A collection of Frank Sinatra music cds and videos as well as compilation of his greatest hits.
Well, as the liner notes day, Sinatra picked these songs late in his life for a "favorites" album. It's hard to define what made Sinatra so memorable. He prospered and endured slumps, performing almost to the end. His difficult-to-emulate timing and breath control, his excellent enunciation, his ease in front of an audience and his command of a big band, and his superb ability to act a song, all contributed to his reputation. But for me, it was his ability to reach out to his audience in a ballad, even on a record (remember those), that certain tenderness, each note gently caressed before it was finally released, that made him the greatest popular singer of the 20th century.
"If You Go Away" is an example of this, Frank almost going below his range, but bringing off the song brilliantly, almost choking with emotion with the line "leave me just enough love". It's hard to imagine anyone doing the song as well, as is so often the case with a Sinatra cover.
A great album for a blue evening. My favorites are "Drinking Again", "If You Go Away", and "Once Upon A Time", the last being the truly definitive cover of that song. Great duet with Tom Jobim on Jobim's "How Insensitive" (Insensatez). Lots of jewels from a magnificent career. -- Sinatra picks Sinatra
Frank Sinatra's music can be incredibly difficult to review. There are so many wonderful things to potentially say about it that your mind goes into a dizzy spell when determining what exactly to put down in printed word.
The 19 songs on "Everything Happens To Me" are no exception. These tracks were chosen personally by The Master himself in the summer of 1996, when he was approached his favorite tracks from his days at Reprise, the record label he founded in 1960. Every song on here is the ultimate in pop music, 19 songs that define music as in art form, sung by its Picasso.
Sinatra weaves 19 tales of love and loss like no other. The delicacy of his phrasing and the beauty of his breath control are second to none. Frank lives his songs rather than merely sings them. He performs them in such a convincing and personal manner that the most apt comparison would be to a skilled Shakespearean actor who sets his performances to music. Frank Sinatra does not merely emit words from his throat when he sings. He pours them out of his soul.
Whether it is a song of uninhibited heartbreak or regret ("The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind", "Everything Happens To Me", "Once I Loved", "If You Go Away", "Yesterday" (one of the best Beatles covers ever), "I'll Only Miss Her When I Think Of Her", "How Insensitive", "Didn't We"), bittersweet nostalgia ("Once Upon A Time", "Summer Wind", "Drinking Again"), romantic longing ("If I Had You", "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?", "More Than You Know"), or sheer romantic splendor ("The Second Time Around", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You", "All My Tomorrows", "Put Your Dreams Away"), each song is sung by a man who understands his material, a man who's lived it, experienced it, in good times and bad, doing it his way through it all.
The liner notes (not to mention the cover art, with the best picture of Frank ever) are lovely and atmospheric, and this cd is overall an utter must-have. -- "You Can't Sing What You Don't Understand..."
Anything Sinatra sang was great and this album is excellent. Very good selection of songs. -- Frank Sinatra
Frank choose these songs to be on this Cd, so really how can you go wrong. Simply put this is the greatest singer ever,
You cant go wrong
-- His way, His songs, His picks
If you like the song EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME as much as I do, then this CD is a must have because you won't find it anywhere else except on the "monster complete REPRISE" collection.
A good used copy of this CD should suffice. The 1981 reading of this song is superb and blows Frank's three earlier recordings of this tune (one in the 40s, one around 1957 and one 1974) out of the water. Why this song was not released on SHE SHOT ME DOWN (Sinatra's 1981 release), is beyond me. The song was recorded during the same sessions.
Yes, this is a hand picked collection of some of Frank's favorite sings of the REPRISE era - but that notwithstanding, it is really not a good album for new Sinatra fans. To me the album lacks cohesiveness. Granted, the man himself picked the songs but compared to the great theme albums (which Sinatra also assembled), this collection pales and recycles long available material at a steep price. $18.99 for this CD is simply too much and again, if u can, get a used copy.
The album gets barely four stars because the songs are indeed great...but again, it's recycled material. There are plenty of unreleased Sinatra songs that could have been included on here to make it more of a collector's item. -- Songs are great but essentially nothing new - barely 4 stars
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