| Duets II | ||||
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| Released | November 15, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | July 1, 6, 9, October 12, 14, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 52:01 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Phil Ramone | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Music Week | [2] |
| NME | 3/10 [3] |
Duets II is the fifty-ninth and final studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. It was released in 1994, and was the sequel to the previous year's Duets . Phil Ramone and Hank Cattaneo produced the album and guest artists from various genres contributed their duet parts to Sinatra's already recorded vocals. Though not as commercially successful as Duets, it still rose to #9 on the Billboard albums chart and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. It also peaked at #29 in the UK.
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The album received mixed reviews from critics, although some viewed it as an improvement over its predecessor. However, the album won Sinatra the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, his last competitive Grammy Award.
These would be the last studio recordings made by Sinatra, who had begun his recording career fifty-four years earlier. Both were packaged together in a "90th Birthday Limited Collector's Edition" released in 2005; North American pressings add an unreleased duet recording of "My Way" with Willie Nelson, while international pressings have him singing with Luciano Pavarotti.
