MICHAEL FRANKS : PASSION FRUIT

1. Alone At Night
2. Never Satisfied
3. Amazon
4. Now That Your Joystick's Broke
5. Sunday Morning Here With You
6. Never Say Die
7. Rainy Night In Tokyo
8. Tell Me All About It
9. When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)
10. How The Garden Grows

Label : Warner Bros. Records

Release Year : 1983

Length : 43:15

Review (Wikipedia) : While on first listen Michael Franks' Passionfruit appears to convey a jazz fusion approach, the inclusion of such contributors as Naná Vasconcelos, Astrud Gilberto and Toots Thielemans actually shows it to be a further continuation of Franks' championing of Brazilian music, with a light and deft touch. As on his previous outing, for which he brought in guest vocalists (Bonnie Raitt, Luther Vandross and Randy VanWarmer), on this album he enlists vocalist Kenny Rankin as well as Gilberto. This time, though, the vocalists appear to be a more natural fit. "Amazon," "Rainy Night in Tokyo" and "How the Garden Grows" reveals some of his best writing in some time, while "Now That Your Joystick's Broke" wouldn't be out of place lyrically alongside some of his clever, earlier songs.