Budha in the Gardens (Mercury album) (An Alternate Pink Floyd)

Budha in the Gardens is the second/triple studio album by the British progressive rock supergroup, Mercury. It was released in 9 April 1984 by the EMI Records.

The album artwork is Budha, the God of the planet Mercury, near a fence. "पारा" means "Mercury" in the Hindi language. Budha in the Gardens was the first album with Richard Wright as a full-time member.

Budha in the Gardens is a six-piece album, with each one being credited to one member and the last piece credited to all the members. Notable musicians who also worked on the album were George Harrison, David Bowie and Dave Harris. The last one was working with Richard Wright in another parallel project called Zee.

The Pink Floyd's hit single, "Arnold Layne", was re-recorded as a promotional single to the album, besides of the song not appear in the album. The single reached the #27 position at the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and #68 at the Hot 100.

The commercial growth of the album was slow. The album had a worse performance than its predecessor in the US, but, it was better in the UK. It reached the #38 position at the Billboard 200 and #12 at the UK Album Charts.

Personnel

 * Syd Barrett - vocals; lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards in "Journey to the Inverse"
 * Richard Wright - vocals, synthesizers; keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, Mellotron in "Rivers in C# Minor"
 * Richard Sinclair - vocals; lead guitar, bass guitar in "Lockpile Bottom"
 * Kevin Ayers - lead guitar, bass guitar in "Ode"
 * Willie Wilson - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

 * George Harrison - sitar in "Journey to the Inverse" and "Kings of Mercury"
 * David Bowie - vocals in "Kings of Mercury"