Portrait of Sinatra – Forty Songs from the Life of a Man
Portrait of Sinatra - Forty Songs from the Life of a Man | ||||
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Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | 1961-1977 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Reprise K 64039 | |||
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Portrait of Sinatra – Forty Songs from the Life of a Man is a 1977 compilation album by Frank Sinatra that consists of 40 songs that were recorded for Reprise Records. It spent a total of eighteen non-consecutive weeks in the UK Albums Chart, reaching number-one for two weeks on 2 April 1977. It became Sinatra's fourth album to top the British charts, his first since 1957's A Swingin' Affair! to claim pole position, and also his most recent chart-topping album in the UK. The sleeve design was illustrated by English portrait painter Michael Noakes, who won a platinum disc for his work. The album was not issued in the U.S.
Track listing
Disc one
- "Let's Face the Music and Dance"
- "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" - 2:31
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" - 3:26
- "Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi Le Temps)" - 3:31
- "Fly Me to the Moon" - 2:29
- "All or Nothing at All" - 3:57
- "For Once in My Life" - 2:50
- "Bonita" - 3:39
- "My Kind of Town" - 3:10
- "Call Me Irresponsible" - 2:56
Disc two
- "All the Way" - 3:26
- "Strangers in the Night" - 2:36
- "Didn't We?"
- "Come Fly with Me" - 3:11
- "The Second Time Around" - 3:03
- "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" - 2:53
- "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
- "Softly, as I Leave You"
- "Cycles"
- "Send in the Clowns" - 3:39
Disc three
- "That's Life" - 3:07
- "Little Green Apples" - 5:00
- "The Song of the Sabiá"
- "Goody Goody" - 1:47
- "Empty Tables"
- "I Believe I'm Gonna Love You"
- "Stargazer"
- "I Sing the Songs (I Write the Songs)"
- "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" - 2:37
- "It Was a Very Good Year" - 4:25
Disc four
- "Somethin' Stupid" (with Nancy Sinatra) - 2:45
- "Young at Heart" - 2:52
- "You Make Me Feel So Young" - 3:21
- "Yesterday" - 3:56
- "Pennies from Heaven"
- "If"
- "Something" - 3:34
- "Star!"
- "Love's Been Good to Me"
- "My Way" - 4:35
Chart positions
Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart[1] | 1 |
References
- ^ "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2011.