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More of a singles collection than a proper album, The World We Knew illustrates how heavily Frank Sinatra courted the pop charts in the late '60s. Much of this has a rock-oriented pop production, complete with fuzz guitars, reverb, folky acoustic guitars, wailing harmonicas, drum kits, organs, and brass and string charts that punctuate the songs rather than provide the driving force. Many of the songs recall the music Nancy Sinatra was making at the time, a comparison brought into sharp relief by the father-daughter duet "Somethin' Stupid," yet the songs Sinatra tackles with a variety of arrangers -- including Nancy's hitmaker Lee Hazlewood, Billy Strange, Ernie Freeman, Don Costa, and Gordon Jenkins -- are more ambitious than most middle-of-the-road, adult-oriented soft rock of the late '60s. "The World We Knew" has an odd, winding melody supported by the toughest approximated rock arrangement Sinatra ever used, while "This Town"'s pounding brass and harmonica are quite bluesy. Even the lesser pop tunes are well-crafted and produced; "Don't Sleep in the Subway" sounds as convincing as the Petula Clark original. Sinatra doesn't always sound engaged by the material -- he tosses off "Some Enchanted Evening," getting buried in H.B. Barnum's ridiculously bombastic arrangement -- but he generally turns in fine performances throughout the record, capped off by an exceptional, nuanced version of Johnny Mercer's ballad "Drinking Again" that ranks among the best songs Sinatra cut during the '60s.
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Herbert Rehbein, Composer - Carl Sigman, Author - Bert Kaempfert, Composer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer
℗ 1967 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Nancy Sinatra, MainArtist - Carson C. Parks, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - JAMES HARBERT, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Lee Hazlewood, Composer
℗ 1967 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
TONY HATCH, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Jackie Trent, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Lee Hazlewood, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
Charlie Chaplin, Composer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer
℗ 1967 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
Paul Francis Webster, Composer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - HARRY SUKMAN, Composer
℗ 1967 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - DORIS TAUBER, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Universal International Music B.V.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer
℗ 1967 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
Album review
More of a singles collection than a proper album, The World We Knew illustrates how heavily Frank Sinatra courted the pop charts in the late '60s. Much of this has a rock-oriented pop production, complete with fuzz guitars, reverb, folky acoustic guitars, wailing harmonicas, drum kits, organs, and brass and string charts that punctuate the songs rather than provide the driving force. Many of the songs recall the music Nancy Sinatra was making at the time, a comparison brought into sharp relief by the father-daughter duet "Somethin' Stupid," yet the songs Sinatra tackles with a variety of arrangers -- including Nancy's hitmaker Lee Hazlewood, Billy Strange, Ernie Freeman, Don Costa, and Gordon Jenkins -- are more ambitious than most middle-of-the-road, adult-oriented soft rock of the late '60s. "The World We Knew" has an odd, winding melody supported by the toughest approximated rock arrangement Sinatra ever used, while "This Town"'s pounding brass and harmonica are quite bluesy. Even the lesser pop tunes are well-crafted and produced; "Don't Sleep in the Subway" sounds as convincing as the Petula Clark original. Sinatra doesn't always sound engaged by the material -- he tosses off "Some Enchanted Evening," getting buried in H.B. Barnum's ridiculously bombastic arrangement -- but he generally turns in fine performances throughout the record, capped off by an exceptional, nuanced version of Johnny Mercer's ballad "Drinking Again" that ranks among the best songs Sinatra cut during the '60s.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:28:00
- Main artists: Frank Sinatra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: FRANK SINATRA DIGITAL REPRISE
- Genre: Jazz
© 1967 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC ℗ 2010 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
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