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Passionfruit
Passionfruit
Studio album by Michael Franks
Released	1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	43:45
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Rob Mounsey
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
People	(favourable)^[2]

Passionfruit is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, produced and arranged by Rob Mounsey and released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records.^[3] The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart.^[4]

Covers

"Sunday Morning Here with You" was covered by Claire Martin. "Tell Me All About It" was also covered by artists such as Natalie Cole, Chris Barber, Will Downing, Gordon Haskell and Michael Lington featuring Dave Koz.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks^[3]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Alone At Night"	4:30
2.	"Never Satisfied"	3:52
3.	"Amazon"	5:40
4.	"Now That Your Joystick's Broke"	2:48
5.	"Sunday Morning Here with You"	4:33
6.	"Never Say Die"	3:36
7.	"Rainy Night In Tokyo"	4:42
8.	"Tell Me All About It"	4:33
9.	"When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)"	5:53
10.	"How The Garden Grows"	3:38

Personnel

Musicians

Michael Franks – vocals, backing vocals (6)
Dave Tofani – alto saxophone (1)
Eddie Daniels – alto flute (1), alto flute solo (3)
George Marge – alto recorder (7)
Jon Faddis – flugelhorn (1)
Randy Brecker – trumpet solo (1), flugelhorn solo (9)
Toots Thielemans – harmonica (2, 10)
Rob Mounsey – producer, arranger, acoustic piano (1), fender rhodes (2, 3, 7–9), synthesizers, arrangements
Pat Rebillot – fender rhodes (5), acoustic piano (6)
Hiram Bullock – guitar solo (1), guitar (4)
Hugh McCracken – twelve-guitar string (3), tipples (3)
Jeff Mironov – guitar (1, 2, 9), classical guitar (3, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (6), d'aquisto guitar (7), electric guitar (7)
John Tropea – guitar (5, 6, 10)
Neil Jason – bass (5, 6, 8, 10)
Will Lee – bass (1–3, 7, 9), backing vocals (1–3, 7)
Steve Gadd – drums (5, 6, 8, 10)
Chris Parker – drums (1–3, 7, 9), ice bells (6)
Sue Evans – percussion (2, 5, 7, 9, 10), Salt Packets (8)
Naná Vasconcelos – percussion (3), caxixi (7), tambourine (7)
Frank Floyd sly (9)
Backing vocals – Kacey Cisyk (2, 3, 6, 7, 9) Lesley Miller (2, 3, 6, 7, 9) Kenny Rankin (5), Hamish Stuart (1–3, 7), Astrud Gilberto (3)
Bass – Homer Mensch, John Miller
Cello – Jonathan Abramowitz, Warren Lash, Charles McCracken
Concertmaster – David Nadien
Harp – Gloria Agostini
Viola – Lamar Alsop, Judy Geist, Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi
Violin – Elena Barere, Lew Eley, Barry Finclair, Regis Iandiorio, Charles Libove, Jan Mullen, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Richard Sortomme, Gerald Tarack

Support

Arrangement – Rob Mounsey
Art direction – Simon Levy
Concertmaster – David Nadien
Design – Laura LiPuma
Assistant Engineers – Michael Christopher, Roger Moutenot, Arthur Payson, Maureen Thompson
Mastering – George Marino
Mixing and recording – Artie Friedman
Photography – Barry McKinley
Recording – Ed Rak, Marti Robertson