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Disco Gardens

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Disco Gardens
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 28, 1978
Recorded1977–1978 at Studio Masters, Los Angeles, CA, Star Track, Los Angeles, CA
GenreDisco, R&B
Length31:52
LabelSOLAR
ProducerLeon Sylvers III, Dick Griffey
Shalamar chronology
Uptown Festival
(1977)
Disco Gardens
(1978)
Big Fun
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Pitchfork7.0/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Disco Gardens is the second album by the American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1978 on SOLAR Records.[4][5] The group included Gerald Brown, Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley; it was the only Shalamar album on which Brown appeared.[6]

Disco Gardens was less successful than Shalamar's debut, Uptown Festival, peaking at No. 171 on the Billboard 200.[7] It also peaked at No. 52 on the R&B chart. "Take That to the Bank" was a UK top 20 hit.[8]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tossing, Turning and Swinging"Ricky Sylvers, Edmund Sylvers, James Sylvers, Leon Sylvers III5:47
2."Shalamar Disco Gardens"Jeffrey Daniel3:44
3."Take That to the Bank"Kevin Spencer, Leon Sylvers III6:14
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Stay Close to Love"Leon Sylvers III, Herman Brown3:49
5."Leave It All Up to Love"Wayne Bell, Merlin Bell, Malcolm Anthony3:46
6."Lovely Lady"Kossi Gardner5:36
7."Cindy, Cindy"Wayne Bell, Merlin Bell, Malcolm Anthony2:56

Singles

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"Take That to the Bank" (US Hot 100 #79, US R&B #11, UK #20)

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Shalamar – Disco Gardens". AllMusic. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 372.
  3. ^ "Shalamar: Uptown Festival / Disco Gardens / Big Fun". Pitchfork.
  4. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 628–629.
  5. ^ Partipilo, Vic (29 Dec 1978). "On Location". Oakland Post. No. 192. p. 4.
  6. ^ Lehman, Christopher P. (April 16, 2008). "A Critical History of Soul Train on Television". McFarland – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums (7th ed.). Record Research. p. 697.
  8. ^ "SHALAMAR". Official Charts. Retrieved 17 June 2021.