The Best of Michael Franks: A Backward Glance

The Best of Michael Franks:
A Backward Glance
Compilation album by Michael Franks
Released May 12, 1998 (1998-05-12)
Recorded 1976 (1976) – 1995 (1995)
Genre
Length 1:09:06
Label Warner Bros.
Michael Franks chronology
Abandoned Garden
(1995)		 The Best of Michael Franks:
A Backward Glance
(1998)		 Barefoot on the Beach
(1999)

The Best of Michael Franks: A Backward Glance is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks released in 1998 with Warner Bros.[1] It is Franks' sixteenth album, and his second compilation after his import-only Indispensable: The Best of Michael Franks released a decade prior.

The compilation contains a selection of tracks spanning almost two decades, from The Art of Tea in 1976, to Abandoned Garden in 1995.

Track listing

All tracks written by Michael Franks, unless otherwise stated.

No.TitleLength
1."Popsicle Toes" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)4:35
2."Eggplant" (from The Art of Tea, 1976)3:37
3."The Lady Wants To Know" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)4:44
4."Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977)5:03
5."When the Cookie Jar Is Empty" (from Burchfield Nines, 1978)5:10
6."Tiger In The Rain" (from Tiger in the Rain, 1979)4:20
7."Baseball" (from One Bad Habit, 1980 (Franks, John Lewis))3:49
8."Love Duet" (from Objects of Desire, 1982)4:59
9."When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)" (from Passionfruit, 1983)5:53
10."Your Secret's Safe With Me" (from Skin Dive, 1985)4:39
11."When I Give My Love To You" (from Skin Dive, 1985)4:26
12."Island Life" (from The Camera Never Lies, 1987 (Franks, Rob Mounsey))4:22
13."The Art Of Love" (from Blue Pacific, 1990)4:12
14."Soul Mate" (from Dragonfly Summer, 1993)4:28
15."Hourglass" (from Abandoned Garden, 1995)4:45

Reception

Professional ratings
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AllMusic[2]

Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented that "[a]ny curious listener looking for a one-stop introduction to Franks would be well served with this collection".[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  2. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Best of Michael Franks: A Backward Glance – Michael Franks at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-20.

Bibliography

  • The Best of Michael Franks: A Backward Glance (CD booklet). Michael Franks. United States: Warner Bros. 1998. 46855.
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