Tag: Reneé Garcia

Bliss Bliss – Bliss Bliss – 1994

Let’s call this album what it is, it’s Reneé Garcia’s third album. Her husband (Lang Bliss) played small roles on her previous 2 albums but suddenly they’re a band called Bliss Bliss. Yes he did play a bigger role on this album but without her there really was no album but without him the album could easily have gone ahead. Furthermore he is apparently a drummer but all of her albums have electronic drums. How can you be the drummer on an album with electronic drums? If anything you may be a programmer but you aren’t a drummer. There I’ve said my piece. Most people know that I quite like Reneé Garcia so I was pretty happy when I discovered she had more albums using this name. While the album was on a new label Chris Eaton returned to produce this album though the electronic drummer also took production credits. I don’t think the songwriting measures up to her first 2 albums but it’s okay and her vocal skills make up for it. So it’s another fun pop album here from Reneé and if you liked her first 2 you’ll probably like this one.

Tracklist
1 – Fight For Peace – 4:34
2 – Building Bridges – 4:51
3 – Field Of Daisies – 4:27
4 – A Little Love – 4:19
5 – Believe In You – 4:37
6 – When The World’s Asleep – 5:06
7 – House Of Cards – 3:46
8 – Modern World – 4:39
9 – Walking Through Paradise – 3:37
10 – Chain Of Fear – 4:46
11 – Love And Devotion – 5:04
12 – House On The Hill – 5:52

Credits
Lang Bliss – Producer, Songwriter, Keyboards, Drums, Background Vocals, Choir
Keith Brown – Songwriter
Dave Bunker – Executive Producer, Choir
Tina Clark – Background Vocals, Choir
Eric Darken – Percussion
Chris Eaton – Executive Producer, Songwriter, Background Vocals
Gene Ford – Guitars
Reneé Garcia – Songwriter, Choir, Background Vocals, Vocals
Joe Gautier – Songwriter
Bob Halligan, Jr. – Songwriter
Mike Haynes – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Renay Herrington – Background Vocals, Choir
Chris Kearney – Choir
Isabella Kearney – Choir
Jamie Kearney – Choir
Bryan Lenox – Additional Engineer
Russ Long – Co-Producer, Engineer, Mixed
John Mallory – Songwriter
Blair Masters – B-3, Keyboards
Heath McMillen – Choir
Michael Mellett – Background Vocals
Patsy Moore – Songwriter
John Mark Painter – Bass
Tim Pierce – Guitars
Kip Summers – Songwriter
Hank Williams – Mastered

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – R.E.X. Music
Copyright © – R.E.X. Music
Mastered At – Mastermix
Made By – Disc Manufacturing, Inc., Huntsville – 102125

Reneé Garcia – A Different World – 1988

This is the second and last solo album from Garcia. It has a little less a Madonna feel that we had on the first album and is a little more mainstream to the female Christian albums of the period. I far prefer her first album though there is nothing wrong with this one. This would complete her solo career which I find kind of surprising because she was a very successful artist. This album had 4 top 10 (CCM Charts) hits. “Perfection”, “A Different World”, and “You Don’t Need It” all made it to #5 while “If I Have To” made it to #10. That aside I think the best track is “I Will Never Leave You” which is right in lone with female pop hits of the period. So how could there not be a follow up album? Anyway she did do one more album with her husband as Bliss Bliss which I haven’t heard yet but it is in the stack. Anyway if female pop artists your go to than this album is a must hear.

Tracklist
1 – A Different World – 3:39
2 – Rockin’ The House – 3:25
3 – Victim Of Circumstance – 3:48
4 – Don’t Throw It All Away – 4:41
5 – Perfection – 5:15
6 – Jerusalem – 4:32
7 – You Don’t Need It – 3:56
8 – Live On – 3:20
9 – If I Have To – 4:24
10 – I Will Never Leave You – 4:16

Credits
Backing Vocals [Additional] – Reneé Garcia
Bass – Steve Greetham
Bass [Additional] – Andy Pauquette
Cello – Mandy Stott
Design – Jackson Design
Drum Programming, Bass [Programming], Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Chris Eaton
Engineer [Additional] – Joe Baldridge
Guitar – Neil Costello, Richard Osbourne
Guitar [Additional], Backing Vocals [Additional] – Chris Rodriguez
Keyboards [Additiona], Engineer – Steve Pierre Boyce Buckley
Keyboards [Additional] – Reed Arvin
Mastered By – Hank Williams
Mixed By – Bill Whittington
Percussion [Additional] – Lang Bliss
Photography By – Mark Tucker
Producer – Chris Eaton
Saxophone – Martin Green

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Reunion Records
Copyright © – Reunion Records
Distributed By – Word Records Limited
Made By – Discovery Systems – 3HP0A00A

Reneé Garcia – Living In The Vertical – 1987

This is the first of 2 solo albums from Reneé. I first saw this album posted in our Facebook group and found it in the stack so gave it a listen. It was described in that post as the “CCM Madonna”. While I generally don’t agree when people compare artists on this one I feel the poster was correct. This album has a definite Madonna pop dance style sound but quite frankly Reneé’s vocals are better. Honestly though I was never a fan of Madonna’s vocals. Anyway a little back ground on Reneé is that she was born in Indiana and moved to Nashville in her mid 20’s. She actually sang backup on several Amy Grant tours before this album so she had some good exposure in the industry. Chris Eaton produced the album and he is well known for “finding” a lot of his projects but I don’t know if this project was his idea or the record companies. Anyway this is a great album and really should have been much better known but perhaps it was just a little late in 1987 for this sound.

Tracklist
1 – More Than Fascination – 4:30
2 – Running From A Legacy – 4:15
3 – I See Love – 5:30
4 – Deepest Love – 6:23
5 – Living In The Vertical – 4:10
6 – I’ve Got My Eye On You – 4:20
7 – The Bounce – 3:57
8 – Imagination – 4:35
9 – I Want To Be Used For You – 4:27

Credits
Administrator [Covert Operations] – Terry Hemmings
Art Direction – Bill Brunt Designs
Backing Vocals – Chris Eaton, Mark Williamson, Reneé Garcia
Bass [Fretless] – Steve Greetham
Cymbal [Additional] – Lang Bliss
Drums, Bass, Programmed By [Percussion], Keyboards – Chris Eaton
Engineer – Laurence Burrage, Steve Boyce-Buckley
Engineer [Additional] – David Holmes, John Revenhall, Jon Sweet
Executive-Producer – Dan Harrell, Jeff Moseley, Michael Blanton
Guitar – Neil Costello
Lead Guitar – Peter Brooks
Mastered By – Glenn Meadows
Mixed By – Glenn Tommey, Raine Shine
Photography By – Peter Nash
Producer – Chris Eaton
Programmed By [Additional Keyboards] – Richard Osborne
Rhythm Guitar [Additional] – Richard Osborne
Saxophone – Martin Green

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Reunion Records
Copyright © – Reunion Records
Distributed By – Word, Inc.
Made By – Discovery Systems – 18A0100B
Recorded At – The Justice Room
Recorded At – Square One Studios
Recorded At – Swot Productions
Mixed At – Crescent Studios
Mastered At – Masterfonics