Painted Desert Serenade

Painted Desert Serenade is the debut studio album by Joshua Kadison. It was at SBK, a sub-label of Capitol Records, released in 1993. There were two singles such that it both the Billboard Hot 100 in the Top 20.

Title list

Contributors

• Joshua Kadison: piano, 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 Twilie, Fred White: choir 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 -stringed guitar, mandolin
• Paul Jones: harmonica
• Phil Parlapiano: accordion
• Rod Argent: Keyboard & Hammond organ, background 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 & percussion
• Peter Van Hooke: Piano, drums, percussion
• The strings were arranged by Rod Argent and directed 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 teas, Robert Smissen, George Robertson, Andrew Parker, Susie Hansen
• Cellos: Paul Kegg, Ben Kennard, Helen Liebmann, Roger Smith
• Frank Morgan, Richard Morgan: Oboe

Reception

Bryan -reviewed the album for Allmusic, calling it " brimming with Oden, where to find romance, to yearn and to lose is " ( " chock full of odes to finding romance, longing for romance and losing romance" ).

Credentials

• Album 1993
• Album ( Pop )