Indispensable: The Best of Michael Franks

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)		 Indispensable: The Best of Michael Franks
(1988)		 Blue Pacific
(1990)

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

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.

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