The World We Knew

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The World We Knew
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Studio album by
Frank Sinatra
ReleasedAugust 1967
RecordedFebruary 1, June 29–30, July 1, 24 and 27, 1967 at United-Western Studios in Hollywood
Genre Traditional pop
Length28:09
Label Reprise
FS 1022
Producer Jimmy Bowen (all tracks)
Lee Hazlewood (track 2)
Frank Sinatra chronology
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim
(1967)		The World We Knew
(1967)		 Francis A. & Edward K.
(1968)

The World We Knew, also known as Frank Sinatra, is a 1967 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. [1]

Contents

The album's title track reached No. 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Easy Listening chart in 1967. Its second track, "Somethin' Stupid"—a duet between Sinatra and his daughter Nancy—reached No. 1 on both charts.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in his review of the album for Allmusic, awarded it two-and-a-half out of five stars, and described it as, "More of a singles collection than a proper album [...] Much of this has a rock-oriented pop production, complete with fuzz guitars, reverb, folky acoustic guitars, wailing harmonicas, drum kits, organs, and brass and string charts that punctuate the songs rather than provide the driving force [...] the songs Sinatra tackles with a variety of arrangers are more ambitious than most middle-of-the-road, adult-oriented soft rock of the late '60s." [1] Erlewine described the album's ninth track, "Drinking Again", as "exceptional, nuanced" and said that it "ranks among the best songs Sinatra cut during the '60s." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The World We Knew (Over and Over)" Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman 2:47
2."Somethin' Stupid" (with Nancy Sinatra) Carson Parks 2:42
3."This Is My Love"Jim Harbert3:33
4."Born Free" Don Black, John Barry 2:02
5."Don't Sleep in the Subway" Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent 2:19
6."This Town" Lee Hazlewood 3:02
7."This Is My Song" Charles Chaplin 2:27
8."You Are There"Harry Sukman, Paul Francis Webster 3:28
9."Drinking Again" Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber3:10
10."Some Enchanted Evening" Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II 2:35
Total length:28:09
Notes

Personnel

Track 1 (The World We Knew):

29/30-June-1967 (Thu/Fri)- New York. (from 9 P.M. to 12:30 A.M.).

Mel Davis, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Bernie Glow, Markie Markowitz (tpt); Buddy Morrow, Wayne Andre, Bob Alexander (tbn); Paul Faulise (b-tbn); Richard Berg, Ray Alonge, Brooks Tillotson (fr-h); Romeo Penque, George Berg, Ted Gompers, Vincent Abato, Harvey Estrin, Phil Bodner, Ray Beckenstein (sax/wwd); David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Sylvan Shulman, Mac Ceppos, Mannie Green, Tosha Samaroff, Raoul Poliakin, Leo Kruczek, Julius Schachter, Julius Brand, Joe Malin, Paul Winter, Max Hollander Charles Libove, Fred Buldrini, Aaron Rosand (vln); Sidney Brecher, Arnold Magnes, George Brown, Harold Coletta, Alfred Brown, Harold Furrnansky (via); Maurice Bialkin, Maurice Brown, Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Peter Makas Jr., Joseph Tekula (vlc); Margaret Ross (harp); Stan Freeman*, Moe Wechsler* (p); Eric Gale*, Al Caiola*, Bucky Pizzarelli*, Carl Lynch* (g); Toots Thielemans* (g/harrnonica); Milt Hinton* (b); Gary Chester* (d); George Devens*, Bobby Rosengarden, Phil Kraus* (perc). Gordon Jenkins, Billy Strange, Ernie Freeman (arr).

ADD: Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary (tbn); Don Randi (p); Donnie Lanier, Dennis Budimir, Bobby Gibbons, Louis Morell (g); Larry Knechtel, Chuck Berghofer, Carol Kaye (b/F-b); Hal Blaine (d); Milt Holland, Gary Coleman (perc). Recorded in Hollywood, under direction of Billy Strange.

