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Cycles was Frank Sinatra's first full-fledged pop/rock-oriented album, concentrating on a more orchestrated variation on the popular folk-rock of the late '60s. The foundation of the arrangements on Cycles are guitars, bass, and drum kits, all played gently and unobtrusively; the strings are layered on top of the pop rhythm section. Appropriately, Sinatra sang a variety of material associated with folk-rock, particularly Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and Glen Campbell's "Gentle on My Mind" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." Sinatra responds to the softer material by phasing out most of the edginess in his phrasing. He doesn't sing with the nuanced textures of his Jobim albums -- he is simply restrained. That doesn't result in an embarrassing album, yet Cycles isn't the successful rock and traditional pop fusion that it might have been. Some of the material isn't well-suited for Sinatra -- neither "Little Green Apples" or "Pretty Colors" sound convincing -- but the main problem is with Don Costa's arrangements and production. There simply isn't enough variety to sustain interest throughout the course of the short, ten-song album. Certain sections work well, particularly the Glen Campbell numbers, but there isn't anything distinctive about the record, which makes it one of the weakest albums Sinatra ever released.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Teddy Randazzo, ComposerLyricist - Victoria Pike, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - DON COSTA, Producer
℗ 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Joni Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - DON COSTA, Producer
℗ 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Bob Russell, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - DON COSTA, Producer
℗ 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Al Gorgoni, ComposerLyricist - CHIP TAYLOR, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - DON COSTA, Producer
℗ 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - DON COSTA, Producer - JUDITH CALDWELL, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - DON COSTA, Producer - JUDITH CALDWELL, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Jimmy Webb, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - DON COSTA, Producer
℗ 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - DON COSTA, Producer - Gary D. Bruce, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Herbert Rehbein, ComposerLyricist - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Bert Kaempfert, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - DON COSTA, Producer
℗ 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - DON COSTA, Producer - John Hartford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Album review
Cycles was Frank Sinatra's first full-fledged pop/rock-oriented album, concentrating on a more orchestrated variation on the popular folk-rock of the late '60s. The foundation of the arrangements on Cycles are guitars, bass, and drum kits, all played gently and unobtrusively; the strings are layered on top of the pop rhythm section. Appropriately, Sinatra sang a variety of material associated with folk-rock, particularly Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and Glen Campbell's "Gentle on My Mind" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." Sinatra responds to the softer material by phasing out most of the edginess in his phrasing. He doesn't sing with the nuanced textures of his Jobim albums -- he is simply restrained. That doesn't result in an embarrassing album, yet Cycles isn't the successful rock and traditional pop fusion that it might have been. Some of the material isn't well-suited for Sinatra -- neither "Little Green Apples" or "Pretty Colors" sound convincing -- but the main problem is with Don Costa's arrangements and production. There simply isn't enough variety to sustain interest throughout the course of the short, ten-song album. Certain sections work well, particularly the Glen Campbell numbers, but there isn't anything distinctive about the record, which makes it one of the weakest albums Sinatra ever released.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:41
- Main artists: Frank Sinatra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: FRANK SINATRA DIGITAL REPRISE
- Genre: Jazz
© 1968 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC ℗ 1990 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
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