Michael Franks - Barefoot On The Beach (1999)
Michael Franks - Barefoot On The Beach (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 478 MB | Covers Included
Genre: Smooth Jazz | Label: Windham Hill | Catalog Number: 01934 11443 2
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 478 MB | Covers Included
Genre: Smooth Jazz | Label: Windham Hill | Catalog Number: 01934 11443 2
It remains extraordinary that Michael Franks has not broken through from his small but devoted following to a wider audience, for he is without any doubt the most complete and perceptive songwriter currently active. His songs speak of love lost, found, abandoned, imagined, destroyed, recaptured, and all shades of nuance in between. Anyone who has experienced any emotional joy or upset (ie. anyone over the age of thirty) will find the memory of the experience captured in the deliciously subtle words and music of Michael Franks. "Heart Like an Open Book", has the male narrator singing, with a naive joy that is almost painful for the cynical listener to observe, of how he and his new lover reveal themselves, one to the other, with their hearts "like an open book". Cultural and literary references feature in many of the songs (eg. "I flashed my Rhett Butler look"), and are a joy to those with whom they strike a chord, but are not obstructive to the enjoyment of the music by those oblivious to such references. This album is perhaps not as good as the earlier, utterly marvellous "Abandoned Garden", but as that was one of the finest albums of all time, this is not in any way a criticism.
While varying his backing instrumental tracks to fall somewhere between classic, subtle brassy Steely Dan ("The Fountain of Youth" features Yellowjacket saxman Bob Mintzer kicking it up with trumpeter Larry Lunetta) and colorful smooth jazz vibes (Bob James, Dave Samuels, and Chuck Loeb crackle behind the bemused frustration story "Double Talk"), the joy of his writing approach is found in his song structure. Franks just doesn't buy into the Top 40 school of "hook or forget it" songwriting. He's more interested in weaving quirky, even esoteric images over solid grooves. "You could jump a DC-8 and probably be here by eight" sets the tone for the frolic of the title track. Everything is fair game from references to Ingrid Bergman and Rhett Butler looks on "Heart Like an Open Book" to congratulating Ponce De Leon for the youthful drive of his lover on "The Fountain of Youth." He's quite the humorist, too, telling a cheating mate on "Double Talk" that "each time you lie your profile grows/it looks just like Pinocchio's." "Mr. Smooth" is a crisp commentary on a stuck-up man who thinks he's a god somehow. So that even when Franks is expressing displeasure, his heart is light. He covers all the aspects of love from the supreme joy of "Now Love Has No End" to "Why Spring Ain't here" but the minute he starts to boil over, he's back to the beach, having a blast. It's the kind of spring in your step music Franks fashioned his career out of. AllMusic Review by Jonathan Widran
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Michael Franks / Barefoot On The Beach
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EAC extraction logfile from 5. November 2016, 22:53
Michael Franks / Barefoot On The Beach
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Tracklist:
01 Barefoot On The Beach 5:03
02 Heart Like An Open Book 4:46
03 Now Love Has No End 6:11
04 The Fountain Of Youth 5:51
05 When You Smiled At Me 5:04
06 Double Talk 6:10
07 Every Time She Whispers 7:23
08 Why Spring Ain't Here 4:27
09 A Walk In The Rain 6:21
10 Mr. Smooth 4:40
11 Like Moon Behind The Cloud 6:24