Skin Dive

Skin Dive is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1985 with Warner Bros. Records. It was Franks' ninth studio album, and the first he co-produced himself. The single off this album, "Your Secret's Safe With Me", is his biggest Adult Contemporary hit, peaking at #4.

Skin Dive
Studio album by Michael Franks
Released	1985 (1985)
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:45
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Rob Mounsey Michael Franks
Michael Franks chronology
Passionfruit (1983) Skin Dive (1985) The Camera Never Lies (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks, unless otherwise stated

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Read My Lips"		3:38
2.	"Let Me Count The Ways"		4:33
3.	"Your Secret's Safe with Me"		4:38
4.	"Don't Be Shy"	Michael Franks, Rob Mounsey	5:06
5.	"When I Give My Love To You"		4:21

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Queen Of The Underground"	4:25
2.	"Now I Know Why (They Call It Falling)"	4:53
3.	"Please Don't Say Goodnight"	4:50
4.	"When She Is Mine"	5:25

Personnel

Musicians

• Michael Franks - vocals
• Brenda Russell - vocals on "When I Give My Love to You"
• Joe Caro (6), Vivian Cherry (1, 2, 4), Kacey Cisyk (8), Bobby Floyd (2, 4), Frank Floyd (1), Leslie Miller (2, 4), Rob Mounsey (2–4, 6, 8), Will Lee (3, 6) - backing vocals
• Ron Carter (9), Mark Egan (8), Neil Jason (3), Marcus Miller (1), Will Lee (2, 6) - bass guitar
• Danny Gottlieb (7) - cymbals
• Steve Gadd (9), Andy Newmark (8), Danny Gottlieb (7), Chris Parker (3) - drums
• Jeff Mironov (7) - electric and acoustic guitar
• Dave Bargeron (9) - Euphonium
• Jon Faddis (9) - flugelhorn
• Bill Evans (8) - flute
• Lawrence Feldman, George Young (9) - alto flute
• Peter Gordon (9) - French horn
• Jeff Mironov (8), Hiram Bullock (1, 6), Hugh McCracken (2) - guitar
• Steve Khan (3) - guitar solo
• Rob Mounsey - keyboards, programming, arrangements, Yamaha DX7 on "Please Don't Say Goodnight"
• Manolo Badrena (8), Sue Evans (8) - percussion
• Warren Bernhardt (9), Clifford Carter (3) - piano
• Chris Parker (1, 2, 4–6, 8) - Simmons drums
• David Sanborn (7) - alto saxophone
• Ronnie Cuber (9) - baritone saxophone
• Michael Brecker (9) - tenor saxophone

References

Bibliography

• Skin Dive (Vinyl back cover). Michael Franks. United States: Warner Bros. 1985. 1-25275.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)