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Following the across-the-board success of Strangers in the Night, That's Life continued Frank Sinatra's streak of commercially successful albums that straddled the line between traditional and contemporary pop music. Adding more pop music techniques to his repertoire of show tunes, That's Life made contemporary pop concessions while satisfying Sinatra's own taste for weightier, more respected material. Although it was a pop-oriented record, Sinatra had not begun to rely on rock-influenced productions; instead, arranger/conductor Ernie Freeman contributed charts that alternated between bluesy, brassy swingers and mildly schmaltzy string arrangements, supported by an overbearing backing chorus. While the title track was the hardest blues Sinatra ever tried, that approach wasn't attempted for the entire album. A few tracks -- particularly a rearrangement of the New Vaudeville Band's campy "Winchester Cathedral" and the static version of "The Impossible Dream" -- fall flat, but the album works when Sinatra is either tearing into the song (like "That's Life") or coaxing life out of mid-level ballads like "You're Gonna Hear from Me."
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Dean Kay, ComposerLyricist - Kelly Gordon, ComposerLyricist - LEE HERSCHBERG, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Eddie Brackell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
LEE HERSCHBERG, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Gimbel, Translator - Michel Legrand, Composer - Jacques Demy, Author - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Eddie Brackell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
LEE HERSCHBERG, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Francis Webster, Author - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Maurice Jarre, Composer - Eddie Brackell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
LEE HERSCHBERG, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gilbert Becaud, ComposerLyricist - Mack David, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Maurice Alfred Vidalin, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Brackell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Pierre Leroyer, ComposerLyricist - LEE HERSCHBERG, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gilbert Becaud, ComposerLyricist - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Eddie Brackell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
LEE HERSCHBERG, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Geoff Stephens, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Eddie Brackell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
LEE HERSCHBERG, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Jim Harbert, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Brackell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Samuel Ward, ComposerLyricist - LEE HERSCHBERG, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Reverend Charles Watkins, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Brackell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
LEE HERSCHBERG, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE DARION, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Leigh, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Eddie Brackell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Dory Previn, ComposerLyricist - LEE HERSCHBERG, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andre Previn, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Eddie Brackell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Album review
Following the across-the-board success of Strangers in the Night, That's Life continued Frank Sinatra's streak of commercially successful albums that straddled the line between traditional and contemporary pop music. Adding more pop music techniques to his repertoire of show tunes, That's Life made contemporary pop concessions while satisfying Sinatra's own taste for weightier, more respected material. Although it was a pop-oriented record, Sinatra had not begun to rely on rock-influenced productions; instead, arranger/conductor Ernie Freeman contributed charts that alternated between bluesy, brassy swingers and mildly schmaltzy string arrangements, supported by an overbearing backing chorus. While the title track was the hardest blues Sinatra ever tried, that approach wasn't attempted for the entire album. A few tracks -- particularly a rearrangement of the New Vaudeville Band's campy "Winchester Cathedral" and the static version of "The Impossible Dream" -- fall flat, but the album works when Sinatra is either tearing into the song (like "That's Life") or coaxing life out of mid-level ballads like "You're Gonna Hear from Me."
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:25:25
- Main artists: Frank Sinatra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: FRANK SINATRA DIGITAL REPRISE
- Genre: Jazz
© 1966 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC ℗ 1990 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
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