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Music : Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the LonelyIn association with Amazon.comby: Frank Sinatra  List Price: $16.98 Amazon.com's Price: $9.97 You Save: $7.01 (41%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0724349475625 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: May 26, 1998 Studio: Capitol Sales Rank: 2772 MPN: 94756 Disc 1:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: Look past the tacky, sad-clown velvet painting on the cover (a Grammy-winner for album design in 1959!), there's nothing cheap or sentimental about this record--the bleakest and blackest album of popular songs ever recorded, so quietly powerful it can leave you slumped in your chair with the ice cubes still rattling in your glass. Every single "suicide song" (as Sinatra liked to call 'em) on Only the Lonely is a stunner that will take your breath away. Nelson Riddle's arrangements are like shadows, almost colorless and motionless, so that all you hear is the ache in the singer's voice. "Angel Eyes" and "One for My Baby" each deserve an album to themselves-- so exquisitely moving that at the end of three minutes you feel like you've just heard a lifetime of loneliness. My only regret--and it's a big one--is that this flawless masterpiece doesn't include Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life," which truly belongs here; Sinatra put it into an already overcrowded recording schedule and, when fatigue and the difficulty of the song defeated him after a couple takes, he gave up and never attempted it again. We got the chillingly lovely "Willow Weep For Me" instead, so I'm really not complaining--but that just adds to the pang of loss that this album expresses so vividly. Drink up! --Jim Emerson Average Rating:
 Rating: - The Ultimate SinatraThis is Sinatra at his best. The voice is pure, the phrasing is perfect, and the pathos and passion in the lyrics are delivered as only Old Blue Eyes can. If you feel the need to mourn a lost love, just play Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, and you will experience your heartache all over again. Rating:  - Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the LonelyIts a good listen, hey its Sinatra. But no where as good as his album "In the wee small hours in the morning." Now that is Sinatra. If you don't have it, get it. Rating: - Sinatra Goes BlueNelson Riddle's arrangements for this album are inspired. The sensitivity and flair with which he approaches each song, achieving a distinct and definitive interpretation of each one, is alone worth the price of this album. But to then have Sinatra at his best as well, makes it irresistible. This is a melancholy album, make no mistake; the songs are mostly slow, blue and often deeply moving; I've never heard "Angel Eyes", "What's New" or "One For My Baby" done with such depth of feeling and masterly ... Read More Rating: - after so longI have been listening to FS for a long time and still this is the only album of his I have. Its an extraordinary statement to claim Only The Lonely a perfect piece of art but thats my feeling - judging by other reviews I'm not alone - Ive discarded the last two tracks from my ipod since they are obviously from another plan - and just whats the problem with the art work folks?! If you havent heard the album get it NOW! Rating: - Frank could have sung 'em all--and we'd have stayed all night !!!Frank Sinatra Sings For Only the Lonely is a beautiful album of songs sung by the immortal Frank Sinatra; the sound quality couldn't be better! I would ignore that AWFUL artwork on the front cover, though. It's the worst artwork I've ever seen--and for a Sinatra CD that's a true shame. "Only The Lonely" starts off the track set with Frank singing very sensitively about lonely people and the universal need for love and companionship. The piano arrangement is very elegant and this is a beautiful ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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