Frankly Sentimental

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Frankly Sentimental
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 1949
RecordedJuly 30, 1946 – November 9, 1947 Hollywood New York City
Genre Traditional pop
Label Columbia
Frank Sinatra chronology
Christmas Songs by Sinatra
(1948)
Frankly Sentimental
(1949)
Dedicated to You
(1950)

Frankly Sentimental is the fourth studio album by Frank Sinatra, released on June 20, 1949 as a set of four 78 rpm records and a 10" LP album. [1] The tracks were arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl and his orchestra. The album is composed of eight songs recorded in eight separate sessions in 1946 and 1947. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Body and Soul" (E. Heyman, R. Sour, F. Eyton, J. Green) – 3:19
  2. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) – 3:12
  3. "Fools Rush In" (Mercer, Rube Bloom) – 3:04
  4. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:43
  5. "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" (Harold Arlen, Mercer)
  6. "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
  7. "When You Awake" (Henry Nemo)
  8. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:34

Personnel

Reception

John Riley wrote in The Boston Globe that "Frankie sings in a lackluster fashion which fails to enliven the listener's interest even in a good song ... some of the songs, notably 'Body and Soul', Frankie literally wades through as though it were a demanding chore ... and in other songs, he sings in a quiet, simple way which increases, rather than diminishes the effectiveness of the song ... some are well done ,,, some are hardly worthy of notice". [3] Harold Ober from the Asbury Park Press noted that "some of the tunes are well known show numbers, all are sentimental as the title implies, and all are sung in Sinatra's best style". [4]

The Springfield Sunday Republican said "each of these numbers, familiar to all, might have been written expressly for the thin vocalist, they are so perfectly adapted to his style ... actually, that is the one minor fault ... one wishes, that there might be just one in definitely different tempo ,,, however, the album is an excellent one". [5] George Mangus of The Miami Herald opined that "every so often the Columbia waxery comes out with an album that becomes scarce and valuable in a very short time ... we predict this album to be one of these collections". [6]

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References

  1. "Frankly Sentimental - Frank Sinatra | Album". AllMusic.
  2. Dalton, Mildred (September 11, 1949). "The Turn Table". Johnson City Press. p. B8.
  3. Riley, John (July 10, 1949). "Pop Records: Sinatra Sings Frankly Sentimental Songs". The Boston Globe. p. A14.
  4. Ober, Harold (July 24, 1949). "Record Roundup". Asbury Park Press. p. 5.
  5. Smith, Wayne C. (July 3, 1949). "New Recordings In Lighter Vein". The Springfield Sunday Republican. p. A19.
  6. Mangus, George (July 17, 1949). "Pop Platters Parade". The Miami Herald. p. E11.