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The Art of Tea
The Art of Tea
Studio album by Michael Franks
Released	1976
Recorded	May 22 – June 9, 1975
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:03
Label	Reprise
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
Michael Franks chronology
Singles from The Art of Tea
	"Popsicle Toes"; Released: 1976;

The Art of Tea is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, his first on the Reprise label, released in February 1976.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

The album peaked at #131 on the Billboard 200. Franks's only Billboard Hot 100 single, "Popsicle Toes", which peaked at #43, is a track on the album

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Michael Franks, unless otherwise noted

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nightmoves"	Michael Franks, Michael Small	4:03
2.	"Eggplant"		3:34
3.	"Monkey See—Monkey Do"		3:33
4.	"St. Elmo's Fire"		3:58
5.	"I Don't Know Why I'm So Happy I'm Sad"		4:16

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Jive"	3:16
2.	"Popsicle Toes"	4:35
3.	"Sometimes I Just Forget To Smile"	3:45
4.	"Mr. Blue"	4:03

Technical

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	131


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[5]	Gold	35,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

^ "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 79. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ ""The FM Airplay Report"" (PDF). Record World. February 28, 1976. p. 32. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. May 12, 1979. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 27, 2021.