Disco Gardens

Disco Gardens
Studio album by Shalamar
Released	August 28, 1978
Recorded	1977-1978 at Studio Masters, Los Angeles, CA, Star Track , Los Angeles, CA
Genre	R&B
Length	31:52
Label	SOLAR
Producer	Leon Sylvers III, Dick Griffey
Shalamar chronology
Uptown Festival (1977) Disco Gardens (1978) Big Fun (1979)

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Allmusic	[1]

Disco Gardens is the second album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1978 on the SOLAR label. It features the line-up of Gerald Brown, Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley, and was the only Shalamar album on which Brown appeared.

Disco Gardens was less successful than Shalamar's debut Uptown Festival, peaking at #52 on the R&B chart and #171 on the Billboard chart, although it is considered a superior recording to its predecessor, and contains early indications of what was to become the distinctive "SOLAR sound", most notably on the single release "Take That to the Bank".

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tossing, Turning and Swinging"	Ricky Sylvers, Edmund Sylvers, James Sylvers, Leon Sylvers III	5:47
2.	"Shalamar Disco Gardens"	Jeffrey Daniel	3:44
3.	"Take That to the Bank"	Kevin Spencer, Leon Sylvers III	6:14

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Stay Close to Love"	Leon Sylvers III, Herman Brown	3:49
5.	"Leave It All Up to Love"	Wayne Bell, Merlin Bell, Malcolm Anthony	3:46
6.	"Lovely Lady"	Kossi Gardner	5:36
7.	"Cindy, Cindy"	Wayne Bell, Merlin Bell, Malcolm Anthony	2:56

Singles

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

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Shalamar – Disco Gardens". AllMusic. Retrieved December 25, 2014.

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