The Music in My Head | ||||
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Released | June 8, 2018 | |||
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Length | 50:11 | |||
Label | Shanachie | |||
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The Music in My Head is a smooth jazz album released by Michael Franks in 2018.[1] It’s his eighteenth studio album, and the second with the independent Shanachie Records.[2]
The Music in My Head is Franks’ first album after a seven-year hiatus.[2] Franks explained to Parade magazine the album was "written about my own personal spiritual journey" and "[it's] about love, our connection to nature, and the beauty and mystery of it all.”[3]
The album features one of the last recorded guitar solos by Chuck Loeb[4][5] before his death.[6]
All tracks are written by Michael Franks
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "As Long As We're Both Together" | 6:04 |
2. | "Suddenly Sci-Fi" | 4:35 |
3. | "The Idea of a Tree" | 5:05 |
4. | "Bluebird Blue" | 4:23 |
5. | "To Spend the Day With You" | 6:13 |
6. | "Bebop Headshop" | 4:21 |
7. | "Where You Hid the Truth" | 5:52 |
8. | "The Music In My Head" | 4:57 |
9. | "Candleglow" | 5:43 |
10. | "Waterfall" | 5:28 |
Writing for Smooth-Jazz.de, Hans-Bernd Hülsmann praised the album for "offer[ing] great musical and literary preciousness with charm and elegance. The album contains a marked variety of audible values that demand attention and time from the listener to experience and enjoy all facets."[7]
Justin Kantor highly recommended the album for SoulTracks, saying the album "displays as aptly as ever his ability to convey a breadth of topics in a seamless manner that feels like a choice road trip set to the most mellow—yet colorful—of soundscapes."[8]
On the song "Waterfall", Laura B. Whitmore wrote for Parade that "[it's] a whispery tale of the journey from raindrop to waterfall. With a lilting rhythm, clever lyrics and some melodic guitar and vibes, “Waterfall” is like a sonic sigh of satisfaction."[3]