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.

Track listing

All songs written by Narada Michael Walden, except where noted.

Garden of Love Light

"White Night" (Walden, Raymond Gomez) - 4:57

"Garden of Love Light" - 4:55

"Delightful" - 4:51

"First Love" - 5:52

"Meditation" (lyrics from Sri Chinmoy) - 1:38

"The Sun is Dancing" - 9:29 (dedicated to Mahavishnu John McLaughlin) "You Got the Soul" - 3:22 "Saint and the Rascal" - 4:33 "You Are Love" (Walden, Cynthia Anderson) - 3:12

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Personnel

Narada Michael Walden - drums (1-4, 6-8), percussion, timpani (1), vocals (2, 3, 7, 9), acoustic piano (2-4, 7, 9), Fender Rhodes (7), Rhodes bass (7) David Sancious – keyboards (1, 6, 8), electric sitar (1), Fender Rhodes (2, 3), Hammond organ (2), Yamaha organ (2), Minimoog (2), organ (3, 4), acoustic piano (7) Don Muro – synthesizers (9) Ray Gomez – guitars (1-3, 6) Carlos Santana – guitars (4) Icarus Johnson – guitars (7) Jeff Beck – guitars (8) Will Lee – bass (1-3, 6-9), vocals (3) Sammy Figueroa – congas (2, 3) Norma Jean Bell – horns (2), saxophone (3), vocals (3, 7) Premik Russell Tubbs – horns (2) Bob Knapp – horns (2) Michael Gibbs – orchestra arrangements and conductor (1, 4, 5, 9) Perfection Light Symphony – orchestra (1, 4, 5, 9) Lois Colin – harp (4, 5, 9) Cissy Houston – vocals (2) The Victory Song Nightengales – vocals (2) Patti Scialfa – vocals (3, 7) Stacy Johns – vocals (5) Carol Shue – vocals (5) Tanima Cynthia Weiss – vocals (5)

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Production

Tom Dowd – producer

Dennis Mackay – engineer, mixing

Jimmy Douglass – assistant engineer

Randy Mason – tape operator

Stephen W. Tayler – tape operator

Trident Studios (London, UK) – mixing location

Dennis King – mastering at Atlantic Studios

Lynn Breslin – art direction

Bob Defrin – art direction

Steinbicker/Houghton – photography

Gerard Huerta – front cover lettering

Reference List

External links

Discogs listing

1976 debut albums

Atlantic Records albums

Albums produced by Tom Dowd

Narada Michael Walden albums

Jazz fusion albums by American artists