Objects of Desire

Objects of Desire is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1982 with Warner Bros. Records. It was Franks' seventh studio album.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

Musicians and Vocalists

• Michael Franks – vocals, backing vocals (2, 5, 8), rhythm arrangements
• Rob Mounsey – electric piano (1, 9), Oberheim OB-Xa (1, 2, 5), brass arrangements (1, 4, 7), Prophet-5 (2, 5, 7), Fender Rhodes (4, 6–8), acoustic piano (8)
• Michael Colina – rhythm arrangements, ARP synthesizer (2, 9), Oberheim OB-Xa (3, 4, 6, 8), Moog bass (5), antique cymbals (6), string arrangements (8)
• Bette Sussman – Fender Rhodes (2)
• Ted Lo – Fender Rhodes (3, 5)
• Nick Moroch – electric guitar (1–3, 6, 7), acoustic guitar (6)
• Larry Carlton – electric guitar solo (3)
• Joe Caro – electric guitar (4, 9)
• Hugh McCracken – electric guitar (8)
• Steve Khan – classical guitar (9)
• Francisco Centeno – bass (1, 7, 8)
• Neil Jason – bass (2, 3, 6)
• Mark Egan – bass (4, 5, 9)
• Buddy Williams – drums (1, 7, 9)
• Andy Newmark – drums (2, 3, 5, 6)
• Rick Cutler – drums (4)
• Harvey Mason – drums (8)
• Victor Feldman – percussion (3, 8), congas (8)
• Rubens Bassini – percussion (4, 9), congas (9)
• Ray Bardani – Rhythm Tech tambourine (7, 8)
• Lawrence Feldman – alto saxophone (1, 4, 7), tenor sax solo (7), flute (9)
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (1, 7), tenor sax solo (4)
• David Sanborn – alto sax solo (6, 8)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (1, 7), flugelhorn (4)
• Lew Soloff – trumpet (1, 7), flugelhorn (4)
• Jill Jaffee and City Strings – strings (8)
• S. Renee Diggs – backing vocals (1, 5, 8), vocals (8)
• Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (1)
• Ullanda McCullough – backing vocals (1, 5)
• Bonnie Raitt – vocals (2), backing vocals (2)
• Kasey Cisyk – backing vocals (5)
• Leslie Miller – backing vocals (5)
• Randy Vanwarmer – backing vocals (6)
• Luther Vandross – backing vocals (7)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (7)
• Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (7)

Production

• Michael Colina – producer
• Ray Bardani – producer, recording, mixing
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Tim Holland – production assistant
• Katherine Jewell – production coordinator (NYC)
• Noel Newbolt – production coordinator (LA)
• Simon Levy – art direction, design
• Barry McKinley – cover photography
• Paul Gauguin – cover painting

References