Francis A. & Edward K.

Francis A. & Edward K.

General information

Artist

Frank Sinatra

Arranger

Release date(s)

1968
1988
1999

Recorded

December 11–12, 1967

Record Label

Reprise

Producer

Sonny Burke

Product code

Track information

Discs

1

Total tracks

8

Length

35:14

Singles

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Reception

Allmusic

2½ / 5

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Francis A. & Edward K. is a 1968 studio album by Frank Sinatra; it is Sinatra's fifty-third studio album. Sinatra performed this album with Duke Ellington and his big band. The album was arranged and conducted by Billy May.

Track listing

1. "Follow Me" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:56
2. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 4:15
3. "All I Need Is the Girl" (Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne) – 5:01
4. "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) – 4:14
5. "I Like the Sunrise" (Duke Ellington) – 5:02
6. "Yellow Days" (Álvaro Carrillo, Alan Bernstein) – 5:00
7. "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) – 4:29
8. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Lerner) – 3:22

Reception

Allmusic scored the album at two and half stars, claiming the much-anticipated collaboration with the jazz giants "didn't quite match its high expectations." The album's performanced between Sinatra and Ellington were uneven, "varying between robust, expressive performances and thin singing."

Francis A. & Edward K. peaked the Billboard 200 charts at #78.

Personnel

Personnel
Sonny Burke	Audio Production, Producer
Jeff Castleman	Double Bass
Stan Cornyn	Liner Notes
Duke Ellington	Piano
Duke Ellington's Orchestra	Perforance
Lee Herschberg	Audio Engineer, Engineer
Billy May	arranger, conductor
Frank Sinatra	Vocals
Ed Thrasher	Art Direction