Objects of Desire explained

Objects of Desire
Type:	album
Artist:	Michael Franks
Cover:	Michael Franks Objects of Desire CD.jpg
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Warner Bros.
Prev Title:	Michael Franks with Crossfire Live
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Passionfruit
Next Year:	1983

Objects of Desire is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1982 with Warner Bros. Records.^[1] It was Franks' seventh studio album.

Personnel

Musicians

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

Support

• Arrangement  - Michael Colina, Rob Mounsey, Michael Franks
• Mastering  - George Marino
• Producers  - Ray Bardani, Michael Colina

Notes and References

1. Web site: Discography in Order of Release . MichaelFranks.com . 2012-01-30.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 118.