1988 Siedah Garrett – Kiss Of Life
Kiss Of Life is the debut solo album by American singer-songwriter Siedah Garrett, released in 1988 on Quincy Jones’s Qwest Records label.
Deborah Christine “Siedah” Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter, who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, The Pointer Sisters, Brand New Heavies, Quincy Jones, Tevin Campbell, Donna Summer, Madonna, Jennifer Hudson among others. Garrett has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 50th Grammy Awards for co-writing “Love You I Do” (performed by Jennifer Hudson) for the 2006 musical film, Dreamgirls.
Tracks
1 K.I.S.S.I.N.G. (Dana Merino; Guy Babylon) 05:24
2 Refuse To Be Loose (BabyFace; LA Reid) 04:18
3 Innocent Side (Clif Magness; Siedah Garrett) 05:06
4 Night Of No Return (Dwania Kyles; Mervine Grady) 04:53
5 Kiss of Life (Barry Blue; Chris Birkett) 03:48
6 Groove Of Midnight (Rod Temperton) 04:40
7 The Legend Of Ruby Diamond (Glen Ballard; Siedah Garrett) 05:32
8 Baby’s Got It Bad (Rod Temperton; Siedah Garrett) 04:43
9 Nobody Does Me (Rod Temperton) 06:07
Musicians
1 K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Synthesizer | Guy Babylon |
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Programming | Guy Babylon |
| Programming | Larry Williams |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
2 Refuse To Be Loose
| Synthesizer | BabyFace |
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Programming | BabyFace |
| Programming | Larry Williams |
| Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
3 Innocent Side
| Synthesizer | Clif Magness |
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Programming | Clif Magness |
| Programming | Larry Williams |
| Background Vocals | Phil Terry |
| Background Vocals | Phillip Ingram |
| Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
4 Night Of No Return
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Programming | Larry Williams |
| Background Vocals | Bert Kelley |
| Background Vocals | Mark Vieha |
| Background Vocals | Nadirah Shakoor |
| Background Vocals | Rod Temperton |
| Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
5 Kiss Of Life
| Guitar | Basil Fung |
| Guitar | Bruce Gaitsch |
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Programming | Larry Williams |
| Programming | Randy Waldman |
| Sax | Dan Higgins |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Background Vocals | Jim Gilstrap |
| Background Vocals | Kevin Dorsey |
| Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
| Background Vocals | Nadirah Shakoor |
| Background Vocals | Phil Perry |
| Background Vocals | Phillip Ingram |
| Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
6 Groove Of Midnight
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | David Williams |
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Programming | Larry Williams |
| Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
7 The Legend Of Ruby Diamond
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | Basil Fung |
| Synthesizer | Glen Ballard |
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Synthesizer | Randy Kerber |
| Programming | Glen Ballard |
| Programming | Larry Williams |
| Programming | Randy Kerber |
| Sax | Dan Higgins |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Background Vocals | Kevin Dorsey |
| Rap | David Banks |
| Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
8 Baby’s Got It Bad
| Guitar | Basil Fung |
| Guitar | Bruce Gaitsch |
| Guitar | David Williams |
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Programming | Larry Williams |
| Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
9 Nobody Does Me
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Keyboards | George Duke |
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Programming | Larry Williams |
| Sax | Dan Higgins |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
Liner Notes
Producer – Richard Rudolph, Rod Temperton
Producer (Executive) – Quincy Jones
Arranged By – Rod Temperton (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Arranged By – Jerry Hey (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Arranged By – Guy Babylon (Track 1)
Arranged By – Babyface (Tracks 2)
Arranged By – Clif Magness (Track 3)
Arranged By – Glen Ballard (Track 7)
Coordinator (A & R) – Karen Jones
Coordinator (Production) – Beverly Lund, JoAnn Tominaga, Marsha Loeb
Engineer (Additional) – Matt Forger
Engineer (Second) – Alex Welti, Brad Sundberg, Debbie Johnson, Greg Loskorn, Jim McMahon, Mark Hagen, Matt Pakucko, Ric Butz, Richard Piatte, Ron DaSilva, Tim Jaquette, Tom Biener
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Mick Guzauski (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Mixed By – Craig Johnson (Track 3)
Recorded By – Craig Johnson, John Van Nest
Technician (Technical Direction) – Jim McMahon
Art Direction – Lynn Robb
Design – Tracee Augcomfar
Photography By – Victoria Pearson
Recorded At Westlake Studios
Recorded At Image Recording Studios
Recorded At The Village Recorder
Recorded At Studio Masters
Mixed At Conway Studios
Copyright (c) Qwest Records