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Originally, Frank Sinatra had planned to record Only the Lonely with Gordon Jenkins, who had arranged his previous all-ballads album, Where Are You. Jenkins was unavailable at the time of the sessions, which led Sinatra back to his original arranger at Capitol, Nelson Riddle. The result is arguably his greatest ballads album. Only the Lonely follows the same formula as his previous down albums, but the tone is considerably bleaker and more desperate. Riddle used a larger orchestra for the album than he had in the past, which lent the album a stately, nearly classical atmosphere. At its core, however, the album is a set of brooding saloon songs, highlighted by two of Sinatra's tour de forces -- "Angel Eyes" and "One for My Baby." Sinatra never forces emotion out of the lyric, he lets everything flow naturally, with grace. It's a heartbreaking record, the ideal late-night album.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Earl K. Brent, ComposerLyricist - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
Robert Haggart, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Harry Tobias, ComposerLyricist - Charles Kisco, ComposerLyricist - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
Pete Candoli, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Butler, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hill, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Shure, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Emilio Flynn, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - James Decker, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Klee, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Dinkin, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Ann Ronell, Composer - David Sterkin, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Frontiere, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Reher, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Israel Baker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Frisina, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Comfort, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - James Getzoff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Cave, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Arno, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Erno Neufeld, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Bernhart, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Armand Kaproff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Al Viola, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marshall Sosson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Beller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Bay, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kathryn Julye, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Pederson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Webb, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Robyn, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - James Arkatov, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Shroyer, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent DeRosa, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - HARRY SUKMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Belnick, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Gentry, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Mahlon Clark, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Richmond, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Harris , Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Gleghorn, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Rubin, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jack Marsh, Bassoon, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Koblentz, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Karpilkowsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Don Christlieb, Bassoon, AssociatedPerformer - Mitchell Lurie, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Robert Maxwell, ComposerLyricist - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Herbert Magidson, ComposerLyricist - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Allie Wrubel, ComposerLyricist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Mercer, Author - Harold Arlen, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
Pete Candoli, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Butler, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hill, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Paul Shure, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Emilio Flynn, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - James Decker, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Klee, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Dinkin, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - David Sterkin, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Frontiere, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Reher, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Israel Baker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Frisina, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Comfort, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - James Getzoff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Cave, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Arno, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Erno Neufeld, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Bernhart, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Armand Kaproff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Al Viola, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marshall Sosson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Beller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Bay, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kathryn Julye, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Pederson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Webb, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Robyn, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - James Arkatov, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Shroyer, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent DeRosa, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - HARRY SUKMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Belnick, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Gentry, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Mahlon Clark, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Richmond, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Harris , Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Gleghorn, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Rubin, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jack Marsh, Bassoon, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Koblentz, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Karpilkowsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Don Christlieb, Bassoon, AssociatedPerformer - Mitchell Lurie, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Earl K. Brent, ComposerLyricist - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Mercer, Author - Harold Arlen, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Conductor - Gus Bivona, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Originally, Frank Sinatra had planned to record Only the Lonely with Gordon Jenkins, who had arranged his previous all-ballads album, Where Are You. Jenkins was unavailable at the time of the sessions, which led Sinatra back to his original arranger at Capitol, Nelson Riddle. The result is arguably his greatest ballads album. Only the Lonely follows the same formula as his previous down albums, but the tone is considerably bleaker and more desperate. Riddle used a larger orchestra for the album than he had in the past, which lent the album a stately, nearly classical atmosphere. At its core, however, the album is a set of brooding saloon songs, highlighted by two of Sinatra's tour de forces -- "Angel Eyes" and "One for My Baby." Sinatra never forces emotion out of the lyric, he lets everything flow naturally, with grace. It's a heartbreaking record, the ideal late-night album.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:24:09
- Main artists: Frank Sinatra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: FRANK SINATRA HYBRID
- Genre: Jazz
© 1958 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
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