A Pauper in Paradise
# A Pauper in Paradise

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992) | |

A Pauper in Paradise is the fifth studio album by Italian-Canadian singer Gino Vannelli, released in 1977. It was notable for including contributions by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on the second side, including a fifteen-minute title track symphony that took Gino five months to write, and which led A&M to offer a warning to Gino to expand his appeal or face rapid declines in album sales that since Powerful People had been a steady 300,000 albums per release.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Gino Vannelli.

## Detailed personnel

* Art Direction – Fabio Nicoli, Roland Young (3)
* Backing Vocals – Jay Stone, Joanie Bartels
* Backing Vocals, Design, Artwork – Joanne Jayde
* Drums – Casey Scheuerell
* Engineer – John Kurlander (tracks: 7 to 10), Norm Kinney
* Engineer [Assistent] – Steve Prestage
* Engineer [Re-mix] – Jon Kelly
* Keyboards – Chris Rhyne
* Leader – Barry Griffiths (tracks: 7 to 10)
* Lyrics By, Music By – Gino Vannelli
* Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
* Orchestra – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: 7 to 10)
* Orchestrated By, Conductor – Don Sebesky (tracks: 7 to 10)
* Percussion – Dido* (tracks: 6), John J. Mandel
* Photography By – Beth Kelly
* Producer, Arranged By, Keyboards – Joe Vannelli
* Saxophone – Dick Morrissey
* Synthesizer, Synthesizer [Bass], Piano, Backing Vocals – Bill Meyers
* Vocals [Choir] – The John McCarthy Choir (tracks: 7 to 10)
* Vocals, Producer, Arranged By – Gino Vannelli

## Technical personnel

* Jon Kelly – Remixing
* Norm Kinney – Engineer
* John Kurlander – Engineer
* Steve Prestage – Assistant Engineer
* Fabio Nicoli – Art Direction
* Roland Young – Art Direction

## Musicians

* Gino Vannelli – lead vocals
* Joe Vannelli – Fender Rhodes, piano, programming, synthesizer, synthesizer arrangements, synthesizer string arrangement, backing vocals
* Bill Meyers – piano, synthesizer, synthesizer bass, backing vocals
* Nyboma Mwan Dido – bongos, congas
* Jay Graydon – guitar
* Casey Scheuerell - drums
* John J. Mandel – percussion, timbales
* Chris Rhyne – keyboards, synthesizer bass
* Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra on "Black and Blue" and "A Pauper in Paradise"

## Technical personnel

* Jon Kelly – Remixing
* Norm Kinney – Engineer
* John Kurlander – Engineer
* Steve Prestage – Assistant Engineer
* Fabio Nicoli – Art Direction
* Roland Young – Art Direction

## Charts

| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Canada (RPM Magazine) | 29 |
| US Billboard 200 | 33 |
