Wildlife Dictionary

{{Infobox album

| name = Wildlife Dictionary

| type = Studio album

| artist = Garland Jeffreys

| cover = Wildlife Dictionary.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1997

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Power Station, Sony Music Studios, New York City

| genre = Rock, Reggae

| length =

| label = RCA

| producer = Garland Jeffreys, Handel Tucker, Peter Zizzo, The Boilerhouse Boys (Ben Wolff and Andy Dean)

| prev_title = Don't Call Me Buckwheat

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = The King of In Between

| next_year = 2011

}}

Wildlife Dictionary is an album by Garland Jeffreys. It was released in 1997 in Europe only by RCA Records.{{Citation |title=Garland Jeffreys - Wildlife Dictionary |date=1997 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2164961-Garland-Jeffreys-Wildlife-Dictionary?srsltid=AfmBOopETBNBPGfqO5gL11ie42xYfBoSDxkH8kp9qsbAA40Kxkw-kgjk |access-date=2024-12-20 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Wildlife Dictionary by Garland Jeffreys |url=https://genius.com/albums/Garland-jeffreys/Wildlife-dictionary |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Genius |language=en}}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys; except where indicated

  1. "That's My Lover" (Garland Jeffreys, Handel Tucker) - 4:31
  2. "Original Lust" - 4:13
  3. "Sexuality" (Garland Jeffreys, Joe Dworniak) - 3:58
  4. "Temptation" (Alan "Troubleshooter" Freedman, Garland Jeffreys) - 4:30
  5. "Boys and Girls" (Garland Jeffreys, Peter Zizzo) - 5:05
  6. "Wildlife Dictionary" (Garland Jeffreys, Peter Zizzo) - 4:41
  7. "Happiness" - 4:20
  8. "Love Jones" (Garland Jeffreys, The Boilerhouse Boys) - 4:13
  9. "Afrodiziak" - 4:47
  10. "Wet Money" - 4:31
  11. "Gotta Get Away From This World" - 3:59
  12. "Oceana" - 5:33
  13. "Lovetown Serenade" (Garland Jeffreys, Handel Tucker) - 4:12

Personnel

  • Garland Jeffreys - lead and backing vocals
  • Handel Tucker - organ, piano, synthesizer, drum programming
  • Peter Zizzo - piano, organ, keyboards, backing vocals; bass guitar on "Wildlife Dictionary"
  • Richard Arrigo - guitar, mandolin
  • Pino Palladino - bass guitar
  • Jeff Bova - piano, organ
  • Sly Dunbar, Steve Jordan - drums, percussion
  • Bashiri Johnson - percussion
  • Paulette Williams, Cindy Mizelle, Danielle LaMette, Ann Tucker, Debra Miller, Jenni Evans, Robin Clark, Tawatha Agee, Gordon Grody, Claire Jeffreys - backing vocals
  • Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis - guitar on "Original Lust"
  • Simpleton - toasting on "Original Lust"
  • Earl "Wire" Lindo - organ on "Original Lust"
  • Robbie Lyn - keyboards on "Original Lust"
  • Mark "Led" Ledford - harmony vocals, whistling on "Original Lust"
  • David Kahne - guitar on "Sexuality" and "Gotta Get Away from This World"
  • Joe Dworniak - piano, synthesizer, programming on "Sexuality"
  • Eddie Martinez - guitar on "Sexuality", "Temptation", "Love Jones" and "Afrodiziak"
  • Tony Cedras - accordion on "Temptation" and "Oceana"
  • Alan Friedman - piano, programming on "Happiness"; loops, piano, bass on "Gotta Get Away from This World"
  • Ben Barson - keyboards, programming on "Love Jones"
  • Luís Jardim - percussion on "Love Jones"
  • Ben Fowler - synthesizer on "Wet Money"
  • Chris Champion - loops on "Wet Money"
  • Alberto Castro, Bruce "The Pocketbook" Purse - trumpet on "Gotta Get Away from This World"

;Technical

  • Ben Fowler, Robert Smith - engineer
  • Anton Corbijn - photography

References