Passionfruit (album)

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]

Passionfruit
Studio album by Michael Franks
Released	1983 (1983) on vinyl 1987 (1987) on CD
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:15
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Rob Mounsey
Michael Franks chronology
Objects of Desire (1982) Passionfruit (1983) Skin Dive (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
People	(favourable)[2]

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

No.	Title	Length
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

No.	Title	Length
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

[3]

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

1. J. Matteo, Stephen. "Michael Franks: Passionfruit". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
2. "Picks and Pans Review: Passion Fruit". people.com. People. December 5, 1983.
3. Michael Franks: Passionfruit. Warner Bros. Records. 1983.
4. "Michael Franks: Passionfruit (Traditional Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
5. "Michael Franks: Passionfruit". secondhandsongs.com.