Garden of Love (album)

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1980 studio album by Rick James

Garden of Love

Studio album by

Rick James

Released| 1980
Recorded| 1979–1980
Studio| Record Plant (Sausalito, CA)
Criteria Studios (Miami, FL)
Blank Tape Studios (New York City, NY)
Length| 33:50
Label| Gordy
Producer| Rick James
Rick James chronology
| Fire It Up
(1979)  | Garden of Love
(1980)  | Street Songs
(1981)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Robert Christgau| C−[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [3]

Garden of Love is the fourth studio album by the American musician Rick James, released in 1980 on Motown sub-label Gordy.

## Track listing

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All tracks composed by Rick James; except where noted.

Side A

1. "Big Time" (James Calloway, Leroy Burgess, Sonny T. Davenport) – 6:27
2. "Don't Give up on Love" – 6:15
3. "Island Lady" – 4:07

Side B

1. "Gettin' It On (In the Sunshine)" – 3:03
2. "Summer Love" – 6:19
3. "Mary -Go- Round" – 6:59
4. "Gettin' It On (In the Sunshine) Reprise" – 0:40

2010 bonus tracks / 2014 digital remaster bonus tracks / 2014 Complete Motown Albums bonus tracks

1.   2. "Gettin' It On (In the Sunshine)" [Reprise] – 1:36
3. "Big Time" (Extended version – Previously unreleased) – 11:40
4. "Gypsy Girl" (Unreleased demo) – 3:41

## Charts

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Chart (1980)  | Peak
position

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Billboard Top LPs[4] | 83
Billboard Top Soul LPs[4] | 17

### Singles

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Year  | Single  | Chart positions[5]

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R&B | US
Dance
1980  | "Big Time"  | 17  | 38

## References

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1. ^ Rick James – Garden of Love at AllMusic
2. ^ "Rick James". Robert Christgau. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 358.
4. ^ a b "Rick James US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
5. ^ "Rick James US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 15, 2011.

## External links

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* Rick James-Garden Of Love at Discogs

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Rick James

Studio albums|

* Come Get It! (with Stone City Band)
* Bustin' Out of L Seven
* Fire It Up
* Garden of Love
* Street Songs
* Throwin' Down
* Cold Blooded
* Glow
* The Flag
* Wonderful
* Kickin'
* Urban Rapsody
* Deeper Still

Songs|

* "You and I"
* "Mary Jane"
* "Give It to Me Baby"
* "Super Freak"
* "Ghetto Life"
* "Dance wit' Me"
* "Ebony Eyes"
* "Cold Blooded"
* "Glow"
* "Loosey's Rap"
* "Dance with Me"

Samples|

* "U Can't Touch This"
* "Super Freaky Girl"

Related|

* Discography
* I'm Rick James (2007 documentary)
* The Mynah Birds
* Mary Jane Girls
* "Party All the Time"
* "In the Ghetto"
* "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories: Rick James"

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* MusicBrainz release group

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