 | In the Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.99 Capitol April 1955- Nelson Riddle. Although Rolling Stone ranked it at #100, we all know better. For Ava Gardner, and all of us who have lost at love.
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 | Songs for Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.45 Capitol March 1956- Nelson Riddle.
A perfect record- it will insinuate itself under your skin.
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 | Close to You and More by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.00 Capitol Jan. 1957- Riddle.
The most intimate lp ever recorded-with the Hollywood String Quartet.
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 | Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $6.77 Capitol Sept. 1958- Riddle.
It's a Lonesome ol' Town indeed. A downbeat noir masterpiece.
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 | Come Fly with Me by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.75 Capitol January 1958- Billy May.
Fly with Frank as he sings us around the world. Vermont and Paris never sounded so good. The Autumn leaves clatter.
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 | Where Are You? by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.99 Capitol Sept. 1957- Gordon Jenkins
Includes the incomparable I'm a Fool to Want You, and if that isn't enough, Lonely Ol' Town and the wistful Laura.
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 | Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $20.95 Reprise March 1967- Claus Ogerman.
The guy from Jersey meets the girl from Impanema. Exquisite- perfect for a summer's evening.
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 | Nice 'n' Easy by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $11.94 / Used from: $6.51 Capitol July 1960- Nelson Riddle.
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 | September of My Years by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $9.88 Reprise Aug. 1965-Jenkins.
Grammy Award for Best lp. (And this during the British Invasion.) What's more, it was the best record of 1965. Includes the magical "Once Upon A Time".
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 | A Swingin' Affair! by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.95 Capitol May 1957- Riddle.
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 | Moonlight Sinatra by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $20.00 Reprise March 1966- Riddle.
Frank was there a couple of years or so before Neil Armstrong. (But Bing had been there decades earlier.) And the moon hasn't sounded the same since.
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 | Sinatra and Strings by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $23.75 Reprise Feb. 1962- Don Costa.
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 | All Alone by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $79.96 Reprise 1962 Jenkins. A beautiful, yet dense record that I find nearly impenetrable. But I'm working on it.
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 | Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $4.36 Reprise May 1966-Riddle.
Great vibe (Hammond organ) throughout, includes the breezy "Summer Wind" and a noirish "All or Nothing at All".
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 | The Concert Sinatra by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $25.95 Reprise May 1963-Riddle.
Lost in the Stars. Proof positive, he could sing like no one else. An epic lp.
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 | Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! And More by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.00 Capitol January 1961- Riddle.
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 | Come Dance with Me! by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.44 Capitol Jan. 1959-Billy May.
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 | Sinatra-Basie by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $19.99 Reprise January 1963- Hefti.
The first, and the best of the lps with The Count.
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 | She Shot Me Down by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $67.90 The last great lp of a storied career. Truly haunting.
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 | Point of No Return by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.29 Capitol March 1962- Stordahl.
Swan song to Capitol, but hardly a throwaway. Underrated.
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 | Songs for Young Lovers/Swing Easy by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.77 Capitol January 1954-Riddle.
10", 12", and the beginning of the lp's birth.
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 | Come Swing with Me! by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $11.94 / Used from: $5.42 Capitol July 1961-May.
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 | No One Cares by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.00 Capitol July 1959-Jenkins.
The sequel to Where Are You.
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 | Ring-a-Ding Ding! by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $6.47 Reprise March 1961- Johnny Mandel.
A new era begins, this time at his own label.
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 | It Might as Well Be Swing by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $18.18 Reprise August 1964- Quincy Jones.
With Fly Me to the Moon and The Best Is Yet to Come. Eternally hip.
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 | Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River and Other Academy Award Winners by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $5.19 Reprise March 1964- Riddle.
FS provides Oscar the voice.
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 | Swing Along with Me by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $6.86 Reprise July 1961- May
Sinatra's voice and golf swing in rare form.
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 | Watertown by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $24.95 Reprise March 1970- Charles Callelo.
Sinatra as one of us via The Four Seasons. A forgotten masterwork.
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 | Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $20.00 Reprise, not released in USA until 1993, recorded in 1962, released in UK in 1965.
A hidden gem, worth every penny.
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 | Sinatra and Swingin' Brass by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $14.31 Reprise July 1962- Neil Hefti.
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 | Francis A. Sinatra & Edward K. Ellington by Frank Sinatra w
Buy used from: $21.99 Reprise January 1968- May.
It should have been the greatest lp ever recorded. It wasn't. But it's solid throughout, with an especially shimmering Indian Summer.
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 | I Remember Tommy by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $19.99 Reprise October 1961- Sy Oliver.
The title says it all- this lp is surprisingly spry and more fun than one would suspect.
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 | My Way by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $1.36 Reprise August 1969- Costa
Frank goes contemporary, and a song becomes a signature.
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 | Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $29.98 Reprise September 1973-Jenkins, Costa.
Ranked this high, if only because of There Used to be a Ballpark. And did I mention Send in the Clowns? Retirement? I don't think so.
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 | Frank Sinatra and the World We Knew by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $59.99 Reprise 1967- Freeman, Jenkins, et al.
Included here because of the duet with Nancy, and the remarkable "Drinking Again".
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 | That's Life by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $4.64 Reprise November 1966- Ernie Freeman.
Great title track, along with Sand and Sea, and You're Going to Hear From Me.
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 | Sinatra & Company by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $22.92 Reprise 1971. Burke- Costa. Schizophrenic lp from 1971.
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 | Some Nice Things I've Missed by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $9.89 Reprise July 1974- Costa.
There's no such thing as a terrible FS lp. If this lp is among the least of his efforts, there are still 2 or 3 good tracks, especially "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life".
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 | Cycles by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $30.00 Reprise November 1968- Don Costa.
FS tackles folk rock and country- forgettable perhaps, but pleasant enough lp.
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 | Sinatra - A Man Alone: The Words and Music of McKuen by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $47.94 Reprise August 1969- Don Costa.
Sinatra lends gravitas to Mckuen's sophomoric musings.
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