Track 2 (Somethin' Stupid):

1-February-1967 (Wednesday) - Hollywood. Western Recorders

Oliver Mitchell, Roy Caton (tpt); Nathan Ross, Thelma Beach, Bernard Kundell, Israel Baker, William Kurasch, Arnold Belnick, Bonnie Douglas, Emo Neufeld, James Getzoff, Ralph Schaeffer (vln); Bill Miller, Donald Owens (p); Al Casey, Glen Campbell (g); Ralph Pena (b); Carol Kaye (el-b); Hal Blaine (d); Victor Feldman (perc); Billy Strange (cond).

Track 3, 4, 7 (This is My Love, Born Free, This is My Song):

24-July-1967 (Monday) - Hollywood. United Recording

James Decker, Arthur Frantz, Alan Robinson, Richard Mackey (fr-h); Arthur Gleghorn (fl); Arnold Koblentz, Bert Gassman (oboe); Lloyd Hildebrand (bsn); Wayne Songer, Blake Reynolds (clt); Ethmer Roten, Sheridon Stokes (fl/clt); Mischa Russell, Gerald Vinci, Joseph Livoti, Joseph Quadri, Lou Raderman, Victor Amo, Harry Bluestone, David Frisina, Nathan Kaproff, Carl LaMagna, Marshall Sosson, Nicholas Pisani, Paul Shure, Joe Stepansky, Alfred Lustgarten, Jack Gootkin, Ralph Schaeffer, Samuel Cytron, Walter Edelstein, Anatol Kaminsky, Murray Kellner (vln); Louis Kievman, Alvin Dinkin, Paul Robyn, Milton Thomas, Samuel Boghossian, Sanford Schonback (vla); Ray Kramer, Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff (vlc); Ann Mason Stockton (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Hendrickson (g); Keith Mitchell (b); Nick Fatool, Eddie Brackett Jr., Lou Singer (d/perc). Gordon Jenkins, Ernie Freeman (arr).

Track 5 (Don't Sleep in the Subway):

24-July-1967 (Monday) - Hollywood. United Recording.

Roy Caton, Dick Forrest, Virgil Evans, Anthony Terran, Oliver Mitchell (tpt); Morris Repass, Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary (tbn); Robert Knight (b- tbn); James Horn, Bill Green (sax/wwd); Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Harry Bluestone, Victor Arno, Tibor Zelig, Arnold Belnick (vln); Harry Hyams, Alex Neiman (vla): Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich (vlc); Bill Miller, Michael Melvoin (p); Donnie Lanier, Alvin Casey, Louis Morell, Glen Campbell (g); Chuck Berghofer (b); Carol Kaye (F-b); Hal Blaine (d); Frank Capp, Victor Feldman (perc); Ernie Freeman (cond); Betty Jane Baker, Peggy Clark, Gwenn Johnson, Sally Stevens, Jackie Ward, Gloria Wood (voe - recorded on 27-July-1967, at the same studio).

Track 6 (This Town):

Roy Caton, Dick Forrest, Virgil Evans, Anthony Terran, Oliver Mitchell (tpt); Morris Repass, Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary (tbn); Robert Knight (b- tbn); James Horn, Bill Green (sax/wwd); Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Harry Bluestone, Victor Arno, Tibor Zelig, Arnold Belnick (vln); Harry Hyams, Alex Neiman (vla): Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich (vlc); Bill Miller, Michael Melvoin (p); Donnie Lanier, Al Casey, Louis Morell, Glen Campbell (g); Chuck Berghofer (b); Carol Kaye (F-b); Hal Blaine (d); Frank Capp, Victor Feldman (perc);

ADD new track recorded on 27-July-1967, at the same studio, by: Michael Melvoin (p); Lawrence Knechtel (b); Eddie Brackett Jr. (d). And, of course, ADD the track recorded on 30-June by: Stan Freeman, Moe Wechsler (p); Eric Gale, Al Caiola, Bucky Pizzarelli, Carl Lynch (g); Toots Thielemans (g/harmonica); Milt Hinton (b); Gary Chester (d); George Devens, Phil Kraus (perc).

