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albummaster
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- #1
- Posted: 08/25/2014 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1370): In The Wee Small Hours
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Today's album of the day
In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1955.
Country: 
Overall rank: 565
Average rating: 80/100 (from 213 votes).
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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
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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alelsupreme
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- Posted: 08/25/2014 20:30
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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)
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drakonium
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- Posted: 08/26/2014 01:17
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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.
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HoldenM
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- #5
- Posted: 08/26/2014 07:30
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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
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Skinny
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- #6
- Posted: 08/26/2014 11:08
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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.
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maccuill
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- #7
- Posted: 08/26/2014 11:23
- Post subject: Sinatra . . .
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Gave Sinatra a chance (my wife's favorate) but can't seem to relate.
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NowhereMan
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Location: Nowhereland. (Cheshire/Liverpool)
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sp4cetiger
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- #9
- Posted: 08/26/2014 12:10
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| Skinny wrote: | | 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.
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Skinny
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- Posted: 08/26/2014 12:13
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| sp4cetiger wrote: | | 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.
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