Disco Gardens

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Pitchfork	7.0/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

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

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)