Passionfruit (album)
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Passionfruit is a studio album by jazz artist Michael Franks. It was released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records. The jazz vocal album was produced by Rob Mounsey.[2] It was Franks' eighth studio album.
Track listing
All tracks written by Michael Franks.
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| 1. | "Alone At Night" | 4:35 |
| 2. | "Never Satisfied" | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Amazon" | 5:40 |
| 4. | "Now That Your Joystick's Broke" | 2:48 |
| 5. | "Sunday Morning Here with You" | 4:33 |
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| 1. | "Never Say Die" | 3:36 |
| 2. | "Rainy Night In Tokyo" | 4:42 |
| 3. | "Tell Me All About It" | 4:31 |
| 4. | "When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)" | 5:52 |
| 5. | "How the Garden Grows" | 3:37 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Backing Vocals – Kacey Cisyk, Will Lee, Lesley Miller, Hamish Stuart, Astrud Gilberto[3]
- Bass – Neil Jason, Homer Mensch, John Miller, Will Lee
- Cello – Jonathan Abramowitz, Warren Lash, Charles McCracken
- Drums – Steve Gadd, Christopher Parker
- Electric guitar – John Tropea
- Electric piano – Rob Mounsey
- Guitar – Hiram Bullock, Jeff Mironov
- Trumpet – Randy Brecker
- Harmonica – Toots Thielemans
- Harp – Gloria Agostini
- Percussion – Sue Evans
- Piano – Rob Mounsey, Pat Rebillot
- Synthesizer – Rob Mounsey
- Viola – Lamar Alsop, Judy Geist, Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi
- Violin – Elena Barere, Lew Eley, Barry Finclair, Regis Iandiorio, Charles Libove, Jan Mullen, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Richard Sortomme, Gerald Tarack
Support
- Arrangement – Rob Mounsey
- Art direction – Simon Levy
- Concertmaster – David Nadien
- Design – Laura LiPuma
- Assistant Engineers – Michael Christopher, Roger Moutenot, Arthur Payson, Maureen Thompson
- Mastering – George Marino
- Mixing and recording – Artie Friedman
- Photography – Barry McKinley
- Recording – Ed Rak, Marti Robertson
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