Tiger in the Rain

Reception

A. Colin Flood wrote in Enjoy the Music magazine that the album "[continues to] express Franks’ original synthesis of smooth jazz/rock fusion, again with the understated South American underbeats" that "subsides into clever adult sentiments. This album celebrates an easy life of success."

For PopMatters, Rob Caldwell praised the "clever turn[s] of phrase" that work at a "symbolic level (Franks wasn’t a literature major for nothing)" and "[t]here’s something to be said for escapism, for the armchair-travelling Michael Franks’ music offers."

Music critic Stephen J. Matteo commented for AllMusic the album was "[l]ush, romantic and more experimental than previous efforts" and that while "none of its songs has the instant appeal of some of his earlier writing, the album as a whole is as refreshing and meditative as a stroll through a rain forest."

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

Musicians

• Michael Franks – vocals
• Kenny Barron – acoustic piano (1, 3–7, 9)
• Paul Griffin – organ (1, 8, 9)
• Bob Leinbach – organ (2)
• Dominic Cortese – concertina (9)
• Joe Caro – electric guitar (1, 2, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (2, 5)
• Bucky Pizzarelli – acoustic guitar (3, 6, 7), electric guitar (4)
• Herb Bushler – bass guitar (1, 2, 5, 8, 9)
• Ron Carter – acoustic bass (3, 4, 6, 7)
• Rick Marotta – drums (1, 5, 8, 9)
• Buddy Williams – drums (2)
• Ben Riley – drums (3, 4, 6, 7)
• Rubens Bassini – percussion (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9)
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – congas (1, 5)
• Mike Mainieri – vibraphone (3, 4, 7)
• John Simon – percussion (4)
• Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone (4), soprano saxophone (7)
• Dave Liebman – flute solo (5), first flute solo (6), flute (9)
• George Young – tenor sax solo (6), second flute solo (6), flute (9)
• David Sanborn – alto sax solo (8)
• Howard Leshaw – flute (9)
• Lew Soloff – piccolo trumpet (9)
• Hilda Harris – backing vocals (1, 9)
• Flora Purim – backing vocals (1, 2, 9)
• Maretha Stewart – backing vocals (1, 9)

Horns ;Horn section (Tracks 6 & 8)

• Lew Del Gatto – saxophones (6)
• Lou Marini – saxophones (6, 8)
• George Young – saxophones (6)
• David Sanborn – saxophones (8)
• Tom Malone – trombone (6, 8)
• Claudio Roditi – trumpet (6)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (8)
• John Clark – French horn (6, 8)

Strings ;String quartet on "Living on the Inside"

• Abdul Wadud – cello
• Harold Coletta – viola
• Harry Lookofsky – first violin
• Charles Libove – second violin ;String section on "Lifeline"
• Harry Lookofsky – concertmaster
• Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, Allan Shulman and Abdul Wadud – cello
• Harold Coletta, Richard Maximoff and Emanuel Vardi – viola
• Lewis Eley, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malin, Anthony Posk, Richard Sortomme and Harry Urbont – violin

Production

• John Simon – producer, arrangements
• Glenn Berger – recording, mixing
• Howie Silberberg – second engineer
• Lee Herschberg – CD remastering
• Bob Kuttruf – production assistant
• Henri Rousseau – cover painting
• John Calbaka – art direction
• Claudia Franks – design, photography
• Fred Heller – management

References

Bibliography

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References

1. Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.