Discography
Here you’ll find Michael’s complete discography, listed in order of release.
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Brut, 1973
Track listing:
King Of Oklahoma
Dobro Ladies
Three Today
Little Sparrow
Born With The Moon In Virgo
Just Like Key Largo
Can't Seem To Shake This Rock 'n Roll
When Blackbirds Fly
Lovesick Lizzie
Life's Little Highway
Michael Franks
Reprise, 1976
Track listing:
Nightmoves
Eggplant
Monkey See - Monkey Do
St. Elmo's Fire
I Don't Know Why I'm So Happy I'm Sad
Jive
Popsicle Toes
Sometimes I Just Forget To Smile
Mr. Blue
The Art of Tea
Warner Bros., 1977
Track listing:
The Lady Wants To Know
I Really Hope It's You
In The Eye Of The Storm
B'wana - He No Home
Don't Be Blue
Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)
Chain Reaction
Down in Brazil
Sleeping Gypsy
Warner Bros., 1978
Burchfield Nines
Track listing:
When The Cookie Jar Is Empty
A Robinsong
Wrestle A Live Nude Girl
Burchfield Nines
Meet Me In The Deerpark
Dear Little Nightingale
In Search Of The Perfect Shampoo
Vivaldi's Song
Warner Bros., 1979
Track listing:
Sanpaku
When It's Over
Living On The Inside
Hideaway
Jardin Botanico
Underneath The Apple Tree
Tiger In The Rain
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Lifeline
Tiger in the Rain
Warner Bros., 1980
One Bad Habit
Track listing:
Baseball
Inside You
All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go
Lotus Blossom
On My Way Home To You
One Bad Habit
Loving You More And More
Still Life
He Tells Himself He's Happy
Warner Bros. Australia, 1980
Track listing:
Don't Be Blue
When the Cookie Jar is Empty
The Lady Wants to Know
B'Wana-He No Home
Chain Reaction
Antonio's Song
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Popsicle Toes
Michael Franks With Crossfire - Live
Warner Bros., 1982
Objects of Desire
Track listing:
Jealousy
Ladies' Nite
No-Deposit Love
Laughing Gas
Wonderland
Tahitian Moon
Flirtation
Love Duet
No One But You
Warner Bros., 1983
Track listing:
Alone At Night
Never Satisfied
Amazon
Now That Your Joystick's Broke
Sunday Morning Here With You
Never Say Die
Rainy Night In Tokyo
Tell Me All About It
When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)
How The Garden Grows
Passionfruit
Warner Bros., 1985
Skin Dive
Track listing:
Read My Lips
Let Me Count The Ways
Your Secret's Safe With Me
Don't Be Shy
When I Give My Love To You
Queen Of The Underground
Now I Know Why (They Call It Falling)
Please Don't Say Goodnight
When She Is Mine
Warner Bros., 1987
Track listing:
Face To Face
I Surrender
The Camera Never Lies
Lip Service
When I Think Of Us
Island Life
Now You're In My Dreams
Doctor Sax
Innuendo
The Camera Never Lies
Warner Bros., 1988 - Import Only
Indispensable
Track listing:
Eggplant
Monkey See - Monkey Do
The Lady Wants To Know
Down in Brazil
Don't Be Blue
When The Cookie Jar Is Empty
A Robinsong
Jardin Botanico
When It's Over
Baseball
Jealousy
No Deposit Love
Rainy Night In Tokyo
Never Satisfied
Read My Lips
Face To Face
The Camera Never Lies
DRG, 1990
Track listing:
I Can't Seem to Shake this Rock 'N Roll
Just Like Key Largo
When Blackbirds Fly
Lovesick Lizzie
Life's Little Highway
King of Oklahoma
Dobro Ladies
Three Today
Little Sparrow
Born with the Moon in Virgo
Previously Unavailable
Reprise, 1990
Blue Pacific
Track listing:
The Art of Love
Woman In The Waves
All I Need
Long Slow Distance
Vincent's Ear
Speak To Me
On The Inside
Chez Nous
Blue Pacific
Crayon Sun (Safe At Home)
Reprise, 1993
Track listing:
Coming To Life
Soul Mate
Dragonfly Summer
Monk's New Tune
Learning What Love Means
I Love Lucy
Practice Makes Perfect
String Of Pearls
Keeping My Eye On You
The Dream
You Were Meant For Me
