The Best of Michael Franks: A Backward Glance

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The Best of Michael Franks:
A Backward Glance
Compilation album by
Michael Franks
ReleasedMay 12, 1998 (1998-05-12)
Recorded1976 (1976) – 1995 (1995)
Genre
Length69:02
LabelWarner 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[edit]

All tracks are written by Michael Franks, unless otherwise stated

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Popsicle Toes" The Art of Tea (1976)4:35
2."Eggplant" The Art of Tea3:37
3."The Lady Wants To Know" Sleeping Gypsy (1977)4:44
4."Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)" Sleeping Gypsy5:03
5."When the Cookie Jar Is Empty" Burchfield Nines (1978)5:10
6."Tiger In The Rain" Tiger in the Rain (1979)4:20
7."Baseball"Michael Franks; John LewisOne Bad Habit (1980)3:49
8."Love Duet" Objects of Desire (1982)4:59
9."When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)" Passionfruit (1983)5:53
10."Your Secret's Safe With Me" Skin Dive (1985)4:39
11."When I Give My Love To You" Skin Dive4:26
12."Island Life"Michael Franks; Rob MounseyThe Camera Never Lies (1987)4:22
13."The Art Of Love" Blue Pacific (1990)4:12
14."Soul Mate" Dragonfly Summer (1993)4:28
15."Hourglass" Abandoned Garden (1995)4:45
Total length:69:02

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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[edit]

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

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