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Love Songs (Michael Franks album)

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Love Songs
Compilation album by
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2004 (2004-01-27)
Recorded1976 (1976) – 1995 (1995)
Genre
Length1:11:50
LabelWarner Bros.
Michael Franks chronology
Watching the Snow
(2003)
Love Songs
(2004)
Rendezvous in Rio
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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All tracks are written by Michael Franks except where noted

No.TitleWriter(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 Sample5:00

References

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

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