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

Kiss of Life
Studio album by Siedah Garrett
Released	June 15, 1988 (1988-06-15)
Recorded	1987–1988
Studio	Westlake Studios Image Recording Studios The Village Recorder Studio Masters
Genre	Funk soul
Length	44:28
Label	Qwest Records
Producer	Rod Temperton Dick Rudolph
Siedah Garrett chronology
Kiss of Life (1988) Siedah (2003)
Singles from Kiss of Life
"K.I.S.S.I.N.G."

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

1. "Kiss of Life" (Barry Blue, Chris Birkett) – 3:49
2. "Groove of Midnight" (Rod Temperton) – 4:40
3. "The Legend of Ruby Diamond" (Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett) – 5:32
4. "Baby's Got It Bad" (Rod Temperton, Siedah Garrett) – 4:42
5. "Nobody Does Me" (Rod Temperton) – 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 – main vocals, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2 and 4–9
• Kevin Dorsey, Jim Gilstrap, Maxine Waters, Nadirah Shakooi, Phillip Perry, Phillip Ingram, Bert Kelley, Mark Vieha, Rod Temperton – backing vocals
• Amber Merino – "little girl" voice on track 1
• David Banks – "old man" rap on track 7
• Paul Jackson Jr., Basil Fung, Bruce Gaitsch, David Williams – guitars
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass
• John Robinson – drums, percussion
• Guy Babylon, Babyface, Clif Magness, Randy Waldman, Randy Kerber – keyboards, synthesizers, synthesizer programming
• George Duke – keyboards
• Larry "Larr-Dog" Williams – synthesizers, synthesizer programming, saxophone
• Daniel Higgins – saxophone
• Gary Grant, Jerry Hey – trumpet and flugelhorn

Production

Adapted from Discogs.[2]

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Top Black Albums (Billboard)[3]	41

References

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