Passionfruit (album)

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Passionfruit
Michael Franks Passionfruit CD.jpg
Studio album by
Released1983
Recorded1983
Studio
Genre Smooth jazz
Length43:45
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Rob Mounsey
Michael Franks chronology
Objects of Desire
(1982)
Passionfruit
(1983)
Skin Dive
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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People (favourable) [2]

Passionfruit is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, produced and arranged by Rob Mounsey and released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records. [3] The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart. [4]

Contents

Covers

"Sunday Morning Here with You" was covered by Claire Martin. "Tell Me All About It" was also covered by artists such as Natalie Cole, Chris Barber, Will Downing, Gordon Haskell and Michael Lington featuring Dave Koz. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks [3]

No.TitleLength
1."Alone At Night"4:30
2."Never Satisfied"3:52
3."Amazon"5:40
4."Now That Your Joystick's Broke"2:48
5."Sunday Morning Here with You"4:33
6."Never Say Die"3:36
7."Rainy Night In Tokyo"4:42
8."Tell Me All About It"4:33
9."When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)"5:53
10."How The Garden Grows"3:38

Personnel

Musicians and Vocalists

String section

Production

References

  1. J. Matteo, Stephen. "Michael Franks: Passionfruit". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
  2. "Picks and Pans Review: Passion Fruit". people.com. People. December 5, 1983.
  3. 1 2 Michael Franks: Passionfruit. Warner Bros. Records. 1983.
  4. "Michael Franks: Passionfruit (Traditional Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  5. "Michael Franks: Passionfruit". secondhandsongs.com.