Frank Sinatra - Sinatra & Company
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Artist: Frank SinatraEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-06-09
Music Label: Warner Bros UK
Soundtracks:
- Drinking Water (Aqua de Beber) - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra
- Someone to Light Up My Life - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra
- Triste - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra
- Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa de Voce) - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra
- This Happy Madness (Estrada Branca) - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra
- Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra
- One Note Samba (Samba de uma Nota So) - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra
- I Will Drink the Wine - Frank Sinatra
- (They Long to Be) Close to You - Frank Sinatra
- Sunrise in the Morning - Frank Sinatra
- Bein' Green - Frank Sinatra
- My Sweet Lady - Frank Sinatra
- Leaving on a Jet Plane - Frank Sinatra
- Lady Day - Frank Sinatra
Free Music Notes for Sinatra & Company
Free Music Review: A Decideddly Mixed Bags With Some True Gems.
Hit: 4 Stars
This 1971 album was released shortly before Frank Sinatra's infamous retirement in June of that year. Comprised of never before heard studio outtakes between 1969 and 1970, it is a very second rate effort by Sinatra standards. There's some truly great songs on here, and some truly insipid recordings that do not serve Frank's genius justice.
The first half of the album is the better half. In this section, Frank reunites with Antonio Carlos Jobim, whom he had previously collaborated with in 1967 on what is one of his best albums. This second get-together doesn't hold quite the warmth or chemistry the first album had, but is very solid overall. Frank's in fine voice, and Jobim is in top form as well. The songs are beautifully performed quite well, especially "Wave," which features on Frank's most intoxicating vocal performances with an equally atmospheric arrangement. "One Note Samba" is also worth noting.
The latter half of the album is undoubtedly much weaker. This half begins with the grandiose "I Will Drink The Wine." It's a listenable song, but it's the most pompous, self indulgent piece of music Frank ever recorded, a gross anthem of imperialism that makes Frank comes as somewhat of a jerk. It doesn't help that in contrast to the bombastic, horn drenched, Vegas style intensity of the arrangement, Frank sounds like he downed a bottle of Niquil. By the end of the second verse, he sounds so out of it that if this was the first Sinatra song a person had ever heard, they'd instantly question why he is considered Music's Finest Singer. He literally slurs the lyrics.
In fact, on most of these tracks, Frank sounds very worn and tired. He never really punches out the notes the way he normally does, and it's very disappointing to hear considering just a year he blazed through "My Way" as if he had lungs of steel. Still, there are some performances here that are worth mentioning. "Bein' Green," generally seen as Kermit The Frog's personal anthem, is given a beautiful rendition, with a sweeping Don Costa arrangement, and the wariness in Frank's voice actually fits the track quite well. Frank serves up a touching version of The Carpenters' "Close To You," and the closing Bille Holiday tribute, "Lady Day," is a singularly haunting performance that only Frank can provide. The two John Denver covers however, "My Sweet Lady" and "Leavin' On A Jet Plane," are sadly toothless and ineffectual.
Overall, a decent effort, but hardly worthwhile.
Sinatra & Company Poster
His 1971 album for Reprise long deleted in the US but available as a mid-price import. Features the same content as the out-of-print US pressing; 'Bein' Green', 'Close To You', 'Don't Ever Go Away', 'Drinking Water', 'I Will Drink The Wine', 'Lady Day', 'Leaving On A Jet Plane', 'My Sweet Lady', 'One Note Samba', 'Someone To Light Up My Life', 'Sunrise In The Morning', 'This Happy Madness', 'Triste' and 'Wave'. Warner. 1995.Jazz Music CDs
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