Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain

Frank Sinatra

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Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain is one of the oddest albums in Sinatra's catalog. Recorded in the summer of 1962 and available only in the U.K. for a number of years, the album consists of songs by British composers, performed with British musicians, and recorded in Britain, while Sinatra was on tour. As it happened, Sinatra was tired and worn out during the sessions, and arranger/conductor Robert Farnon had written a set of charts that were ambitious, lush, ornate, and sweeping. Although the arrangements are provocative -- occasionally they are more interesting than the actual songs -- Sinatra was simply not in good shape for the sessions, which is clear from his thin, straining singing. As such, Great Songs from Great Britain isn't much more than a curiosity.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	The Very Thought of You Ray Noble	Frank Sinatra	03:34	Spotify Amazon
2	We'll Gather Lilacs in the Spring Ivor Novello	Frank Sinatra	03:15	Spotify Amazon
3	If I Had You Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Ted Shapiro	Frank Sinatra	04:07	Spotify Amazon
4	Now Is the Hour Maewa Kaihan / Maewa Kaihau / Clement Scott / Dorothy Stewart	Frank Sinatra	02:51	Spotify Amazon
5	The Gypsy Billy Reid	Frank Sinatra	03:21	Spotify Amazon
6	Roses of Picardy Frederick Edward Weatherly / Hayden Wood	Frank Sinatra	03:01	Spotify Amazon
7	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Eric Maschwitz / Manning Sherwin	Frank Sinatra	03:54	Spotify Amazon
8	A Garden in the Rain James Dyrenforth / Carroll Gibbons	Frank Sinatra	03:24	Spotify Amazon
9	London by Night Carroll Coates	Frank Sinatra	03:20	Spotify Amazon
10	We'll Meet Again Hughie Charles / Ross Parker	Frank Sinatra	03:44	Spotify Amazon
11	I'll Follow My Secret Heart Noël Coward	Frank Sinatra	03:16	Spotify Amazon