One Bad Habit is a vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1980 by Warner Bros. Records.[3] It was Franks' sixth studio album and the first to receive significant radio play in the United States.
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:08 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Tommy LiPuma, André Fischer | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Critical reception
editA review in the May 3, 1980, issue of Billboard lauded Franks's "cool, airy harmonies gliding over his silky melodylines [sic]" and noted that the songs "He Tells Himself He's Happy" and "Still Life" are reminiscent of Paul Simon's "I Do It for Your Love" and "Still Crazy After All These Years" because of their "understated lyrical beauty."[4] (Later in 1980 Simon released One-Trick Pony, his follow-up to 1975's Still Crazy After All These Years as well as the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, written by and starring Simon; in his review for Rolling Stone magazine, Stephen Holden referred to the tracks "That's Why God Made the Movies" and "Oh, Marion" as "lighter exercises in the hip-jive style of Michael Franks.")[5]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Michael Franks, unless otherwise noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Baseball" | 3:50 | |
| 2. | "Inside You" | 4:11 | |
| 3. | "All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go" | 3:47 | |
| 4. | "Lotus Blossom" | Michael Franks, Don Grolnick | 4:15 |
| 5. | "On My Way Home to You" | 4:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "One Bad Habit" | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Loving You More and More" | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Still Life" | 4:12 |
| 4. | "He Tells Himself He's Happy" | 5:11 |
Charts
edit| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| Australian (Kent Music Report) | 76[6] |
Personnel
editMusicians
edit- Michael Franks - vocals, rhythm arrangements, BVG arrangements
- Ray Armando - percussion (1, 3), congas (3)
- Dennis Belfield - bass (2–6, 9)
- Lenny Castro - percussion (2, 5, 7)
- André Fischer - rhythm arrangements, percussion (2, 5, 6, 9), tambourine (4), drums (5, 6, 8, 9)
- Clare Fischer - string arrangements (2), conductor (2)
- Eric Gale - guitar (4, 6, 9)
- Eddie Gómez - acoustic bass (8)
- Don Grolnick - fender rhodes (1, 7), clavinet (7), acoustic piano (8)
- Jerry Hey - horns section, horn arrangements (1, 3, 5) conductor (1, 3, 5)
- Neil Jason - bass (1, 7)
- Rick Marotta - drums (1–4, 7)
- Hugh McCracken - guitar (3)
- George Sopuch - rhythm guitar (4), electric guitar (4)
- David Spinozza - guitar (1, 7), acoustic guitar (2, 8), electric guitar (2, 8), rhythm guitar (6)
- Tennyson Stephens pianos (2), acoustic piano solo (2), fender rhodes (3–6, 9), clavinet (3), acoustic piano (9)
- Larry Williams - horn section, synthesizers (4, 6), synthesizer arrangements (4), horns arrangements (6, 7, 9), conductor (6, 7, 9)
- Rick Zunigar - guitar (3), acoustic guitar (4)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. - horn section, horn arrangements (6), conductor (6)
- Larry Hall - horn section
- Kim Hutchcroft - horn section
- Silvia Shemwell, Yolande Howard, Petsye Powell - background vocals (1, 9)
Support
edit- Art direction – Peter Whorf
- Photography – Fred Valentine
- Recording and mixing – Al Schmitt
References
edit- ^ "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 79. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "Review: Michael Franks — One Bad Habit" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 18. 3 May 1980. p. 50. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via American Radio History.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (October 16, 1980). "One-Trick Pony". Rolling Stone. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 118. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Bibliography
edit- One Bad Habit (Vinyl back cover). Michael Franks. United States: Warner Bros. 1980. BS 3004.
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