – vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4–9)
• Larry Williams – synthesizers, synthesizer programming, saxophones (5, 7, 9)
• Guy Babylon – synthesizers (1), synthesizer programming (1), arrangements (1)
• Babyface – synthesizers (2), synthesizer programming (2)
• Clif Magness – synthesizers (3), synthesizer programming (3), arrangements (3)
• Randy Waldman – synthesizers (5), synthesizer programming (5)
• Glen Ballard – synthesizers (7), synthesizer programming (7), arrangements (7)
• Randy Kerber – synthesizers (7), synthesizer programming (7)
• George Duke – keyboards (9)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 6, 8, 9)
• Basil Fung – guitars (5, 7, 8)
• Bruce Gaitsch – guitars (5, 8)
• David Williams – guitars (6, 8)
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass (9)
• John Robinson – drums (6, 7, 9)
• Dan Higgins – saxophones (5, 7, 9)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 5, 7, 9), flugelhorn (1, 5, 7, 9)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 5, 7, 9), flugelhorn (1, 5, 7, 9), arrangements (1, 3, 5–7, 9)
• Rod Temperton – arrangements, backing vocals (4), "dirty old man" voice intro (5)
• Amber Merino – "little girl" voice (1)
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Phil Terry – backing vocals (3)
• Bert Kelley – backing vocals (4)
• Nadirah Shakoor– backing vocals (4, 5)
• Mark Vieha – backing vocals (4)
• Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals (5, 7)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (5)
• Phil Perry – backing vocals (5)
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals (5)
• David Banks – "old man" rap (7)

Production

Adapted from Discogs.

• Quincy Jones – executive producer
• Benny Medina – A&R direction
• Michael Ostin – A&R direction
• Dick Rudolph – producer
• Rod Temperton – producer
• Craig Johnson – recording, mixing (3)
• John Van Nest – recording
• Mick Guzauski – mixing (1, 2, 4–9)
• Matt Forger – additional engineer
• Tom Biener – second engineer
• Ric Butz – second engineer
• Ron DaSilva – second engineer
• Mark Hagen – second engineer
• Tim Jacquette – second engineer
• Debbie Johnson – second engineer
• Greg Loskorn – second engineer
• Jim McMahon – second engineer, technical direction
• Matt Pakucko – second engineer
• Richard Piatt – second engineer
• Brad Sundberg – second engineer
• Alex Welti – second engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Karen Jones – A&R coordinator
• Marsha Loeb – production coordinator
• Beverly Lund – production coordinator
• JoAnn Tominaga – production coordinator
• Lynn Robb – art direction
• Tracee Augcomfar – design (Siedah's logo)
• Victoria Pearson – photography
• David Massey – management

Charts

References