My Way [50th Anniversary Edition]

by Frank Sinatra

Overview

Although it follows the same patterns and approach as Cycles, My Way is a stronger album, with a better, more varied selection of material and a more focused, gutsy performance from Frank Sinatra. Built around the hit single "My Way," the album again alternates between rock covers ("Yesterday," "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," "For Once in My Life," "Didn't We," "Mrs. Robinson"), a couple of adapted French songs, and a handful of standards. This time out, Don Costa has written more engaging charts than the previous Cycles. The Beatles' "Yesterday" is given an affecting, melancholy treatment that brings out the best in Sinatra, as does the new arrangement of "All My Tomorrows," which is lush and aching. If Sinatra doesn't quite pull off the R&B of "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," he does sing the light Latin stylings of "A Day in the Life of a Fool" beautifully, and he has fun with Paul Simon's "Mrs. Robinson," changing the lyrics dramatically so they become a tongue-in-cheek, swinging hipster tribute. For that matter, most of the record is successful in creating a middle ground between the traditional pop Sinatra loves and the contemporary pop/rock that dominated the charts in the late '60s. My Way doesn't have the macho swagger of his prime Rat Pack records, but its reflective, knowing arrangements show that Sinatra could come to terms with rock & roll at some level. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/11/2019
Label:	Capitol
UPC:	0602508067808
Rank:	48490

Tracks

1. Watch What Happens [From "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"]
2. Didn't We
3. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
4. Yesterday
5. All My Tomorrows [From the United Artists Picture "A Hole in the Head"]
6. My Way
7. A Day in the Life of a Fool
8. For Once in My Life
9. If You Go Away
10. Mrs. Robinson
11. My Way [Duet With Willie Nelson]
12. My Way [Duet With Luciano Pavarotti]
13. My Way [Live at Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, June 13, 1971]
14. My Way [Live at the Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, October 14, 1987]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Frank Sinatra   Primary Artist,Vocals
Willie Nelson   Primary Artist
Luciano Pavarotti   Primary Artist
Don Costa   Primary Artist,Conductor

Technical Credits

Norman Gimbel   Composer
Hank Cattaneo   Producer
Ed Thrasher   Photography,Art Direction
Gilles Thibaut   Composer
S.C.   Liner Notes
Claude Francois, Jr.   Composer
Ronald Miller   Composer
Don Costa   Arranger,Producer
Troy Seals   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Paul Simon   Composer
Ray Charles   Composer
Jacques Revaux   Composer
Jimmy Webb   Composer
Claude Francois   Composer
Graham Lyle   Composer
Charles Pignone   Producer
Luiz Bonfa   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Rod McKuen   Composer,Musical Adaptation
Jacques Reveaux   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Phil Ramone   Producer
Michel Legrand   Composer
Orlando Murden   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Paul Anka   Composer
Sonny Burke   Producer
Jacques Demy   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Ron Miller   Composer
Lee Herschberg   Engineer
Jacques Brel   Composer