Close To You (Remastered) Frank Sinatra

• 1 Close To You 03:37
• 2 P.S. I Love You 04:21
• 3 Love Locked Out 02:43
• 4 Everything Happens To Me 03:20
• 5 It's Easy To Remember 03:34
• 6 Don't Like Goodbyes 04:50
• 7 With Every Breath I Take 03:37
• 8 Blame It On My Youth 02:58
• 9 It Could Happen To You 03:12
• 10 I've Had My Moments 03:47
• 11 I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night 03:25
• 12 The End Of A Love Affair 04:09
• Total Runtime 43:33

Info for Close To You (Remastered)

Unique among Sinatra and Riddle's legendary collaborations, „Close To You“ found arranger/conductor Riddle slimming the orchestrations down to a small group fronted by the Hollywood String Quartet, making for an uncommonly intimate setting for Sinatra's already highly personal, communicative style. The selection of wistful love songs is neither as bleak as the saloon songs of „No One Cares“ nor as bold as Sinatra's more swinging material. The heartbreakingly halting elocution exhibited on 'P.S. I Love You,' the precise, unpretentious detailing of life's travails on 'Everything Happens to Me' and the aching emotional truth that shines through 'I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night' all stand as testament to both the singer's uncanny interpretive abilities and Riddle's sensitivity. Improved fidelity and the addition of three songs from the same sessions never before included with the album make „Close To You“ all the more irresistible.

Frank Sinatra, vocals
The Hollywood String Quartet:
Felix Slatkin, violin, leader
Paul Shure, violin
Eleanor Aller, cello
Alvin Dinkin, viola
Nelson Riddle, arranger, conductor

Recorded from March 8, April 4 – 5, November 1, 1956 at Capitol Studio A, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Produced by Voyle Gilmore

Digitally remastered

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