Frank Sinatra

Classic Sinatra

A Must Have For One Simple Reason...

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While it's true that most of the songs on this well-done chronological collection are available on other CDs in the Sinatra catalog, this particular CD contains a genuine rarity---"Put Your Dreams Away". Considering that this song was Sinatra's closing theme for a number of years, it's great to finally have this lovely ballad available in CD format in the United States. That song alone is worth the price of admission for Sinatraphiles.

As others have pointed out, if you are new to the music of Frank Sinatra or are simply wondering what the fuss is all about, this CD is a good introduction to the man and his music, but once you've bought the CD and listened to these songs, you'd be much better served by building a collection of the Capitol CDs from which these songs were culled. Not only are there other stellar performances on the concept albums ("I Get Along Without You Very Well" on In The Wee Small Hours, "April In Paris" on Come Fly With Me, and "Angel Eyes" on Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely to name but three of dozens), by listening to the albums in their entirety you'll have the chance to hear them as Sinatra intended. For even more authenticity, try listening without the bonus tracks Capitol tagged on to the end of most CDs. Then you'll have a much better sense of the man's genius and the magic of his collaboration with his arrangers---he was one of the first artists on a major label, if not THE first, to have creative control over the content of his recordings.

By all means, buy this CD and enjoy it. The recording quality is very good overall although the volume seems to modulate a bit too much between tracks making the transitions between moods even more abrupt. Once it has whetted your appetite, however, get those other Capitol CDs but don't forget to check out the used CD bins or eBay for the gems that Capitol has thoughtlessly deleted from their Catalog (Close To You, Where Are You, and No One Cares). And grab the enjoyable Capitol Complete Singles Collection while you're at it for an audio journey through the "juke box" recordings that kept Sinatra on the minds of the record-buying and movie-going public between his album releases.

Starting with this CD will introduce to an enormous discography from a man who truly was one of the hardest working men in show business.

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