Painted Desert Serenade
| Painted Desert Serenade | ||||
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| Joshua Kadison's studio album | ||||
| Label (s) | Capitol , SBK | |||
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Pop , Adult Contemporary , Piano Pop |
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Painted Desert Serenade is Joshua Kadison's debut studio album . It was released in 1993 on SBK, a sub-label of Capitol Records . There were two single releases, both of which made it into the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
Track list
| No. | title | length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessie | 5:18 |
| 2 | Painted Desert Serenade | 2:56 |
| 3 | Beau's All Night Radio Loveline | 4:26 |
| 4th | Invisible Man | 4:57 |
| 5 | Mama's Arms | 3:00 |
| 6th | Beautiful in My Eyes | 4:07 |
| 7th | Picture Postcards from LA | 4:33 |
| 8th | When a Woman Cries | 3:31 |
| 9 | Georgia Rain | 4:03 |
Contributors
- Joshua Kadison: piano, lead part
- 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: chorus and voices in the chorus
- Rosemary Butler, Gene Miller, Tessa Niles : backing vocals
- Mark Cresswell, Tim Pierce, Tim Renwick : guitars
- Dave "Clem" Clempson : acoustic, electric & twelve-sided guitar, mandolin
- Paul Jones : Harmonica
- Phil Parlapiano: accordion
- Rod Argent : keyboard & Hammond organ , backing vocals
- Jeffrey "CJ" Vanston: Hammond organ
- John Giblin , Chris Laurence, John Pierce: Bass
- Denny Fongheiser, Ian Thomas, Neal Wilkinson: Drums
- Martin Ditcham: drums
- Frank Ricotti : Congas & Drums
- Peter Van Hooke : piano, drums, drums
- The string instruments were arranged by Rod Argent and 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
reception
Bryan Buss reviewed the album for Allmusic and called it “chock full of odes to find romance, longing for romance and losing romance”, calling it “full of odes in which romance can be found, longed for and lost”.