- Audio CD (Oct 1 1993)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Reprise
- ASIN: B000002KC0
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #97,939 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. You Will Be My Music |
| 2. You're So Right (For What's Wrong In My Life) |
| 3. Winners (Theme From Maurie) |
| 4. Nobody Wins |
| 5. Send In The Clowns ( From A Little Night Music) |
| 6. Dream Away (From The MGM Film The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing) |
| 7. Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi le Temps |
| 8. There Used To Be A Ball Park |
| 9. Noah |
Product Description
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Having announced his retirement from the music biz in 1970, Sinatra returned in 1973 with this sadly uneven record. Though its title suggests a triumphant mood, the feel of the album is surprisingly down. "Let Me Try Again," "Nobody Wins" and "There Used to Be a Ballpark" revisit the pessimism of The September of My Years and Watertown (albeit with less satisfying results), and his cover of "Send in the Clowns" is a bummer on several levels. The arrangements, by Don Costa and Gordon Jenkins, are overly slick and soggy, and Sinatra doesn't seem too excited about returning to the recording studio. This was Ol' Blue Eyes' biggest album of the '70s, but is hardly his best or most memorable. --Dan Epstein
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5.0 out of 5 stars
SUBLIME SINATRA (AND MISSING SINATRA),
This review is from: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back (Audio CD)
Somewhere round the age of 55 or so the process of fermentation peaked and Sinatra's matured glory was gifted to us. This album was, officially, the retirement comeback, but it is far more significant. Here, and in the even superior albums that followed - particularly the utterly sublime and unforgivably unavailable She Shot Me Down (1981) - Sinatra's blend of macho beligerence and brotherly wisdom achieved the tightrope-walker's perfect equilibrium. The early Capitol and Reprise works are, of course, seminal and essential to all music lovers (let's never forget that Sinatra virtually created the long-form conceptual album) - but these unmissable albums took him to a new audience and a new, profounder place. There are throwaway moments on Ol' Blue Eyes (Dream Away and Let Me Try Again seem contrived and sound like his infamous first-takes), but finally and triumphantly, his merger with mainstream pop in Kristoferson's Nobody Wins shows the full-circle mastery of all contemporary styles. She Shot Me Down, produced again by Don Costa, with input from Gordon Jenkins (and, this time, Nelson Riddle), is an even better album, if you can find it. Sinatra's reading of Hey Look, No Crying may be his best ever torch song, and the sardonic take on Thanks for the Memory has never been bettered. On the same album the track called I Loved Her (by Alec Wilder) should be taught to all aspirant vocalists: it is, in a phrase, pure genius at work. When one sees the relative scarcity of these great albums one despairs for the whimsical indulgence of our popular culture. The Sinatra shelves are crammed with bastardized collections - Best of, Tribute to, even Sinatra Karaoke, for heavens sake! - while the carefully modelled suites that Sinatra honed and sweated for are lost in the rush to distributor profits. In my view, Sinatra's elegant importance should be reflected in the marketing. He is closer to spring water than to root beer. Someone somewhere has him on the wrong supermarket shelf ...
5.0 out of 5 stars
his best work !,
This review is from: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back (Audio CD)
Dan Epstein was smoking something bad when he wrote his review of this album.I am 60 years old and for 20 yrs this has been my favorite work of Frank. If there is a better performance of "Ballpark" in this world I cannot imagine it. Baseball and NYC have always been a huge part of my romantic life (I live in Canada) and this song brings tears to my eyes each time I hear it. You will be my Music and Let me try Again....it does not get any better.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Here's to the winners,
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This review is from: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back (Audio CD)
The question is: back from where? The answer is: retirement. Yes, Frank Sinatra retired in 1970. It didn't last long, though. This "comeback" album was released in 1973. After that, Sinatra pretty much stayed unretired until he died 25 years later. This album, while not his best, has some good performances on it. I especially like the four songs written by Joe Raposo (Sesame Street composer). Recommended to Sinatra's fans.
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