Tuesday 10 May 2022

Frank Sinatra - My Way The Best Of (2xCD) (1997)

Year: 1997 (CD 1997)
Label: Reprise Records (Germany), 9362-46712-2
Style: Oldies, Jazz, Pop
Country: New Jersey, U.S. (December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998)
Time: 75:37, 72:54
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 457, 426 Mb

Although it follows the same patterns and approach as Cycles, My Way is a stronger album, with a better, more varied selection of material and a more focused, gutsy performance from Frank Sinatra. Built around the hit single "My Way," the album again alternates between rock covers ("Yesterday," "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," "For Once in My Life," "Didn't We," "Mrs. Robinson"), a couple of adapted French songs, and a handful of standards. This time out, Don Costa has written more engaging charts than the previous Cycles. The Beatles' "Yesterday" is given an affecting, melancholy treatment that brings out the best in Sinatra, as does the new arrangement of "All My Tomorrows," which is lush and aching. If Sinatra doesn't quite pull off the R&B of "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," he does sing the light Latin stylings of "A Day in the Life of a Fool" beautifully, and he has fun with Paul Simon's "Mrs. Robinson," changing the lyrics dramatically so they become a tongue-in-cheek, swinging hipster tribute. For that matter, most of the record is successful in creating a middle ground between the traditional pop Sinatra loves and the contemporary pop/rock that dominated the charts in the late '60s. My Way doesn't have the macho swagger of his prime Rat Pack records, but its reflective, knowing arrangements show that Sinatra could come to terms with rock & roll at some level.
(allmusic.com/album/my-way-mw0000191852?1652169252251)

CD1:

01. My Way (04:35)
02. Strangers In The Night (02:35)
03. Theme from New York New York (03:25)
04. I Get A Kick Out Of You (03:14)
05. Somethin' Stupid with Nancy Sinatra (02:38)
06. Moon River (03:18)
07. What Now My Love (02:29)
08. Summer Wind (02:54)
09. For Once In My Life (02:51)
10. Love And Marriage (01:29)
11. They Can't Take That Away From Me (02:41)
12. My Kind Of Town (03:08)
13. Fly Me To The Moon with Count Basie and His Orchestra (02:29)
14. I've Got You Under My Skin (03:30)
15. The Best Is Yet To Come with Count Basie and His Orchestra (02:53)
16. It Was A Very Good Year (04:26)
17. Come Fly With Me (03:10)
18. That's Life (03:06)
19. The Girl From Ipanema (03:13)
20. The Lady Is A Tramp (Live) (03:04)
21. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (02:49)
22. Mack The Knife with Quincy Jones and Orchestra (04:51)
23. Love's Been Good To Me (03:23)
24. L.A. Is My Lady with Quincy Jones and Orchestra (03:13)

CD2:

01. Let's Face The Music And Dance (02:58)
02. Come Rain Or Come Shine (04:05)
03. Night And Day (03:37)
04. The Very Thought Of You (03:31)
05. Pennies From Heaven with Count Basie and His Orchestra (03:28)
06. Bewitched (02:59)
07. America The Beautiful (02:20)
08. All The Way (03:29)
09. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (02:43)
10. The Way You Look Tonight (03:23)
11. Three Coins In The Fountain (03:45)
12. Softly As I Leave You (02:52)
13. All Or Nothing At All (03:58)
14. Yesterday (03:56)
15. Moonlight Serenade (03:28)
16. Somewhere My Love (02:17)
17. Mrs. Robinson (02:53)
18. Something (03:32)
19. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (02:35)
20. Send In The Clowns (04:12)
21. It Had To Be You (03:56)
22. The Best Of Everything (02:47)

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