How I Remember You
Dragonfly Summer
Warner Bros., 1995
Abandoned Garden
Track listing:
This Must Be Paradise
Like Water, Like Wind
A Fool's Errand
Hourglass
Cinema
Eighteen Aprils
Somehow Our Love Survives
Without Your Love
In The Yellow House
Bird Of Paradise
Abandoned Garden
Warner Bros., 1998
The Best Of Michael Franks - A Backward Glance
Track listing:
Popsicle Toes
Eggplant
The Lady Wants To Know
Antonio's Song
When the Cookie Jar Is Empty
Tiger In The Rain
Baseball
Love Duet
When Sly Calls
Your Secret's Safe With Me
When I Give My Love To You
Island Life
The Art Of Love
Soul Mate
Hourglass
Windham Hill, 1999
Barefoot on the Beach
Track listing:
Barefoot On The Beach
Heart Like An Open Book
Now Love Has No End
The Fountain Of Youth
When You Smiled At Me
Double Talk
Every Time She Whispers
Why Spring Ain't Here
A Walk In The Rain
Mr. Smooth
Like Moon Behind A Cloud
Warner Bros., 2003
The Michael Franks Anthology - The Art of Love
Original Recordings - Remastered
Disc 1
Eggplant
Popsicle Toes
The Lady Wants To Know
B'Wana He No Home
Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)
When The Cookie Jar Is Empty
Meet Me In The Deerpark
Living On The Inside
Sanpaku
Tiger In The Rain
When It's Over
On My Way Home To You
Inside You
Lotus Blossom
Don't Be Blue
(with Crossfire, live, 1980)
Monkey See-Monkey Do
(with Crossfire, live, 1980)
Track listing:
Disc 2
Tahitian Moon
Flirtation
When Sly Calls
(Don't Touch That Phone)
Rainy Night In Tokyo
Sunday Morning Here With You
Your Secret's Safe With Me
When I Give My Love To You
(with Brenda Russell)
Read My Lips
Innuendo
Leading Me Back To You
(with Joe Sample)
The Art Of Love
The Dream
(with Yellowjackets, live, 1991)
Monk's New Tune
Somehow Our Love Survives
Mr. Smooth
2003
Watching The Snow
Track listing:
The Way We Celebrate New Year's
Watching the Snow
Christmas in Kyoto
My Present
I Bought You a Plastic Star
(for Your Aluminum Tree)
Said the Snowflake
The Kiss
When the Snowman Sings
Island Christmas
My Present (reprise)
Warner Bros., 2004
Love Songs
Track listing:
Lady Wants to Know
When I Give My Love to You
Tell Me All About It
Sunday Morning Here With You
Tahitian Moon
Now I Know Why (They Call It Falling)
On My Way Home to You
Popsicle Toes
Meet Me in the Deerpark
Living on the Inside
Rainy Night in Tokyo
Vivaldi's Song
Mr. Blue
When the Cookie Jar Is Empty
Somehow Our Love Survives
Original Recordings - Remastered
Koch Records, 2006
Rendezvous in Rio
Track listing:
Under the Sun
Rendezvous in Rio
The Cool School
Samba de Soho
The Critics Are Never Kind
Scatsville
The Chemistry of Love
Hearing Take Five
The Question Is Why
Songbirds
Shanachie Records, 2011
Track listing:
Now That the Summer's Here
One Day in St. Tropez
Summer in New York
Mice
Charlie Chan in Egypt
I'd Rather Be Happy Than Right
Time Together
Samba Blue
My Heart Said Wow
If I Could Make September Stay
Feathers From an Angel's Wing
Time Together
Warner Music France/Rhino, 2012
The Dream 1973-2011
In 38 years and 18 albums, Michael has collaborated with the greatest Jazz and Pop musicians and has created some of the most memorable West Coast in the process. This box set offers the best of Franks' output on five CDs. The first four discs are separated into different themes. The fifth CD contains the rare live recording from Michael Franks with Australian band Crossfire. This 73 track box set contains hits, fan favorites, rarities and so much more.
Shanachie Records, 2018
The Music In My Head
Track listing:
As Long As We're Both Together
Suddenly Sci-Fi
The Idea Of A Tree
Bluebird Blue
To Spend The Day With You
Bebop Headshop
Where You Hid The Truth
The Music In My Head
Candleglow
Waterfall