title: Kiss of Life (Siedah Garrett album)
text: # Kiss of Life (Siedah Garrett album)
  
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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 |
  