Frank Sinatra - The World We Knew (1967) [Reissue 2010]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 162 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 67 MB | Covers - 29 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (0602527280929)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 162 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 67 MB | Covers - 29 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (0602527280929)
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…