The Dream 1973-2011

The Dream 1973-2011
Compilation album by Michael Franks
Released 3 April 2012
Recorded 1973 – 2011
Genre Jazz
Vocal jazz
Smooth jazz
Language English
Label Warner Music France
Michael Franks chronology

Time Together
(2011)		 The Dream 1973-2011
(2012)

The Dream 1973-2011 is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 2012 with Warner Music France.[1]

The compilation includes 72 tracks over five discs with recordings spanning Franks' career with Warner Bros and earlier, from Michael Franks (re-released as Previously Unavailable) in 1973, to Time Together 2011. The fifth disc is a re-release of the relatively rare Michael Franks with Crossfire Live album recorded in Australia in 1980.

Track listing

Disc one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Can't Seem to Shake This Rock 'N' Roll" (from Michael Franks, 1973)Michael Franks 4:17
2. "Born with the Moon in Vergo" (from Michael Franks, 1973)Michael Franks 6:12
3. "Monkey See, Monkey do" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Michael Franks 3:31
4. "B'wana-He No Home" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Michael Franks 4:54
5. "When the Cookie Jar is Empty" (from Burchfield Nines, 1978)Michael Franks 5:08
6. "All Dressed Up (With Nowhere to Go)" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Michael Franks 3:46
7. "Jealousy" (from Objects of Desire, 1983)Michael Franks 3:33
8. "Laughing Gas" (from Objects of Desire, 1983)Michael Franks 3:22
9. "Alone at Night" (from Passionfruit, 1983)Michael Franks 4:27
10. "When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)" (from Passionfruit, 1983)Michael Franks 5:47
11. "Your Secret's Safe with Me" (from Skin Dive, 1985)Michael Franks 5:57
12. "Woman in the Waves" (from Blue Pacific, 1990)Michael Franks  
13. "Barefoot on the Beach" (from Barefoot on the Beach, 1999)Michael Franks 5:02
14. "Somehow Our Love Survives" (from Abandoned Garden, 1995)Michael Franks, Joe Sample 4:56
15. "Practice Makes Perfect" (from Dragonfly Summer, 1993)Michael Franks 4:52
16. "Now That Your Joystick's Broke" (from Passionfruit, 1983)Michael Franks 2:48
17. "The Dream" (from Dragonfly Summer, 1993)Russell Ferrante, Michael Franks, Jimmy Haslip, Marc Russo 5:15
Disc two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Monk's New Tune" (from Dragonfly Summer, 1993)Michael Franks 5:41
2. "Hearing Take Five" (from Rendezvous in Rio, 2006)Michael Franks 5:38
3. "Don't Be Blue" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Michael Franks 3:28
4. "When You Smiled at Me" (from Barefoot on the Beach, 1999)Michael Franks 5:02
5. "Popsicle Toes" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Michael Franks 4:30
6. "Sanpaku" (from Tiger in the Rain, 1976)Michael Franks 4:11
7. "Eggplant" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Michael Franks 3:36
8. "Sometimes I Just Forget to Smile" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Michael Franks 3:47
9. "Mice" (from Time Together, 2011)Michael Franks 5:24
10. "Rendezvous in Rio" (from Rendezvous in Rio, 2006)Michael Franks 5:32
11. "The Way We Celebrate New Years" (from Watching the Snow, 2004)Michael Franks 6:21
12. "Under the Sun" (from Rendezvous in Rio, 2006)Michael Franks 5:22
13. "Tell Me About It" (from Passionfruit, 1983)Michael Franks 4:27
14. "Tahitian Moon" (from Objects of Desire, 1983)Michael Franks 4:33
15. "Like Water, Like Wind" (from Abandoned Garden, 1995)Michael Franks 5:18
16. "The Art of Love" (from Blue Pacific, 1990)Michael Franks 4:10
Disc three
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Dragonfly Summer" (from Dragonfly Summer, 1993)Michael Franks 5:00
2. "Nightmoves" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Michael Franks 3:59
3. "Lotus Blossom" (from One Bad Habit, 1980)Michael Franks 4:15
4. "The Lady Wants to Know" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Michael Franks 4:41
5. "On My Way Home to You" (from One Bad Habit, 1980)Michael Franks 4:49
6. "Living on the Inside" (from Tiger in the Rain, 1976)Michael Franks 5:36
7. "String of Pearls" (from Dragonfly Summer, 1993)Michael Franks 4:31
8. "One Day in St. Tropez" (from Time Together, 2011)Michael Franks 5:18
9. "Hourglass" (from Abandoned Garden, 1995)Michael Franks 4:42
10. "Rainy Night in Tokyo" (from Passionfruit, 1983)Michael Franks 4:36
11. "Never Say Die" (from Passionfruit, 1983)Michael Franks 3:35
12. "All I Need" (from Blue Pacific, 1990)Michael Franks 4:45
13. "Like Moon Behind a Cloud" (from Barefoot on the Beach, 1999)Michael Franks 6:20
14. "Blue Pacific" (from Blue Pacific, 1990)Michael Franks 4:54
15. "Still Life" (from One Bad Habit, 1980)Michael Franks 4:12
16. "The Cool School" (from Rendezvous in Rio, 2006)Michael Franks 5:42
Disc four, previously unreleased tracks or versions
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Coming Home to You" (From the movie "Author, Author")Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin 4:01
2. "Jealousy" (Geyser Remix)Michael Franks 4:20
3. "Blue Pacific" (Alternate version)Michael Franks 4:54
4. "This Will Never Do" (From the musical "Noa Noa")Michael Franks 5:29
5. "Somewhere in the Rain"  Yumi Arai, Charles Blenzig, Michael Franks 5:47
6. "I Bought You a Plastic Star for Your Aluminum Tree" (from Watching the Snow, 2004)Michael Franks 4:56
7. "Foolish Heart"  Ned Washington, Vicor Young, Bob Mintzer 5:19
8. "Antonio's Song/The Rainbow" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Michael Franks 5:24
9. "Leading Me Back to You"  Michael Franks 5:02
10. "(Think...) Where Are You Goin?"  Michael Franks 4:29
11. "Ladies' Nite" (from Objects of Desire, 1983)Michael Franks 4:09
12. "When I Give My Love To You" (from Barefoot on the Beach, 1999)Michael Franks 4:20
13. "Now Love Has No End" (from Barefoot on the Beach, 1999)Michael Franks 6:09
14. "Island Christmas" (from Watching the Snow, 2004)Michael Franks 5:41
15. "Popsicle Toes" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Michael Franks, The Manhattan Transfer 4:15
16. "Nightmoves" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Michael Franks 3:13
Disc five
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Don't Be Blue" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Michael Franks, John Guerin  
2. "When the Cookie Jar is Empty" (from Burchfield Nines, 1978)Michael Franks 6:35
3. "The Lady Wants to Know" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Michael Franks 6:05
4. "B'Wana-He No Home" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Michael Franks 4:59
5. "Chain Reaction" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Michael Franks, Joe Sample 4:28
6. "Antoni's Song" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Michael Franks 4:43
7. "Monkey See, Monkey Do" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Michael Franks 6:22
8. "Popsicle Toes" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Michael Franks 5:02

Reception

AllMusic writers have rated the original source albums with between two and a half and four stars.[2] The compilation album is available on their online catalogue, but has yet to be rated.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  2. ↑ Michael Franks at AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  3. ↑ The Dream 1973-2011 at AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-07-20.

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