Road to Paradise (album)

Road to Paradise was Melinda Caroll's first album. Caroll received the Hawai’i recording industry’s prestigious 1989 Na Hoku Hanohano Award^[1] for Female Vocalist of the Year for her album, Road to Paradise.

Road to Paradise was produced by Melinda Caroll and David Kauahikaua.

Track listing

1. "Road to Paradise" (Melinda Caroll)
2. "Tahitian Moom" (Michael Franks)
3. "Moondance" (Van Morrison)
4. "Dindi" (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
5. "Somewhere Out There" (James Horner)
6. "Nothing Will Do" (Melinda Caroll)
7. "The Breeze and I (In Hanalei)" (Makihana Kahalewai)
8. "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" (James P. Dunne and Pamela Phillips)
9. "Blackbird" (Lennon and McCartney)
10. "Sailors of Fortune" (Henry Kapono)

Musicians

• Melinda Caroll – lead vocals, Guild 12 string, Martin Koa 6 string
• David Kauahikaua – vocals, keyboards, synth. programming
• Mike Muldoon - percussion
• Brad White - Recorderes and pipes
• Lee Eisenstein - Jose Ramirez Classical guitar, ESQM synthesizer
• Steven Charles - sax and flute
• Kapono Beamer - Hawaiian nose flute, slack key guitar (appears courtesy Onopak Music Co.)
• Henry Kapono - vocals (appears courtesy Browntown Records)
• Charles Brotman - guitars

Production notes

• Produced by Melinda Caroll and David Kauahikaua
• Engineering and co-artistic director by David Kauahikaua
• Mastered by Charles Brotman and Kit Ebersbach of the Audio Factory
• Art and graphic design by art directors - Bill Fong and Tamara Moon
• Cover photo by Jerry Kremkow

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