Kiss of Life (Siedah Garrett album) explained

Kiss of Life
Type:	Album
Artist:	Siedah Garrett
Cover:	Siedah_Garrett_Kiss_of_Life_album_cover.jpg
Border:	yes
Recorded:	1987–1988
Length:	44:28
Label:	Qwest Records
Next Title:	Siedah
Next Year:	2003

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

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.^[1]

• Benny Medina – A&R direction
• Michael Ostin – A&R direction
• Lynn Robb – art direction
• Karen Jones – A&R coordinator (4)
• Beverly Lund – production coordinator
• JoAnn Tominaga – production coordinator
• Marsha Loeb – production coordinator
• Tracee Augcomfar – design (Siedah's logo)
• Matt Forger – engineer additional
• Alex Welti – assistant engineer
• Brad Sundberg – assistant engineer
• Debbie Johnson – assistant engineer
• Greg Loskorn – assistant engineer
• Jim McMahon – assistant engineer
• Mark Hagen – assistant engineer
• Matt Pakucko – assistant engineer
• Ric Butz – assistant engineer
• Richard Piatt – assistant engineer
• Ron DaSilva – assistant engineer
• Tim Jacquette – assistant engineer
• Tom Biener – assistant engineer
• Quincy Jones – executive-producer
• David Massey – management
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Craig Johnson – mastering (tracks: A3)
• Mick Guzauski – mixing (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B5)
• Victoria Pearson – photography
• Dick Rudolph – producer
• Rod Temperton – producer
• Craig Johnson – recording
• John Van Nest – recording
• Jim McMahon – technical direction

Notes and References

1. Web site: Siedah Garrett – Kiss Of Life (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs. discogs.com. 2016-11-22.
2. Web site: Siedah Garrett Kiss Of Life Chart History. 25 April 2018.