Love Songs (Michael Franks album)

Love Songs

Released

January 27, 2004

Recorded

1976 – 1995

Length

1:11:50

Watching the Snow
(2003)

Love Songs
(2004)

Rendezvous in Rio
(2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Love Songs is a jazz vocal album by singer-songwriter Michael Franks, released in 2004 with Warner Bros.^[2] It is Franks' twentieth album, and his fourth and compilation after Indispensable: The Best of Michael Franks in 1988, The Best of Michael Franks: A Backward Glance in 1998 and The Michael Franks Anthology: The Art of Love in 2003.

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 are written by Michael Franks except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Lady Wants to Know" (from Sleeping Gypsy, 1977 (1977))		4:44
2.	"When I Give My Love to You" (from Skin Dive, 1985 (1985))		4:26
3.	"Tell Me All About It" (from Passionfruit, 1983 (1983))		4:34
4.	"Sunday Morning Here with You" (from Passionfruit, 1983 (1983))		4:34
5.	"Tahitian Moon" (from Objects of Desire, 1982 (1982))		4:36
6.	"Now I Know Why (They Call It Falling)" (from Skin Dive, 1985 (1985))		4:56
7.	"On My Way Home to You" (from One Bad Habit, 1980 (1980))		4:50
8.	"Popsicle Toes" (from The Art of Tea, 1976 (1976))		4:34
9.	"Meet Me in the Deerpark" (from Burchfield Nines, 1978 (1978))		5:58
10.	"Living on the Inside" (from Tiger in the Rain, 1979 (1979))		5:37
11.	"Rainy Night in Tokyo" (from Passionfruit, 1983 (1983))		4:42
12.	"Vivaldi's Song" (from Burchfield Nines, 1978 (1978))		4:12
13.	"Mr. Blue" (from The Art of Tea, 1976 (1976))		4:02
14.	"When the Cookie Jar Is Empty" (from Burchfield Nines, 1978 (1978))		5:10
15.	"Somehow Our Love Survives" (from Abandoned Garden, 1995 (1995))	Franks, Joe Sample	5:00

^ Jurek, Thom. Love Songs – Michael Franks at AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
^ "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved February 21, 2012.

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Studio albums	Michael Franks (1973) The Art of Tea (1976) Sleeping Gypsy (1977) Burchfield Nines (1978) Tiger in the Rain (1979) One Bad Habit (1980) Objects of Desire (1982) Passionfruit (1983) Skin Dive (1985) The Camera Never Lies (1987) Blue Pacific (1990) Dragonfly Summer (1993) Abandoned Garden (1995) Barefoot on the Beach (1999) Watching the Snow (2003) Rendezvous in Rio (2006)
Independent albums	Time Together (2011) The Music in My Head (2018)
Live albums	Michael Franks with Crossfire Live (1980)
Compilations	Indispensable (1988) The Best of Michael Franks: A Backward Glance (1998) The Michael Franks Anthology: The Art of Love (2003) Love Songs (2004) Michael Franks: Original Album Series (2010) The Dream 1973-2011 (2012)
Notable producers	Tommy LiPuma (1976–78, 1980, 1990) Rob Mounsey (1983–87) Jeff Lorber (1990–93) Gil Goldstein (1993–95, 2011) Ben Sidran (1993)
Related articles	Smooth jazz list Vocal jazz list
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