Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
by Frank Sinatra

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
Year: 1956
Overall rank: 587th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 388 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1956 (2nd)
Award Top 20 albums of of the 1950s (14th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (587th)

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Frank Sinatra bestography

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! is ranked 2nd best out of 104 albums by Frank Sinatra on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Frank Sinatra is In The Wee Small Hours which is ranked number 361 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,565.

Frank Sinatra album bestography « Higher ranked (361st)
In The Wee Small Hours
This album (587th)
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Lower ranked (1,357th) »
Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Songs For Swingin' Lovers! rankings summary
Overall rank: 587th | 1950s rank: 14th | 1956 rank: 2nd  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 55 minutes ago).

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80/100
From 01/10/2023 19:35 | #292701
A bunch of covers by a great artist way over his prime recorded all because of vinyl and the LP format. Kinda dull and strangely overrated imo but still very professional.
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65/100
From 05/31/2022 07:02 | #285838
Think Untitled summarises it well.
You Make Me Feel So Young; Pennies From Heaven and I've Got You Under My Skin - well known and probably the standout tracks here
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65/100
This is the music people hear when anyone mentions the name Frank Sinatra and that is because this is him at his best. He is both melancholy yet upbeat and the album balances out very well. The album is dominated by his voice which can sway the emotion in a room in a second. The control Sinatra has over his voice is nothing short of mesmerising and I think he displays that best on here. Every song suits the mood and style of the album and the tracks flow from one to the next very smoothly. Then there are the huge hits on here which are brilliant. There are some filler and like most records in the 50's it is repetitive by the end. Also, it is dull in spells and some songs could do with a little more flare as well as the record is in need of shortening as it is bloated. Overall, this is Sinatra at his peak on an album as it is just so enjoyable.
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75/100
From 11/11/2021 13:27 | #276154
This is THE album people think of when they think of Sinatra. In my opinion, it's not his best work per se, but the greatness lives on.
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90/100
From 07/02/2019 14:43 | #238795
The definitive Sinatra Album,
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70/100
From 12/31/2018 16:31 | #228387
Sinatra sempre cantou o modo de ser americano, dos sonhos mais simples as complexas paixões.
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85/100
From 03/13/2018 12:51 | #210811
The best pre-1960's album.
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70/100
From 08/02/2016 03:57 | #172106
Favoritas: I've Got You Under My Skin, You Make Me Feel So Young,
You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me, Anything Goes
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100/100
From 07/25/2016 23:41 | #171811
The most perfect album of swing in the history! Masterpiece. Sinatra and Riddle are perfect!
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From 06/29/2016 07:40 | #170095
The first great album of popular music is still arguably the best. 45 minutes of effortless pop perfection. Impossible to pick a track out as there all are peerless. Until today there were 4 albums I thought were basically perfect; kind of blue, the white album, london calling and blonde on blonde. Now I have a fifth!
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