| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/capitol | | UPC: 00077778961123 | | Release Date: 11/2/1993 | | Buy.com Sku: 60135024 | | Item#: MQLNF5 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Lady Is A Tramp, The - (with Luther Vandross) ~ Frank Sinatra |  | | 2. What Now My Love - (with Aretha Franklin) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 3. I've Got A Crush On You - (with Barbra Streisand) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 4. Summer Wind - (with Julio Iglesias) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 5. Come Rain Or Come Shine - (with Gloria Estefan) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 6. New York, New York - (with Tony Bennett) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 7. They Can't Take That Away From Me - (with Natalie Cole) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 8. You Make Me Feel So Young - (with Charles Aznavour) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 9. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry / In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - (with Carly Simon) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 10. I've Got The World On A String - (with Liza Minnelli) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 11. Witchcraft - (with Anita Baker) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 12. I've Got You Under My Skin - (with Bono) ~ Frank Sinatra | | | 13. All The Way / One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - (with Kenny G) ~ Frank Sinatra | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Frank Sinatra, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Bono, Gloria Estefan, Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Liza Minnelli, Luther Vandross, Carly Simon, Julio Iglesias, Charles Aznavour (vocals); Ron Anthony, Paul Viapiano (guitar); Gerry Vinci, Ralph Morrison (violin); Ken Burward-Hoy, Carole Mukogawa (viola); Gloria Strassner, Anne Karam (cello); Dorothy Remsen (harp); Kenny G (alto saxophone); Tom Scott, Lanny Morgan (saxophone, woodwinds); Conte Candoli, Frank Szabo (trumpet); Dick Nash, George Bohanon (trombone); Bill Miller, Michael Melvoin (piano); Chuck Berghofer, Dave Stone (bass); Gregg Field, Jeff Hamilton (drums); Emil Richards, Joe Porcaro (percussion). | | Producers: Phil Ramone, David Foster, Albert Hammond, Andre Fischer. | | Includes liner notes by David Wild. | | DUETS was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, and "I've Got A Crush On You" (Patrick Williams/Nelson Riddle, arrangers) was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals. | | Personnel includes: Frank Sinatra (vocals), Ron Anthony, Paul Viapiano (guitars), Gerry Vinci, Ralph Morrison (violins), Ken Burward-Hoy, Carole Mukogawa (violas), Gloria Strassner, Anne Karam (cellos), Dorothy Remsen (harp), Lanny Morgan (saxophones, winds), Conte Candoli, Frank Szabo (trumpets), Dick Nash, George Bohanon (trombones), Bill Miller, Michael Melvoin (piano), Chuck Berghofer, Dave Stone (bass), Gregg Field, Jeff Hamilton (drums), Emil Richards, Joe Porcaro (percussion). | | Additional guest artists: Luther Vandross, Julio Iglesias, Carly Simon, Charles Aznavour (vocals), Tom Scott (saxophones, winds). | | Producers: Phil Ramone (tracks 1-2, 5-6, 8-13); Phil Ramone, David Foster (track 3); Phil Ramone, Albert Hammond (track 4); Phil Ramone, Andre Fischer (track 7). | | Includes liner notes by David Wild. | | DUETS was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, and "I've Got A Crush On You" (Patrick Williams/Nelson Riddle, arrangers) was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals. | | As a marketing concept, Frank Sinatra's comeback album Duets was a complete success. A collection of Sinatra standards produced by Phil Ramone, the record wasn't a duets album in the conventional sense -- Sinatra never recorded in the studio with his partners. Instead, the other singers recorded their tracks separately, sometimes in different studios, and the two tracks were pasted together. In the case of several duet partners, including Bono and Barbara Streisand, this means they rely on camp as a way of making their performances interesting. Duets was a gigantic hit, rising to number two on the pop charts and selling over two million copies, becoming Sinatra's single most commercially successful record. The album was promoted as a piece of nostalgia, primarily to baby boomers but also to Generation X as a piece of kitsch. "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)," essentially a solo performance introduced by an instrumental from saxophonist Kenny G, is a track in which the real emotional core of Sinatra's music is on display. