Soulrocker is the ninth studio album by Michael Franti & Spearhead, released on June 3, 2016, by Fantasy Records. He collaborated with the Jamaican producers Stephen McGregor and Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee. A tour in support of the album was announced in February.
Critical reception
Writing for Exclaim!, Ryan B. Patrick praised the album's "overpowering sincerity and musicianship".
Track listing
All tracks composed by Michael Franti
"Crazy for You" (3:39) "My Lord" (3:55) "Get Myself to Saturday" (4:18) "Summertime Is in Our Hands" (3:48) "We Are All Earthlings" (3:44) "Still Standing" (3:46) "Good to Be Alive Today" (4:14) "My Favorite Wine Is Tequila" (4:08) "Once a Day" (3:57) "We Do This Every Day" (4:14) "I Got Love for Ya" (3:58) "Do You Feel the Way That I Do?" (4:56) "Love Will Find a Way" (3:42)
Personnel
Atanas Babaleski – engineer
Mike Blankenship – piano
Chelsea Boisen – production assistant
Jay Bowman – assistant engineer, engineer, mixing
Yasmine Brown – background vocals
Mitchum Chin – electric guitar
Dwayne Chin-Quee – additional production, drum programming, engineer, keyboards, mixing, producer, vocals, background vocals Matthew Desrameux – engineer F.A.M.E.S. – conductor Michael Franti – bass, acoustic guitar, mixing, producer, vocals Dean Fraser – saxophone Chris Gehringer – mastering Giorgi Hristovski – concert sound engineer Peter Jensen – engineer Masaki Koike – art direction, design Oleg Kondratenko – conductor Stephen McGregor – bass, drum programming, engineer, keyboards, producer, background vocals Niko Marzouca – engineer, mixing Randy Miller – orchestral arrangements Samson Rawls – assistant engineer, engineer, background vocals Sonna Rele – vocals Nambo Robinson – trombone Rafael Rodriguez – trumpet Polly Snowden – cover photo Rhiannon Snyder – production assistant Supa Dups – vocals Bulby York – horn engineer