Garden in the City


Garden in the City is a Melanie album released by Buddah Records in 1972. Although marketed as an album of new recordings it was actually a compilation of "leftover" songs from Melanie's time at that label and released without her consent, after she left to form her own record label. Two of the songs had been previously released on the soundtrack album to the movie R. P. M. in 1970.
The United Kingdom release of the album had a "scratch 'n' sniff" label on the sleeve with the message "Rub gently to release the magic of Melanie's Garden."
The song "People in the Front Row" was later sampled by Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods for their song "The Nosebleed Section". Melanie was reportedly pleased with the use of her song in this recording.

Track listing

All songs written by Melanie Safka except where noted.
  1. "Garden in the City"
  2. "Love in My Mind"
  3. "We Don't Know Where We're Going"
  4. "Lay Lady Lay"
  5. "Jigsaw Puzzle"
  6. "Don't You Wait By The Water"
  7. "Stop! I Don't Wanna Hear It Anymore"
  8. "Somebody Loves Me"
  9. "People in the Front Row"

    Charts

;Singles
ChartTitlePeak
position
U.S Billboard Bubbling Under Chart"Stop! I Don't Wanna Hear It Anymore"112