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Michael Franks - Watching The Snow [10/9]

Overall Rating Rating 5  |  1 reviews
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Item #: 10827935
    Track Listing:
    • Way We Celebrate New Year`s, The
    • My Present (Reprise)
    • Watching The Snow
    • Christmas In Kyoto
    • My Present
    • I Bought You A Plastic Star (For Your Aluminu......more

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Artist:
Franks, Michael
UPC:
099923444121
See Also:
New York Voices Baker, Chet (Trumpet/Vocals/Com Torme, Mel Cole, Holly
Description:
Personnel: Michael Franks (vocals); Veronica Nunn (vocals, background vocals); Jay Azzolina, Romero Lubambo (guitar); Chris Hunter (flute, saxophone); Alex Sipiagin (trumpet, flugelhorn); John Clark (French horn); Charles Blenzig (piano, keyboards, percussion); Jay Anderson (acoustic bass); Billy Kilson (drums); Caf (percussion). To call Michael Franks schmaltzy is like calling Santa Claus jolly, but what sets him apart from his contemporaries is his ability to deliver each clever yet wince-inducing rhyme with a wink. Watching the Snow is comfort food with all the trimmings, and it`s a testimony to Franks` laid-back demeanor and subtle humor that an entire record of original holiday songs can complement a snowy December day rather than accentuate its forced seasonal cheer. Dressed to impress by Franks` conversational vocal style, Chris Hunter`s mellow sax attack, and Charles Blenzig`s fireplace keyboard meanderings, it requires nothing but the two-bites-from-being-uncomfortably-full sensation of a post-dinner nap to render the listener grinning in half-comatose reverie. Originally released in Japan in 2003, Snow finds Franks musing on everything from decorating the mango tree ("Island Christmas") to snowmen blowing smoke rings ("When the Snowman Sings") with equal parts sentimental melancholy and irreverence. Each track is lovingly crafted, astronomically inoffensive, and wine-drunk silly and sincere. Even at his most biting, on "I Bought You a Plastic Star (For Your Aluminum Tree)," where he croons "Easy credit may not cure your ills/Unless your address is in Beverly Hills/Spend all ye faithful with all your might/We`re gonna have ten years of silent night," Franks` delivers the lines more like a teasing uncle than a bitter old grandpa, resulting in a fine addition to the ever-expanding holiday genre. Proceeds from Watching the Snow go to the no-kill shelter, sanctuary, and animal welfare organization Hearts United for Animals. ~ James Christopher Monger
Track Listing:
  • DISC 1
    1. Way We Celebrate New Year`s, The
    2. Watching the Snow
    3. Christmas in Kyoto
    4. My Present
    5. I Bought You a Plastic Star (For Your Aluminum Tree)
    6. Said the Snowflake
    7. Kiss, The
    8. When the Snowman Sings
    9. Island Christmas
    10. My Present (Reprise)
  • Album Information

    Release Date:
    10/09/2007
    Type:
    Performer
    Genre:
    Jazz Instrument
    Subgenre:
    Smooth
    Label:
    Koch Records (USA)
    Producer:
    Michael Franks; Charles Blenzig
    Catalog Number:
    4441
    Original Release Year:
    2004
    # of Discs:
    1
    Studio/Live:
    Studio
    Mono/Stereo:
    Stereo
    Runtime:
    49 : 3
    Guest Artist:
    Jay Azzolina; Charles Blenzig; John Clark; Romero Lubambo

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    • Not Your Typical Christmas CD

      This cd is great. Its not your typical Christmas cd with all the traditional songs. It is pure Michael Franks with the Christmas theme as only he can convey; infused with smooth, catchy off the cuff lyrics and music. You will be pleased with this as I was. I enjoy listening to it even after the holidays. This one will become a favorite of yours as well I am sure.

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