Painted Desert Serenade
| Painted Desert Serenade | ||||
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| Studio album by Joshua Kadison | ||||
| Released | May 18, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Piano rock, soft rock | |||
| Length | 36:51 | |||
| Label | Capitol, SBK | |||
| Producer | Rod Argent, David Kershenbaum, Peter Van Hooke | |||
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Painted Desert Serenade is the debut studio release from American pianist/singer-songwriter Joshua Kadison, released in 1993 on SBK (a subsidiary of Capitol Records). It featured two singles, both of which reached the top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100: "Jessie" peaked at number 26 in the US (while placing three spots in Sweden a year after its release), while the track "Beautiful in My Eyes" managed a chart placing of 19 in 1994.
Track listing
All songs written by Joshua Kadison.
- "Jessie" 5:18
- "Painted Desert Serenade" 2:56
- "Beau's All Night Radio Love Line" 4:26
- "Invisible Man" 4:57
- "Mama's Arms" 3:00
- "Beautiful in My Eyes" 4:07
- "Picture Postcards from LA" 4:33
- "When A Woman Cries" 3:31
- "Georgia Rain" 4:03
Personnel
- Joshua Kadison: piano, lead vocals
- Sherwood Ball, Adele Bertei, Carmen Carter, Lance Ellington, Kathy Hazzard, David Lasley, Valerie Mayo, Arnold McCuller, Joseph Powell, Ian Shaw, Helen Terry, Ruby Turner, Carmen Twillie, Fred White: choir & chorus vocals
- Rosemary Butler, Gene Miller, Tessa Niles: backing vocals
- Mark Cresswell, Tim Pierce, Tim Renwick: guitars
- Dave "Clem" Clempson: acoustic, electric & twelve-string guitars; mandolin
- Paul Jones: harmonica
- Phil Parlapiano: accordion
- Rod Argent: keyboards & Hammond organ, backing vocals
- Jeffrey "CJ" Vanston: Hammond organ
- John Giblin, Chris Laurence, John Pierce: bass guitar
- Denny Fongheiser, Ian Thomas, Neal Wilkinson: drums
- Martin Ditcham: percussion
- Frank Ricotti: congas & percussion
- Peter Van Hooke: piano, drums, percussion
- Strings arranged by Rod Argent; conducted by Gavyn Wright
- Violins: Mark Berrow, Ben Cruft, Roger Garland, Wilfred Gibson, Roy Gillard, Tim Good, Rita Manning, Peter Oxer, Bill Penham, Barry Wilde, David Woodcock, Gavyn Wright
- Viola: Stephen Tees, Robert Smissen, George Robertson, Andrew Parker, Susie Hansen
- Celli: Paul Kegg, Ben Kennard, Helen Liebmann, Roger Smith
- Frank Morgan, Richard Morgan: oboe
Production
- Produced by Rod Argent, David Kershenbaum & Peter Van Hooke
- Recording Engineers: John Kurlander, Simon Smart, Kevin Smith
- Mixed by Rob Eaton, David Kershenbaum & Kevin Smith
- Mastered by Bob Ludwig
Reception
Reviewing the album for Allmusic, Bryan Buss called it "chock full of odes to finding romance, longing for romance and losing romance".
References
- Buss, Bryan. Joshua Kadison: Painted Desert Serenade at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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