Sleeping Gypsy (album)

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Sleeping Gypsy
Michael Franks Sleeping Gypsy CD.jpg
Studio album by
Released
  • 22 January 1977 on vinyl
  • 1990 (1990) on CD
GenreJazz
Length38:49
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTommy LiPuma
Michael Franks chronology
The Art of Tea
(1976)
Sleeping Gypsy
(1977)
Burchfield Nines
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 stars[3]

Sleeping Gypsy is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1977 with Warner Bros. Records.[4] It was Franks' third studio album after The Art of Tea and prior to Burchfield Nines.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Michael Franks, unless otherwise stated.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Lady Wants to Know"4:45
2."I Really Hope It's You"4:54
3."In the Eye of the Storm"5:55
4."B'wana-He No Home"4:57
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Be Blue"Michael Franks, John Guerin3:28
2."Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)" 5:03
3."Chain Reaction"Michael Franks, Joe Sample5:14
4."Down in Brazil" 4:33

Personnel[]

Musicians[]

Support[]

References[]

  1. ^ "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 79. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved 2012-01-26.

Bibliography[]

  • Sleeping Gypsy (Vinyl back cover). Michael Franks. United States: Warner Bros. 1977. BS 3004.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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