Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely

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12 years, 9 months ago at Jul 13 17:41

rickterenzi

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The Capital Years albums are the best Sinatra's albums. "Only the Lonely" is the all-time Sinatra's best album

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Description: Look past the tacky, sad-clown velvet painting on the cover (a Grammy-winner for album design in 1959!), there's nothing cheap or sentimental about this record--the bleakest and blackest album of popular songs ever recorded, so quietly powerful it can leave you slumped in your chair with the ice cubes still rattling in your glass. Every single "suicide song" (as Sinatra liked to call 'em) on Only the Lonely is a stunner that will take your breath away. Nelson Riddle's arrangements are like shadows, almost colorless and motionless, so that all you hear is the ache in the singer's voice. "Angel Eyes" ... (more)

Manufacturer: Capitol
Release date: 26 May 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0724349475625 UPC: 724349475625

Tags: Standards (1), Pop (1), Vocal (1), Vocalist (1), Torch Songs (1), Frank Sinatra (1), 1958 (1), Ballads (1), Traditional Pop (1), Vocal Jazz (1), Vocal Pop (1)

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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (2020 music items)

"SINGS FOR ONLY THE LONELY (1958) FRANK SINATRA Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "Angel Eyes"; "It's a Lonesome Old Town"; "Only the Lonely"; "Goodbye"; "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)"; "Ebb Tide"; "What's New?"; "Gone With the Wind"; "Spring Is Here"; "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"; "Willow Weep for Me"; "Blues in the Night" "