Tracks:
1. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
2. Mood Indigo
3. Glad To Be Unhappy
4. I Get Along Without You Very Well
5. Deep In A Dream
6. I See Your Face Before Me
7. Can't We Be Friends?
8. When Your Lover Has Gone
9. What Is This Thing Called Love
10. Last Night When We Were Young
11. I'll Be Around
12. Ill Wind
13. It Never Entered My Mind
14. Dancing On The Ceiling
15. I'll Never Be The Same
16. This Love Of Mine
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A masterpiece. Between Sinatra's touching vocals and Riddle's evocative arrangements, the two make a superb sad song cycle. The best album of the 50's that I've found so far in my exploration of the decade, and definitely Frank's best (I've always found Sad Balladeer Sinatra more interesting then Swingin' Superstar Sinatra) _________________
This was my first Sinatra album -- I was a bit disappointed when I first heard it and I find it even more unlistenable now that I've really sampled the range of jazz vocalists from the late '40s and '50s. It's not that I consider him a bad singer so much as a horribly overexposed one. I know that Sinatra is an easy target for music snobs, but it's honestly a bit sickening that he still stands as the only artist many are familiar with from this wonderful era in American music.
For those who are interested in exploring a wider range of jazz singers from the same time period, here are some suggestions:
The opposite of what lel said. I much prefer the happy Sinatra to the sad Sinatra, and this album really does nothing for me. This seems to be true for vocal jazz as a whole so far though, as I kinda disliked Lady In Satin and loved Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook.
One of those great, early break-up albums. Nothing but praise. It's gorgeous and sincere. Can't get much better than that.
Track picks
1. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
4. I Get Along Without You Very Well
11. I'll Be Around
13. It Never Entered My Mind
15. I'll Never Be The Same _________________ Inversion Verses
https://thesplitinfinitives1.bandcamp.com/album/inversion-verses
sp4cetiger puts down Sinatra whilst praising Chet Baker. No, me neither. Anyway, Sinatra and Riddle are an unbeatable combination - this, Swingin' Lovers, and Only the Lonely could all easily be on my chart. I love his phrasing, the way he can go from utter nonchalance to pure passion. I'll never understand the flak Sinatra gets, he's quite possibly my favourite singer. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
sp4cetiger puts down Sinatra whilst praising Chet Baker.
sp4cetiger wrote:
It's not that I consider [Sinatra] a bad singer so much as a horribly overexposed one.
I'm pretty sure the same can't be said of Chet Baker.
Still, I may have been exaggerating a bit when I said this album was "unlistenable". It's alright, for what it is. I think I'm in drakonium's camp in preferring upbeat Sinatra. Of his somber albums, I prefer Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely.
I'm pretty sure the same can't be said of Chet Baker.
Chet's my avatar, I love his music. But, as a singer, he isn't fit to tie Sinatra's bootlaces. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
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