Dewdrops in the Garden is an album by the house-music group Deee-Lite

Deee-Lite

Deee-Lite was an American house and club/dance group, formed in New York City, United States. The group's best-known single was "Groove Is in the Heart", from their 1990 debut album, World Clique. However, Deee-Lite achieved longer lasting success on the U.S...

, released in July 1994 via Elektra Records

Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....

. Its third and last album moved away from the overtly political lyrical content of the previous album.

Background

At the time of the release of Dewdrops in the Garden, Lady Kier had compared it with Infinity Within

Infinity Within

Infinity Within is the second album by the band Deee-Lite. Released in 1992 on Elektra, the album's lyrical content, instrumentation, and overall tone showcases the band's political activism as a more literal part of the music than on its debut, World Clique...

by saying:
The album drew inspiration from Lady Kier's travels to the Hopi

Hopi

The Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of indigenous Native American people, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi area according to the 2000 census has a population of 6,946 people. Their Hopi language is one of the 30 of the Uto-Aztecan language...

 ruins in the Painted Desert

Painted Desert

Painted Desert may refer to:In places:* Painted Desert, Arizona, an area of badlands in the southwestern United States* Painted Desert , a mountainous area in south-central Australia...

 and pyramids in the Yucatan

Yucatán

Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....

 and Dmitri's travels to the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, the 15th national park in the United States...

 and Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park is located in southeastern California. Declared a U.S. National Park in 1994 when the U.S. Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act , it had previously been a U.S. National Monument since 1936. It is named for the Joshua tree forests native to the park...

. The inspiration was clear in Lady Kier's description of the track "Music Selector is the Soul Reflector":
Most of the work on Dewdrops in the Garden was done by Super DJ Dmitri and Lady Miss Kier

Lady Miss Kier

Kierin Magenta Kirby , better known by her professional name Lady Miss Kier, is an American singer and DJ.-Personal life:Kirby was born in Youngstown, Ohio and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

 joined by junglist DJ Ani (On-E). Towa Tei

Towa Tei

is a DJ, artist and record producer in Yokahoma, Japan.Tōwa debuted as a member of Deee-Lite, from the U.S. label Elektra Records in 1990, and shot to fame via their international hit single, "Groove Is In the Heart"...

 had left the band to do some work on Japanese pop star Nokko

NOKKO

Nokko is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is the lead singer of the band "Rebecca" which had a string of hits in Japan in the 1980s. She was born in Urawa, Saitama, as...

's album and his own debut solo album Future Listening!

Future Listening!

Future Listening! is the debut solo album from Japanese electronic musician Towa Tei. It was Tei's first release after his departure from dance music act Deee-Lite....

(however, Tei contributed to the track "Call Me"). He was said to be back for the band's fourth album, which was never made.

A companion album titled Dewdrops in the Remix was released in Japan only shortly after this album's release, containing four remixes of "Picnic in the Summertime," four mixes of "Bring Me Your Love," and six mixes of "Call Me." "Bring Me Your Love" and "Call Me" became their last two #1 hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

Track listing

The last track includes a hidden track

Hidden track

In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...

. After hearing track 16 ("What is this Music?") the track plays on for almost 12 minutes of silence, starting again at 12:02 with "Bring Me Your Love."

All tracks by Deee-Lite

Deee-Lite

Deee-Lite was an American house and club/dance group, formed in New York City, United States. The group's best-known single was "Groove Is in the Heart", from their 1990 debut album, World Clique. However, Deee-Lite achieved longer lasting success on the U.S...

1. "Say Ahhh..." – 4:10
2. "Mind Melt" – 0:33
3. "Bittersweet Loving" – 3:42
4. "River of Freedom" – 4:06
5. "Somebody" – 3:29
6. "When You Told Me You Loved Me" – 2:58
7. "Stay in Bed, Forget the Rest" – 3:09
8. "Call Me" – 3:50
9. "Music Selector is the Soul Reflector" – 4:29
10. "Sampladelic" – 0:47
11. "Bring Me Your Love" – 3:38
12. "Picnic in the Summertime" – 3:32
13. "Apple Juice Kissing" – 3:13
14. "Party Happening People" – 3:58
15. "DMT (Dance Music Trance)" – 4:27
16. "What is this Music?" 0:22
17. "Bring Me Your Love" (Johnny Vicious Cosmic Isness Remix) – 17:48

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
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