track listing :
ring-a-ding ding
let’s fall in love
be careful it’s my heart
a foggy day
a fine romance
in the still of the night
the coffee song
when i take my sugar to tea
lets face the music and dance
you’d be so easy to love
you and the night and the music
first album on sinatra’s own label, reprise record, meaning he clearly had a lot to prove.
naming the album after one of the chairman of the boards favourite phrases was surely an exercise in proving a newfound confidence, as indeed did the contents.
now, just in time for christmas, this reissue of the 1961 release presents the 12 tracks of uptempo swing classics in crisp-n-clean remastered form.
throw away your robbie williams, x-factor copyists, and just revel in the true master of the art.
the swagger, the unique vocal phrasing, the ongoing quest for love and happiness, the sheer vitality in the big band arrangements by johnny mandel (part of the count basie band), how can you resist ?
more detail : here