Monday, September 29, 2008

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - #7 Frank Sinatra - Song's For Swinging Lovers (1956)


FRANK SINATRA – SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS

Track Listing (standout tracks in bold

1. You Make Me Feel So Young
2. It Happened in Monterey
3. You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me
4. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
5. Too Marvelous for Words
6. Old Devil Moon
7. Pennies from Heaven
8. Love Is Here to Stay
9. I've Got You Under My Skin
10. I Thought About You
11. We'll Be Together Again
12. Makin' Whoopee
13. Swingin' Down the Lane
14. Anything Goes
15. How About You?

1955's In the Wee Small Hours was ballad heavy and downright depressing - this is the exact opposite. The other side of the coin as it were.
Here - Sinatra and Nelson Riddle delivered a up-tempo collection consisting of pop standards, ranging from "You Make Me Feel So Young", "Pennies From Heaven" and "I've Got You Under My Skin."
Sinatra sings with force and joy. . The band swings hard and sets up a momentum from the first few notes and stays consistent throughout. In an era that was being taken over by Elvis and rock and roll – Frank still managed to stay at the top of his game for this album.
I really enjoyed it and it’s hard not to tap your foot along.

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