Rick James - Garden Of Love Album

Tracklist

1	Big Time Bass – Rick JamesCo-producer [Production Assistance] – Kenny Morris, Patrick AdamsDrums – Sonny DavenportLead Guitar – Tom McDermottPiano [Acoustic] – Leroy BurgessRhythm Guitar – Patrick Adams, Stan Lucas, Tom McDermottSynthesizer – Levi Ruffin Jr.Written-By – J. Calloway, L. Burgess, S. Davenport	6:27
2	Don't Give Up On Love	6:15
3	Gettin' It On (In The Sunshine)	3:03
4	Gettin' It On (In The Sunshine) Reprise	0:40
5	Summer Love	6:19
6	Island Lady	4:07
7	Mary -Go- Round	6:59

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
G8 995M1	Rick James	Garden Of Love ‎(LP, Album, Club)	Gordy	G8 995M1	US	Unknown
VIP-4168	Rick James	Garden Of Love ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	VIP-4168	Japan	1980
504.7143	Rick James	Garden Of Love ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	504.7143	Brazil	1980
257·15·019	Rick James	Garden Of Love ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	257·15·019	Germany	1980
G8-995M1	Rick James	Garden Of Love ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Gordy	G8-995M1	US	1980

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – Rick James, Tom McDermott
• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Daniel LeMelle
• Arranged By [Horns] – Daniel LeMelle, Rick James
• Art Direction – Ginny Livingston, Johnny Lee
• Backing Vocals – Erskine Williams, Levi Ruffin Jr., Rick James
• Bass Guitar – Oscar Alston, Rick James
• Chimes – Levi Ruffin Jr.
• Classical Guitar – Rick James, Tom McDermott
• Drums – Lanise Hughes, Rick James
• Electric Guitar – Tom McDermott
• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Erskine Williams, Rick James
• Engineer [Assistant] [Criteria Studios] – Bob "Sleepy Time" Castle
• Engineer [Assistant] [Record Plant, Sausalito] – Rick "Port-Hole Rican" Sanchez
• Engineer [Blank Tape Studios] – Bob Blank
• Engineer [Criteria Studios] – Stevie "Sushi" Klein
• Engineer [Record Plant, Sausalito] – Tom "The Flyman" Flye
• Flugelhorn – Cliff Ervin
• Flute – Daniel LeMelle
• Handclaps – California St. Clair, Daniel LeMelle, Erskine Williams, Kenny Morris, Levi Ruffin Jr., Lisa Sarna, Patrick Adams, Tabby Johnson
• Harp – Valerie Von Pechey
• Harpsichord – Daniel LeMelle, Rick James
• Mastered By – Chris Bellmon
• Percussion – California St. Clair, Daniel LeMelle, Nate Hughes, Rick James
• Piano [Acoustic], Melodica – Erskine Williams
• Piano, Clavinet, Shaker, Timpani [Tympani], Bell Tree, Congas, Bongos – Rick James
• Producer, Arranged By [Rhythm], Written-By – Rick James
• Strings [String Ensemble] – Levi Ruffin Jr.
• Synthesizer [O B X Oberheim] – Levi Ruffin Jr., Rick James
• Trombone – John Ervin
• Trumpet – Cliff Ervin
• Typography [Lettering] – Mike Manoogian

Notes

℗ © 1980 Motown Record Corporation

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): G8-995M1A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): G8-995M1B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): G8-995M1-A-15B #15 AAF AZ CB
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): G8-995M1-B-15B #15 AAF AZ CB
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Companies

• Record Company – Motown Record Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Motown Record Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Motown Record Corporation
• Recorded At – Record Plant, Sausalito
• Recorded At – Criteria Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Blank Tape Studios
• Mastered At – Allen Zentz Mastering
• Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
• Published By – Stone City Music Co.

Short intro

Garden of Love is Rick James' fourth album on Motown sub-label Gordy. All tracks composed by Rick James except where indicated. Side A. Big Time James Calloway, Leroy Burgess, Sonny T. Davenport 6:27. Don't Give up on Love 6:15. Island Lady 4:07. Side B. Gettin' It On In the Sunshine 3:03. Summer Love 6:19. Mary -Go- Round 6:57. Gettin' It On In the Sunshine Reprise 0:40. 2010 bonus tracks, 2014 digital remaster bonus tracks, 2014 Complete Motown Albums bonus tracks. Without a doubt, Garden of Love was Rick James' most underrated release. The album went gold and was far from a flop, but Motown wanted double or triple platinum, and anything less was disappointing. And when funk fans reminisce, Garden isn't one of the albums they mention. A departure from the type of hard and rowdy funk that defined Come Get It, Bustin' Out of L Seven, and Fire It Up, Garden boasted only one major hit Big Time and was surprisingly laid-back by James' standards. The album contains more ballads than usual, and Rick uses subtlety to his artist. Album 1980 9 Songs. 2015 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. More By Rick James. 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rick James. Street Songs. 1 Track listing. Rick James - Garden of Love 1980. To favorites 0 Download album. Listen album. Rick James. Songs in album Rick James - Garden of Love 1980. Rick James - Big Time. Rick James - Don't Give up on Love. Rick James - Island Lady. Rick James - Gettin it On In the Sunshine. Rick James - Summer Love. Rick James - Mary Go Round. Rick James - Gettin' It On In The Sunshine Reprise. Rick James - Big T. from the album garden of love. Album Info This Release. Visitor rating. Release date label labelcode medium genre submit corrections. Island Lady. Gettin' It On. Summer Love . Garden of Love. Rick James Format: Vinyl. Please retry. When one thinks of this album it's often with the idea that for so long it was one of the most obscure Rick James albums around. The songs from this album don't commonly make a lot of Rick's numerous best of packages except by and large his 2 CD anthologies and a lot of people may not even know he made it. One of the reasons for this may be because more or less of what came after it. Play jigsaw puzzles for free Home. Garden of Love, 1980. Big Time, 06:26. Gettin' It On In the Sunshine, 01:40. Now playing: The Police Every Breath You Take. Garden Of Love is a rnb music album recording by RICK JAMES released in 1980 on CD, LPVinyl andor cassette. A1 Big Time 6:27 A2 Don't Give Up On Love 6:15 A3 Island Lady 4:07 B1 Gettin' It On In The Sunshine 3:03 B2 Summer Love 6:19 B3 Mary -Go- Round 6:59 B4 Gettin' It On In The Sunshine Reprise 0:40. About this release