Sleeping Gypsy (album)
Sleeping Gypsy | ||||
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Studio album by Michael Franks | ||||
Released |
1977 on vinyl record 1990 on CD | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:49 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Tommy LiPuma | |||
Michael Franks chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | B[2] |
Sleeping Gypsy is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1977 with Warner Bros. Records.[3] It was Franks' third studio album after The Art of Tea and prior to Burchfield Nines.
Track listing
Side one | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
1. | "The Lady Wants To Know" | Michael Franks | 4:45 | |||||||
2. | "I Really Hope It's You" | Michael Franks | 4:54 | |||||||
3. | "In The Eye Of The Storm" | Michael Franks | 5:55 | |||||||
4. | "B'wana-He No Home" | Michael Franks | 4:57 |
Side two | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
1. | "Don't Be Blue" | Michael Franks, John Guerin | 3:28 | |||||||
2. | "Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)" | Michael Franks | 5:03 | |||||||
3. | "Chain Reaction" | Michael Franks, Joe Sample | 5:14 | |||||||
4. | "Down In Brazil" | Michael Franks | 4:33 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Joe Sample
- Wilton Felder
- John Guerin
- Larry Carlton
- David Sanborn
- Michael Brecker
- Larry Bunker
- Ray Armando
- João Palma
- João Donato
- Hélio Delmiro
Support
- Recording and mixing – Al Schmitt
- Orchestra arrangement and conducting – Claus Ogerman
References
- ↑ "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Consumer Guide Review". Robert Cristgau. 1977. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
- ↑ "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- Bibliography
- Sleeping Gypsy (Vinyl back cover). Michael Franks. United States: Warner Bros. 1977. BS 3004.
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