Indispensable (Michael Franks album)

Indispensable:
The Best of Michael Franks
Compilation album by Michael Franks
Released 30 June 1988
Recorded 1976 – 1987
Genre Jazz
Vocal jazz
Smooth jazz
Length 68:58
Language English
Label Warner Bros.
Michael Franks chronology
The Camera Never Lies
(1987)The Camera Never Lies1987		 Indispensable: The Best of Michael Franks
(1988)		 Blue Pacific
(1990)Blue Pacific1990

Indispensable: The Best of Michael Franks is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks released in 1988 with Warner Bros..[1] It is Franks' twelfth album, and his first of four compilation releases with the label.

The compilation contains a selection of tracks spanning eleven years, from The Art of Tea in 1976, to The Camera Never Lies in 1987.[2]

Franks has since released seven more studio albums, rendering this compilation a fairly representative sample of his earlier work; of note his collaborations with the Tommy LiPuma and Al Schmitt production team, and later with Rob Mounsey.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Eggplant" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Franks3:38
2."Monkey See—Monkey Do" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)Franks3:35
3."The Lady Wants To Know" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Franks4:45
4."Down In Brazil" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Franks4:35
5."Don't Be Blue" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)Franks, Guerin3:30
6."When The Cookie Jar Is Empty" (from Burchfield Nines, 1978)Franks5:12
7."A Robin Song" (from Burchfield Nines, 1978)Franks3:48
8."Jardin Botanico" (from Tiger in the Rain, 1979)Franks3:33
9."When It's Over" (from Tiger in the Rain, 1979)Franks3:11
10."Baseball" (from One Bad Habit, 1980)Franks3:50
11."Jealousy" (from Objects of Desire, 1982)Franks3:39
12."No Deposit Love" (from Objects of Desire, 1982)Franks5:12
13."Rainy Night In Tokyo" (from Passionfruit, 1983)Franks4:43
14."Never Satisfied" (from Passionfruit, 1983)Franks3:56
15."Read My Lips" (from Skin Dive, 1985)Franks3:41
16."Face To Face" (from The Camera Never Lies, 1987)Franks4:27
17."The Camera Never Lies" (from The Camera Never Lies, 1987)Franks3:42

References

  1. ↑ "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  2. ↑ Indispensable: The Best of Michael Franks – Michael Franks at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

Bibliography

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