She Shot Me Down

She Shot Me Down

General information

Artist

Frank Sinatra

Arranger

Gordon Jenkins

Release date(s)

November 1981
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Recorded

April 8 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, and July 20, 21, August 19, September 10, 1981

Record Label

Reprise

Producer

Don Costa

Product code

Track information

Discs

1

Total tracks

9

Length

36:40

Singles

"Good Thing Going (Going Gone)"^[1]

Reception

Allmusic

3½ / 5 ^[2]

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Chronology

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Trilogy: Past Present Future

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Syms by Sinatra

She Shot Me Down is a 1981 studio album by Frank Sinatra and is his last work with his self-founded label, Reprise. The album is Sinatra's sixty-third studio album.

Track listing Edit

1. "Good Thing Going (Going Gone)" (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:53
2. "Hey Look, No Crying" (Jule Styne, Susan Birkenhead) – 4:27
3. "Thanks for the Memory" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 4:25
4. "A Long Night" (Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon) – 3:44
5. "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (Sonny Bono) – 3:24
6. "Monday Morning Quarterback" (Don Costa, Pamela Phillips-Oland) – 4:38
7. "South - To a Warmer Place" (Wilder, McGlohon) – 3:45
8. "I Loved Her" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:04
9. Medley: "The Gal that Got Away"/"It Never Entered My Mind" (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin)/(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:05

Singles Edit

Only one song from She Shot Me Down was released as a single. "Good Thing Going (Going Gone)" was released along with the song "Say Hello" in 1981.^[1]

Reception Edit

Allmusic praised Jenkin's arrangements, as She Shot Me Down "largely consists of contemporary material, including five that were basically tailored for Sinatra." In comparison to 1980's Trilogy: Past Present Future, Stephen Thomas Erlewine claimed that in She Shot Me Down, "Sinatra's vocals are more alive and rich in detail than on Trilogy, and the concept is more concise and well-executed."^[2]

The album peaked at #52 on the Billboard 200 charts of 1982. She Shot Me Down peaked at #12 on the Jazz Albums charts of 1982 as well.^[3]

Personnel Edit

References Edit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} http://sinatrafamily.com/single-list/
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Allmusic review
3. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/she-shot-me-down-r26337/charts-awards