Frank Sinatra - Lucky Numbers
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Artist: Frank SinatraEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-12-08
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Theme from New York, New York
- The Boys' Night Out
- Come Blow Your Horn
- Pocketful of Miracles
- Luck Be a Lady
- That's Life
- Pick Yourself Up
- Pennies from Heaven
- Here's to the Losers
- Winners
Free Music Notes for Lucky Numbers
Free Music Review: Recession-proof music: Sinatra speaks to all of us now.
Hit: 5 Stars
I confess I initially didn't "get" this collection on Reprise, Sinatra's own label. The program is quite short (about the length of the old LPs--under 30 minutes, I'd guess), the songs are "B" material (with the exception of Frank Loesser's "Luck Be a Lady," Jerome Kern's "Pick Yourself Up," and that perennial favorite "Pennies From Heaven"--made swingingly radiant by the accompaniment provided by the Basie band). But the other tunes (with the exception of NY, NY) are rare, hard-to-find, and unfairly neglected "period pieces."
Well, guess what? This is the right period for them. From struggling to get back in the game ("That's Life") to championing the cause of the "Losers" to obstinately insisting we're all "Winners," this is Sinatra's most explicit album about optimism, hope, affirming and celebrating life (with a little help now and then from faith in serendipity, or luck). The songs are so tightly organized thematically and flow into one another so logically and seamlessly, that you might even think of the program as an extended "suite" composed by a single person.
Don't mistake this for escapist fluff. Sinatra is reprising some of the same tunes that Crosby used to get us through the Great Depression ("Pennies from Heaven," "I've Got a Pocketful of Miracles") and calling on the best in all of us to get us through the worst of times. "That's Life" has all the realism and triumph of the best blues--the singer challenges life to hit him with its hardest punch because he still finds himself able to crawl back from the gutter to live and sing about it. And if he's not back on top of his game by July, he'll "just roll up in a ball and die." But then in a delightfully ironic twist, he laughs off such suicidal posturing with a bit of self-mockery: "My, my!"
Whether you're looking to add some of these elusive Sinatra songs to your collection or simply to cheer someone up (they need not be Sinatra fans), this curious, therapeutic little package may be just what the doctor ordered. The title "Lucky Numbers" fits the Chair's persona but doesn't do justice to the thematic emphasis and unity of the program. On the other hand, who would take seriously a collection by Old Blue called "Songs of Hope and Inspiration"?
Lucky Numbers Poster
Originally, Lucky Numbers was only intended for sale in Las Vegas, since the ten songs on the disc are all, in some way, about luck and gambling. Reprise soon realized the kitschy high concept would appeal to the legions of swinging Gen-Xers, and so it was made available throughout the country. Truth be told, Lucky Numbers -- which oddly has the distinction of being the first compilation Reprise released after Sinatra's death (it seems like they could have assembled more useful collections in the wake of his passing) -- isn't much of an album. It's entertaining, to be sure -- how could it not be when it boasts "Theme from New York, New York," "The Boys' Night Out," "Luck Be a Lady," "That's Life," "Pennies from Heaven," and "Here's to the Losers" among the featured tracks? -- but it's utterly inconsequential and not at all revelatory. Perhaps it will appeal to casual fans enamored of the Chairman of the Board's masculine swagger, since they'll prefer the image to the music, but any collector will have the best of this material on better collections. -All Music GuideBroadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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