Length 49:03 Watching the Snow
(2003) Love Songs
(2004) Release date 2003 | Language English Artist Michael Franks Label Entertainment One Music | |
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Released 2003 in Japan
2004 in the United States Genres Smooth jazz, Christmas music, Vocal jazz Similar Blue Pacific, Rendezvous in Rio, Barefoot on the Beach, The Camera Never Lies, Dragonfly Summer | ||
Michael franks watching the snow full album 2003
Watching the Snow is a smooth vocal jazz album by American singer-songwriter and musician Michael Franks. It was released three times: initially in Japan with Columbia in 2003, in the United States with Sleeping Gypsy in 2004, then finally with Koch Records in 2007.
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It was Franks' fifteenth studio album after Barefoot on the Beach in 1999, and prior to Rendezvous in Rio in 2006.
Background
Watching the Snow was Michael Franks' first and currently only holiday music themed album. Rather than covering other holiday music standards however, Franks wrote all the songs.
According to the linear notes, sales from the album were donated to Hearts United for Animals, a no-kill animal shelter and welfare organisation.
Personnel
Reception
Writing for AllMusic, Christopher Monger described the album as "comfort food with all the trimmings" and that each track was "lovingly crafted, astronomically inoffensive, and wine-drunk silly and sincere."
Comparing the album to the holiday themed releases of Franks' peers, he concluded it was 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."
Songs
1The Way We Celebrate New Year's6:24
2Watching the Snow5:41
3Christmas in Kyoto4:50