Paradise Bird Explained

Paradise Bird
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Amii Stewart
Cover:	Amii Stewart - Paradise Bird.jpg
Released:	September 1979
Recorded:	1979
Genre:	R&B, pop music, disco
Label:	Hansa, Ariola
Producer:	Barry Leng
Prev Title:	Knock On Wood
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Images
Next Year:	1981

Paradise Bird is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in September 1979. The album yielded two European single releases, "Jealousy" (#58 UK, No. 4 Italy, No. 5 Switzerland) and double A-side "The Letter" / "Paradise Bird" (#39 UK 1980). The album was not as successful in the USA.

The original Paradise Bird album in its entirety remains officially unreleased on compact disc. However, a semi-official release was issued in Russia in 1999 on AS4000. This release paired this album with the debut release Knock on Wood and one bonus track "My Guy, My Girl", and includes all original artwork.^[1]

Track listing

All Songs written by Barry Leng, Simon May and Gerry Morris, except where noted

Side A:

"The Letter" (Wayne Carson Thompson) – 6:58
"Paradise Bird" – 6:35
"He's a Burglar" (Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:50

Side B:

"Jealousy" – 6:36
"Right Place, Wrong Time" – 5:07
"Step Into the Love Line" (Leng, May) – 5:23
"Paradise Found" – 2:26

Personnel

Amii Stewart – vocals
Gerry Morris – bass
Adrian Sheppard – drums
Alan Murphy, Barry Leng – guitar
Pete Arnesen – keyboards
Ken Freeman – synthesizer, brass arrangements
Ron Asprey – saxophone
Glyn Thomas – percussion
Jimmy Chambers, Charles Augins, Amii Stewart, Barry Leng – background vocals
Ian Hughes – string arrangements

Production

Barry Leng - producer

Notes and References

Web site: Amii Stewart – Knock On Wood / Paradise Bird (1999, CD) . Discogs . 12 November 2021.
Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 294.