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, 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 Muro - 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 - saxophone (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
• Recorded and mixed by Dennis Mackay; additional recording by Jimmy Douglas
• Mixed at Trident Studios, London
• Mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios

Reference List

External links

• Discogs listing