Track Listing

1. Day By Day
2. Sentimental Journey
3. Almost Like Being In Love
4. Five Minutes More
5. American Beauty Rose
6. Yes Indeed
7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
8. Don't Take You Love From Me
9. That Old Black Magic
10. Lover
11. Paper Doll
12. I've Heard That Song Before
13. I Love You
14. Why Should I Cry Over You
15. How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me
16. River Stay Away From My Door
17. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91029 in Music
• Released on: 1991-04-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
The third Sinatra-Billy May album recorded for Capitol continues in the effortlessly swinging vein of its predecessors,COME FLY WITH ME and COME DANCE WITH ME. This period of Sinatra's recording career found him in a particularly nostalgic mood, as he was simultaneously working on I REMEMBER TOMMY, a look back at his days with the Dorsey band. The selections here also hark back to that time, though a bit less specifically. Featured are Sinatra's modernised swing takes on tunes like "Yes, Indeed" and "I've Heard That Song Before", Big Band classics associated respectively with former Sinatra bosses Dorsey and Harry James.

Customer Reviews

A classy album that still sounds great 40 years on!
Cast in the mould of 'Come fly with me' & 'Come dance with me', this album attempts another angle on the American popular song ,this time in good old-fashioned swing! Sinatra's voice is by now, a few years on, finding new, darker timbres without losing the delicacy & power of the earlier albums. The choice of songs,however, is perhaps not as strong as the earlier albums although still quite convincing. In addition 5 bonus tracks (recorded both before & after the main 1961 sessions)are thrown-in and good tracks they are too,pointing-up those subtle changes in Sinatra's voice over the years. The band loses the strings & woodwind of the earlier albums in favour of a brighter sound with more bite (including French Horns). Extra brass are brought-in and the group is split in two,placed antiphonally either side of the singer. This produces some fantastic stereo effects that were all the rage at this time (relatively new as stereo technology still was),and the band are pushed to their limits in great arranging by Billy May & ,notably, his protege Heinie Beau (just listen to 'Lover')!This is more of a lightweight album than some of his greatest achievements at this time,but none-the-worse for that. Just sit back and enjoy the sounds of an artist immensely talented at what he did backed by as good a band as you're ever likely to hear!-MH

An extreme stereophonic recording!
Although I prefer stereo to mono, this album sounds like a test record. The orchestra is split extreme left and right with the vocals dead centre. Although the recording quality is sharp and clear, everything sounds too loud and full on. The arrangements don't have the same subtlety as the 'Come fly/dance with me' albums. Sinatra's vocals are well recorded but sound a bit tired at times, perhaps having to compete with the two brass sections blasting back and forth. Even with my ampifier mono switch on, I find this an uncomfortable listening experience. Perhaps this recording should be remixed with a softer sound and stereo balance the next time it's remastered.