Track 8 (You Are There):

Mel Davis, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Bernie Glow, Markie Markowitz (tpt); Buddy Morrow, Wayne Andre, Bob Alexander (tbn); Paul Faulise (b-tbn); Richard Berg, Ray Alonge, Brooks Tillotson (fr-h); Romeo Penque, George Berg, Ted Gompers, Vincent Abato, Harvey Estrin, Phil Bodner, Ray Beckenstein (sax/wwd); David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Sylvan Shulman, Mac Ceppos, Mannie Green, Tosha Samaroff, Raoul Poliakin, Leo Kruczek, Julius Schachter, Julius Brand, Joe Malin, Paul Winter, Max Hollander Charles Libove, Fred Buldrini, Aaron Rosand (vln); Sidney Brecher, Arnold Magnes, George Brown, Harold Coletta, Alfred Brown, Harold Furrnansky (via); Maurice Bialkin, Maurice Brown, Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Peter Makas Jr., Joseph Tekula (vlc); Margaret Ross (harp); Stan Freeman*, Moe Wechsler* (p); Eric Gale*, Al Caiola*, Bucky Pizzarelli*, Carl Lynch* (g); Toots Thielemans* (g/harrnonica); Milt Hinton* (b); Gary Chester* (d); George Devens*, Bobby Rosengarden, Phil Kraus* (perc). Gordon Jenkins, Billy Strange, Ernie Freeman (arr).

Track 9 (Drinking Again):

1-February-1967 (Wednesday) - Hollywood.

Oliver Mitchell, Roy Caton (tpt); Dick Noel (tbn); Arthur Gleghorn (fl); Ronny Lang (cit); Bud Shank (fl); Nathan Ross, Thelma Beach, Bernard Kundell, Israel Baker, William Kurasch, Arnold Belnick, Bonnie Douglas, Emo Neufeld, James Getzoff, Ralph Schaeffer, Harry Bluestone, Anatol Kaminsky (vln); Nino Rosso, Ray Kramer, Armand Kaproff, Elizabeth Greenschpoon (vie); Bill Miller, Donald Owens (p); Al Viola, Glen Campbell, Al Casey (g); Ralph Pefla (b); Carol Kaye (el-b); Irving Cottler, Hal Blaine, Eddie Brackett Jr., Victor Feldman (d/perc); Claus Ogerman (cond).

Track 10 (Some Enchanted Evening):

Roy Caton, Dick Forrest, Virgil Evans, Anthony Terran, Oliver Mitchell (tpt); Morris Repass, Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary (tbn); Robert Knight (b- tbn); James Horn, Bill Green (sax/wwd); Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Harry Bluestone, Victor Arno, Tibor Zelig, Arnold Belnick (vln); Harry Hyams, Alex Neiman (vla): Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich (vlc); Bill Miller, Michael Melvoin (p); Donnie Lanier, Al Casey, Louis Morell, Glen Campbell (g); Chuck Berghofer (b); Carol Kaye (F-b); Hal Blaine (d); Frank Capp, Victor Feldman (perc); H.B. Barnum (cond). [12]

Charts

Chart performance for The World We Knew
Chart (1967)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 28
US Billboard 200 [14] 24

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  2. 1 2 Sinatra, Frank. "Somethin' Stupid". Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Somethin'%20Stupid
  3. 1 2 Sinatra, Frank. "This Is My Love". Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/This%20Is%20My%20Love
  4. ↑ Sinatra, Frank. "The World We Knew". Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/The%20World%20We%20Knew
  5. ↑ Sinatra, Frank. "Don't Sleep in the Subway". Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Don’t%20Sleep%20in%20the%20Subway
  6. 1 2 Sinatra, Frank. "This Town". Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/This%20Town
  7. ↑ Sinatra, Frank. “Drinking Again”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Drinking%20Again
  8. ↑ Sinatra, Frank. "Born Free". Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Born%20Free
  9. ↑ Sinatra, Frank. "This is My Song". Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/This%20Is%20My%20Song
  10. ↑ Sinatra, Frank. "You Are There". Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/You%20Are%20There
  11. ↑ Sinatra, Frank. "Some Enchanted Evening". Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Some%20Enchanted%20Evening
  12. ↑ Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. ISBN   978-0274963768.
  13. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Frank Sinatra Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
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