Kiss of Life (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.

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).

• Siedah Garrett – vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4–9)
• Larry Williams – synthesizers, synthesizer programming, saxophones (5, 7, 9)
• Guy Babylon – synthesizers (1), synthesizer programming (1), arrangements (1)
• Babyface – synthesizers (2), synthesizer programming (2)
• Clif Magness – synthesizers (3), synthesizer programming (3), arrangements (3)
• Randy Waldman – synthesizers (5), synthesizer programming (5)
• Glen Ballard – synthesizers (7), synthesizer programming (7), arrangements (7)
• Randy Kerber – synthesizers (7), synthesizer programming (7)
• George Duke – keyboards (9)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 6, 8, 9)
• Basil Fung – guitars (5, 7, 8)
• Bruce Gaitsch – guitars (5, 8)
• David Williams – guitars (6, 8)
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass (9)
• John Robinson – drums (6, 7, 9)
• Dan Higgins – saxophones (5, 7, 9)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 5, 7, 9), flugelhorn (1, 5, 7, 9)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 5, 7, 9), flugelhorn (1, 5, 7, 9), arrangements (1, 3, 5–7, 9)
• Rod Temperton – arrangements, backing vocals (4), "dirty old man" voice intro (5)
• Amber Merino – "little girl" voice (1)
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Phil Terry – backing vocals (3)
• Bert Kelley – backing vocals (4)
• Nadirah Shakoor– backing vocals (4, 5)
• Mark Vieha – backing vocals (4)
• Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals (5, 7)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (5)
• Phil Perry – backing vocals (5)
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals (5)
• David Banks – "old man" rap (7)

Adapted from Discogs.^[2]