Manilow Sings Sinatra

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Manilow Sings Sinatra
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Studio album by
Barry Manilow
ReleasedNovember 10, 1998
Recorded1998
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre
Length38:55
Label Arista
Barry Manilow chronology
Summer of '78
(1996)		Manilow Sings Sinatra
(1998)		 Here at the Mayflower
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly D [2]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Sunday Mercury (mixed) [4]
Birmingham Mail (favorable) [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Orange County Register Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Portland Press-Herald F [8]
Newsday (favorable) [9]
The Windsor Star Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Ottawa Citizen Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Toronto Star (mixed) [12]
Richmond Times-Dispatch (favorable) [13]
USA Today (unfavorable) [14]
Dayton Daily News D+ [15]
Tulsa World (unfavorable) [16]
San Francisco Examiner Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]
The Morning Call (unfavorable) [18]
The Baltimore Sun Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [19]
The Springfield News-Leader Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [20]

Manilow Sings Sinatra is an album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1998. It is a compilation of Manilow singing songs originally made notable by Frank Sinatra, who had recently died. The album also featured two new compositions, intended as tributes to Sinatra.

Track listing

  1. "One Man in a Spotlight" (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman) (arr. by Manilow) - 0:57
  2. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) (originally arr. by Nelson Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 2:13
  3. "The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 3:34
  4. "Come Dance with Me" / "Come Fly with Me" (Cahn, Van Heusen/Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Billy May; arr. by Manilow) - 2:59
  5. "All the Way" (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 3:43
  6. "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) (originally arr. by Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 2:59
  7. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) (originally arr. by Ernie Freeman; arr. by Manilow) - 3:08
  8. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) (originally arr. by Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 3:34
  9. "Summer Wind" (Heinz Meyer, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer) (originally arr. by Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 2:46
  10. "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (Cahn, Jule Styne) (originally arr. by ; arr. by Manilow) - 2:12
  11. "Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) (originally arr. by ; arr. by Manilow) - 4:09
  12. "My Kind of Town" (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by ; arr. by Manilow) - 3:00
  13. "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)" (Ruth Lowe, Paul Mann, Stephan Weiss) (originally arr. by ; arr. by Manilow) - 1:41
  14. "Here's to the Man" (Manilow, Sussman) (arr. by Manilow) - 2:01

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