Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours (1955/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours (1955/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 49:21 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chesky Records

Recorded in 1955, this superbly arranged and sung set of slow ballads can lay claim to being the world’s first ‘concept album.’ Of course, in classical music, song cycles had been around since Schubert, but a whole set of pop tunes arranged around a central theme or mood was something new in popular music. With the advent of the LP in 1953, commercial pop music was beginning to take itself seriously.

As to be expected, Frank Sinatra did it first and best. Sinatra is in utter command of this material vocally relaxed yet focused on conveying what these hand-picked ‘torch’ songs still have to say to the modern listener. Throughout he projects his signature manly vulnerability without seeming maudlin or even sentimental. The singer is helped immeasurably in this task by Nelson Riddle’s deftly scored chamber arrangements which include brilliant use of celeste and guitar on several tracks (cf. Alec Wilder’s ‘I’ll Be Around’, Kay Swift’s ‘Can’t We Be Friends’.) A must for any listener even remotely interested in the Great American Songbook.

Tracklist:
1. Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (02:59)
2. Frank Sinatra – Mood Indigo (03:30)
3. Frank Sinatra – Glad To Be Unhappy (02:34)
4. Frank Sinatra – I Get Along Without You Very Well (03:39)
5. Frank Sinatra – Deep In A Dream (02:46)
6. Frank Sinatra – I See Your Face Before Me (03:21)
7. Frank Sinatra – Can’t We Be Friends (02:45)
8. Frank Sinatra – When Your Lover Has Gone (03:08)
9. Frank Sinatra – What Is This Thing Called Love (02:32)
10. Frank Sinatra – Last Night When We Were Young (03:14)
11. Frank Sinatra – I’ll Be Around (02:56)
12. Frank Sinatra – Ill Wind (03:43)
13. Frank Sinatra – It Never Entered My Mind (02:39)
14. Frank Sinatra – Dancing On The Ceiling (02:54)
15. Frank Sinatra – I’ll Never Be The Same (03:01)
16. Frank Sinatra – This Love Of Mine (03:33)

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