The Art of Tea is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, his first on the Reprise label, released in 1975.
The album peaked at #131 on the Billboard 200. Franks' only Billboard Hot 100 single, "Popsicle Toes", which peaked at #43, is a track on the album.
Track listing
Personnel Michael Franks – vocals Joe Sample – keyboards Larry Carlton – guitars Wilton Felder – bass John Guerin – drums, percussion Steve Gadd - drums Jerry Steinholtz – congas Larry Bunker – vibraphone David Sanborn – alto saxophone (3, 9) Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (6) Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
Production Tommy LiPuma – producer Al Schmitt – recording, mixing Bruce Botnick – recording Lee Herschberg – recording Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) Ed Thrasher – art direction Linda Levine – photography
Charts Chart (1976)PeakpositionUS Billboard 200131
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