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0000 studio album by Michael Franks
Passionfruit is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks , released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records .[ 3] The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart.[ 4]
Covers
Sunday Morning Here With You was covered by Claire Martin . Tell Me All About It was also covered by artists such as Natalie Cole , Chris Barber , Will Downing , Gordon Haskell and Michael Lington featuring Dave Koz .[ 5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Michael Franks
Side one Title 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
Side two Title 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
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Personnel
Musicians
Michael Franks – vocals
Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Gloria Agostini – harp
Rob Mounsey – keyboards
Pat Rebillot – piano
Hiram Bullock – guitar
Jeff Mironov – guitar
John Tropea – guitar
Neil Jason – bass
Will Lee – bass
Homer Mensch – bass
John Miller – bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Chris Parker – drums
Sue Evans – percussion
Backing vocals – Kacey Cisyk , Will Lee, Lesley Miller , Hamish Stuart , Astrud Gilberto
Cello – Jonathan Abramowitz, Warren Lash, Charles McCracken
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
References
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