Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain

Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain

General information

Artist

Frank Sinatra

Arranger

Robert Farnon

Release date(s)

1962
1993
1999
February 22, 2010

Recorded

London - June 12–14, 1962

Record Label

Reprise

Producer

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Track information

Discs

1

Total tracks

11

Length

37:21

Singles

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Reception

Allmusic

2 / 5

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Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain is a 1962 Reprise album by Frank Sinatra. It is Sinatra's thirty-fifth studio album.

The tracks of the album all originated in Great Britain. In addition to originating in Britain, Sinatra recorded this album in Britain, however, these recordings were only released in Britain as an LP. This was Sinatra's only studio album recorded outside the United States.

Track listing

1. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:34
2. "We'll Gather Lilacs in the Spring" (Ivor Novello) – 3:15
3. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 4:07
4. "Now Is the Hour" (Maewa Kaihan, Clemnet Scott, Dorothy Stewart) – 2:51
5. "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) – 3:21
6. "Roses of Picardy" (Frederic E. Weatherly, Hayden Wood) – 3:01
7. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 3:54
8. "A Garden in the Rain" (James Dyrenforth, Carroll Gibbons) – 3:24
9. "London by Night" (Carroll Coates) – 3:20
10. "We'll Meet Again" (Hughie Charles, Ross Parker) – 3:44
11. "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" (Nöel Coward) – 3:16

Reception

Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain was given below average reviews from publications such as Allmusic. Allmusic claims that the arragnements of the album "are more interesting than the actual songs" and "Sinatra was simply not in good shape for the sessions."

Personnel

Personnel
Hughie Charles	Composer
Robert Farnon	Arranger, Conductor
Alan Freeman	Producer
Benny Green	Liner Notes
Lee Herschberg	Digital Mastering, Mastering, Remixing
James Isaacs	Liner Notes
Maewa Kaihan	Composer
Maewa Kaihau	Composer
Ross Parker	Composer
Clement Scott	Composer
Merle Shore	Art Direction
Frank Sinatra	Vocals
Dorothy Stewart	Composer
Frederick Edward Weatherly	Composer