Kiss of Life (Siedah Garrett album)
# Kiss of Life (Siedah Garrett album)

Professional ratings :

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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.

## Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

* "Kiss of Life" (Barry Blue, Chris Birkett) – 3:49
* "Groove of Midnight" (Rod Temperton) – 4:40
* "The Legend of Ruby Diamond" (Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett) – 5:32
* "Baby's Got It Bad" (Rod Temperton, Siedah Garrett) – 4:42
* "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.

* 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

## Charts

| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| US Top Black Albums (Billboard) | 41 |
