Softly, as I Leave You (album)

Softly, as I Leave You

General information

Artist

Frank Sinatra

Arranger

Ernie Freeman
Billy May
Nelson Riddle
Marty Paich

Release date(s)

November 1964 (LP)
February 1989
2002
2006 (CD)

Recorded

August 27, 1962 - October 3, 1964

Record Label

Reprise

Producer

Sonny Burke

Product code

Track information

Discs

1

Total tracks

12

Length

33:33

Singles

"Come Blow Your Horn"
"Softly, as I Leave You"
"Then Suddenly Love"
"Available"

Reception

Allmusic

3 / 5

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Alternate cover art

Chronology

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For the song, "Softly, as I Leave You", see "Softly, as I Leave You (song)".

Softly, as I Leave You is a 1964 studio album by Frank Sinatra; it was his forty-fourth studio album. It was also Sinatra's first attempt at singing close to early rock and roll music

Track listing

1. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 2:58
2. "Here's to the Losers" (Robert Wells, Jack Segal) – 3:05
3. "Dear Heart" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Henry Mancini) – 2:43
4. "Come Blow Your Horn" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:07
5. "Love Isn't Just for the Young" (Bernard Knee) – 2:57
6. "I Can't Believe I'm Losing You" (Don Costa, Phil Zeller) – 2:43
7. "Pass Me By" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 2:25
8. "Softly, as I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVito, Giorgio Calabrese) – 2:50
9. "Then Suddenly Love" (Ray Alfred, Paul Vance) – 2:15
10. "Available" (Cahn, Ned Wynn, L.B. Marks) – 2:47
11. "Talk to Me Baby" (Robert E. Dolan, Mercer) – 3:00
12. "The Look of Love" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:43

Singles

The first track of Softly as I Leave You was released in 1963, featuring "I Have Dreamed" and "Come Blow Your Horn," a song from the motion picture of the same name. The title track of the album, "Softly, as I Leave You," was released along with "Then Suddenly Love" as a single in 1964. The song "Available" was later released with "Anytime at All" in a 1965 single.

Reception

Allmusic gave the album a three out of five stars. They praised the title track of the album, claiming it had a "subdued but forceful and steady backbeat." However, "the album is pieced together from leftovers from various early-'60s sessions" meaning it loses closure.

Softly, as I Leave You peaked at #19 on the Billboard 200 charts in 1965.

Personnel

Personnel
Jimmy Bowen	Producer
Sonny Burke	Producer
Sammy Cahn	Composer
Giorgio Calabrese	Composer
Cy Coleman	Composer
Stan Cornyn	Liner Notes
Don Costa	Arranger, Composer
Antonio de Vita	Composer
Ray Evans	Composer
Ernie Freeman	Arranger
Bernie Knee	Composer
Carolyn Leigh	Composer
Jay Livingston	Composer
Henry Mancini	Composer
Billy May	Arranger
Marty Paich	Arranger
Nelson Riddle	Arranger
Hal Shaper	Composer
Frank Sinatra	Vocals
Ed Thrasher	Art Direction
Ned Wynn	Composer
Phil Zeller	Composer