Track Listing

1. Come Dance With Me
2. Something's Gotta Give
3. Just In Time
4. Dancing In The Dark
5. Too Close For Comfort
6. I Could Have Danced All Night
7. Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)
8. Day In Day Out
9. Cheek To Cheek
10. Baubles Bangles And Beads
11. Song Is You
12. Last Dance

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46512 in Music
• Released on: 1992-11-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

CD Description
COME DANCE WITH ME is Sinatra at his most ebullient; no down-hearted saloon songs or introspective ruminations here, just solid, swinging numbers that bring new meaning to the title song's exclamation; "what an evening for some Terpsichore". With punchy brass accents courtesy of Billy May (arguablySinatra's jazziest arranger), the tunes leap out with unprecedented vivacity. Sinatra sounds relaxed but lively, and you can almost picture him sashaying across the dance floor with his objet d'amour in his arms as he delivers the romanticinvitation of "Something's Gotta Give", "Cheek To Cheek" and of course "Come Dance With Me".

Customer Reviews

A swinging,upbeat album that quickly becomes infectious!
'Come Dance with me' comes from a period of music making in Sinatra's long career that ,in this listener's opinion, he never surpassed. His voice was in top form, his choice of songs(which was to let him down badly on occasion later in his career)could not be argued with and in Billy May, he had an arranger of great talent. The two together created this knockout punch of an album that brought back old Sinatra fans in ther droves & found many new ones too.With the onset of the sixties and pop music as we know it today, this album was to date very quickly, but good music is good music and this album is full of it!From the word go there is virtually no let-up in the upbeat swing tempo and you will quickly find yourself tapping away to great tune after great tune, even if you've never heard them before.In what it sets out to do, to put you in the mood for dance, this album rarely fails and it is as mood-enhancing an album as I've ever heard.A classic!

This album will knock you out!
Frank Sinatra was a pioneer of the 'concept album', where the album's songs were all of an ilk that complimented one another and created an overall mood or theme. Sinatra's themes varied from album to album - there were the saloon/torch songs, the gentle swinging ballads, and in this case, the all-out swinging dance tunes.

This is the finest example of the latter that Sinatra recorded, each song creating a mood perfectly at home on a dance floor in the 50s. There are so many highlights in this album, it's difficult to pick favourites. From the inviting title track to the closing "Last Dance", your spirits will be lifted. I particularly enjoyed Frank's takes on "Something's Gotta Give" and "Day In, Day Out" - simply thrilling! Special mention must also go Billy May's thundering updated arrangement of "Saturday Night" - one of Sinatra's earliest hits from his days with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra in the early 40s.

The original album has been extended by the addition of 4 tracks recorded around the same time period, with a similar theme. Two of these are duets with Keely Smith, and all 4 are highly enjoyable, especially the duet of "How Are You Fixed For Love".

One of Sinatra's all-time best, you won't be disappointed by it!

Sinatra/Riddle's first attempt at early-hour torch songs
The early 50's were an up time for Sinatra. The Oscar for 'From Here to Eternity' and then signing to Capital and completing 'Songs for Young lovers' and 'Songs for Swinging Lovers' which showed what an amazing team Sinatra and Nelson Riddle made for the newly optimistic and upbeat - swinging - times.

But the great thing about Frank was his versatility. He could interpret the downs as well as the ups and 'In the wee small hours' is his first concept album for the early morning, painful torch songs he was later to perfect.

'In the wee small hours' isn't as raw, emotionally honest or mature as his later saloon classics (Only the Lonely, No One Cares, Where are You) and the pain in the lyrics is just below the surface rather than intense and direct, but that's what makes it a great listen. Songs like 'Mood indingo' serve equally well as gentle swingers if you're not listening carefully enough to the words, and this is truly when Sinatra's voice was at its sweetest: the delivery was more lyrical, less mannered than before, but that sublime voice was yet to suffer any ill effects from bourbon or age. Riddle's arrangements were also more flowing and slightly less dramatic then his later ones.

So, not as hard-core as some. It's not a quarter to three yet and you've hardly touched the bourbon, but this is an album for everyone - not just Frankie fans.

Drink up - a classic !