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | As a marketing concept, Frank Sinatra's comeback album Duets was a complete success. A collection of Sinatra standards produced by Phil Ramone, the record wasn't a duets album in the conventional sense -- Sinatra never recorded in the studio with his partners. Instead, the other singers recorded their tracks separately, sometimes in different studios, and the two tracks were pasted together to create the illusion of a duet. In the case of several duet partners, including Bono and Barbara Streisand, this means they rely on camp as a way of making their performances interesting. Sinatra, meanwhile, is oblivious to all of the vocal grandstanding, simply because he recorded his tracks well in advance of their contributions. The result is a mess. Not only do the vocalists never mesh, but the orchestrations are ham-fisted and overblown, relying more on bombast than showmanship. Furthermore, Sinatra's performance is uneven; occasionally his voice is remarkable, but just as often it is thin and worn. Nevertheless, Duets was a gigantic hit, selling over two million copies and becoming Sinatra's single most commercially successful record, though it's easily the worst he released during his lengthy career. Duets rose to number two on the pop charts because of its masterful marketing strategy. The album was promoted as a piece of nostalgia, primarily to baby boomers but also to Generation X as a piece of kitsch. Both approaches ignore the emotional core of Sinatra's music, which is evident on only one track -- "One for My Baby," which was essentially a solo performance introduced by an instrumental from saxophonist Kenny G. Perhaps if Duets remained true to the essence of Sinatra's music, it would have been more effective, but as it stands, the album is only admirable as a piece of product, not a piece of music. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | When you blaze as deep and wide a path in this world as Frank Sinatra, you're bound to gain admirers from all avenues on the musical map. Consequently, when Sinatra decided to put out the call for potential duet partners, everyone from Aretha to Julio to U2's Bono leaped at the chance to lend their voice. Considering the eclectic group of guest artists involved, the arrangements are remarkably consistent, and the potential egofest is eschewed in deference to Sinatra's artistry. | | Though the tunes tackled here are associated immediately with the Sinatra canon, many of them receive an unexpected twist. Among the most unusual is the surreal, David Lynch feel of the Sinatra/Bono "I've Got You Under My Skin," with Bono's haunting wail contrasting Sinatra's gruff pragmatism. Surprisingly, one of the most effective collaborations here is with an instrumentalist, perhaps just because it gives Sinatra's voice that much more room to roam; "One For My Baby," adorned by Kenny G's sax filigrees, has never rung truer. In the winter of his years, Sinatra invests the standard with an unprecedented pathos, regret and emotional devastation. It's perhaps his finest recorded moment of the decade, and makes DUETS instantly worth the price of admission. |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Armstrong, Louis | | Armstrong, Louis | | Armstrong, Louis | | Armstrong, Louis | | Armstrong, Louis | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Bennett, Tony | | Bennett, Tony | | Bennett, Tony | | Bennett, Tony (Vocals) | | Blue Dahlia (The) | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Crosby, Bing | | Dahlia, Blue (The) | | Dahlia, The Blue | | Dido | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | The Legendary Sides (Collectables) ~ Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Swing High ~ Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Dorsey, Tommy | | Durante, Jimmy | | Fitzgerald | | Fitzgerald, Ella | | Goldschmidt, Per | | James, Harry | | James, Harry | | James, Harry | | James, Harry | | James, Harry (Big Band) | | James, Harry (Big Band) | | Karaoke | | Karaoke | | Karaoke | | Lawrence, Steve | | Lovano, Joe | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Moody, James | | Twelfth Of The Twelfth ~ Newton, David | | Twelfth of the Twelfth ~ Newton, David | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Porter, Cole | | Porter, Cole | | Porter, Cole | | Porter, Cole | | Porter, Cole | | Porter, Cole | | Rat Pack (The) | | U2 | | U2 | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Christmas With Sinatra and Friends ~ Various Artists | | Williams, Roger | | Williams, Roger (Easy Listening | | Williams, Roger (Piano) | | Zentner, Si |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/02/1993 | | Original Release Date : 1993 | | Catalog ID : 89611 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 45m : 44s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00077778961123 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (11/5/93, p.66)
- "...DUETS doesn't aim to be contemporary. Co-producers Phil Ramone and Hank Cattaneo re-create the brassy big-band arrangements of the original recordings..." - Rating: BDown Beat (1/94, p.38)
- 4 Stars - Very Good - "...Everybody plays in Sinatra's ballpark here and works by his rules. And everybody profits...." Musician (2/94, p.79)
- "...The listener's final impression is that, whatever has been lost, Sinatra's songs have acquired a strenuous beauty in the crucible of old age...." Audio Magazine (2/94, p.81)
- "...[Sinatra] gives lyrics the idiomatic American nuance of a fingersnap even when he's short of pitch or breadth--which seldom happens here. His mature voice and canny renditions easily stand up to thrilling contributions [from his collaborators]..." |
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