The Camera Never Lies

The Camera Never Lies
Studio album by Michael Franks
Released	1987 (1987)
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:46
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Rob Mounsey
Michael Franks chronology
Skin Dive (1985) The Camera Never Lies (1987) Indispensable: The Best of Michael Franks (1988)

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The Camera Never Lies is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1987 by Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks except where noted

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Face to Face"	4:26
2.	"I Surrender"	4:01
3.	"The Camera Never Lies"	3:37
4.	"Lip Service"	4:13
5.	"When I Think of Us"	4:18

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Island Life" (Franks, Rob Mounsey)	4:17
2.	"Now You're in My Dreams" (Franks, Clifford Carter)	4:11
3.	"Doctor Sax"	5:48
4.	"Innuendo"	5:55

Personnel

• Michael Franks – banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Randy Brecker – trumpet
• Lew Soloff – trumpet
• Bill Evans – tenor saxophone
• Lawrence Feldman – alto saxophone
• Michael Brecker – EWI, tenor saxophone
• Rob Mounsey – flute, keyboard bass, keyboards, background vocals
• Clifford Carter – piano, synthesizer
• Richard Tee – piano
• Michal Urbaniak – violin
• Hiram Bullock – guitar
• Cornell Dupree – guitar
• Steve Khan – guitar
• Earl Klugh – guitar
• Jeff Mironov – guitar
• Georg Wadenius – guitar
• Mark Egan – bass
• Neil Jason – bass
• Will Lee – bass, background vocals
• Marcus Miller – bass
• Robin Gould – drums
• Steve Jordan – drums
• Chris Parker – cymbals, drums
• Dave Weckl – drums
• Ralph MacDonald – congas, percussion
• Roger Squitero – caxixi, shekere
• Patti Austin – vocals, background vocals
• Kacey Cisyk – background vocals
• Art Garfunkel – background vocals
• Lani Groves – background vocals