That's Life (Frank Sinatra album)

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That's Life
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Cover art by Bill George
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ReleasedNovember 18, 1966 (LP)
October 6, 1986 (CD)
RecordedOctober 18, 1966 ("That's Life")
November 17–18, 1966 (2–7, 9–10)
April 14, 1965 ("Tell Her") [1]
Genre
Length25:36
Label Reprise
F 1020
Producer Jimmy Bowen
Frank Sinatra chronology
Sinatra at the Sands
(1966)
That's Life
(1966)
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim
(1967)
Singles from That's Life
  1. "That's Life"
    Released: 1966

That's Life is a 1966 album by Frank Sinatra, supported by a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Ernie Freeman. [1] The album is notable for its title song, "That's Life", which proved to be a top five hit for Sinatra at a time when rock music dominated the music charts. That's Life was released on CD in October 1986.

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Track listing

  1. "That's Life" (Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon) – 3:07
  2. "I Will Wait for You" (Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel, Jacques Demy) – 2:16
  3. "Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme)" (From Doctor Zhivago ) (Paul Francis Webster, Maurice Jarre) – 2:19
  4. "Sand and Sea" (Gilbert Bécaud, Maurice Vidalin, Mack David) – 2:29
  5. "What Now My Love" (Bécaud, Carl Sigman, Pierre Delanoë) – 2:32
  6. "Winchester Cathedral" (Geoff Stephens) – 2:38
  7. "Give Her Love" (Jim Harbert) – 2:14
  8. "Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day)" (Gil Ward, Charles Watkins) – 2:42
  9. "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh) – 2:34
  10. "You're Gonna Hear from Me" (André Previn, Dory Previn) – 2:51
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Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [8] Silver60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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