Kiss of Life (Siedah Garrett album)

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).

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