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Some Nice Things I’ve Missed
General information
Artist
Arranger
Release date(s)
July 1974
Recorded
December 10, 1973 - May 24, 1974
Record Label
Producer
Don Costa
Product code
Track information
Discs
1
Total tracks
10
Length
28:52
Reception
2 / 5 [2]
1 / 5 [3]
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Alternate cover art
Chronology

Some Nice Things I’ve Missed is a 1974 studio album by Frank Sinatra. It is Sinatra's sixty-first studio album.

Track listing[]

  1. "You Turned My World Around" (Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson) – 2:50
  2. "Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond) – 2:44
  3. "The Summer Knows" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 2:44
  4. "I'm Gonna Make It All the Way" (Floyd Huddleston) – 2:54
  5. "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" (Russell Brown, Irwin Levine) – 3:07
  6. "Satisfy Me One More Time" (Huddleston) – 2:22
  7. "If" (David Gates) – 3:10
  8. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:37
  9. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Legrand) – 4:05
  10. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (Jim Croce) – 2:49

Singles[]

Two singles were released in 1974 for Some Nice Things I've Missed. The first single featured the songs "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "I'm Gonna Make It All The Way." A second single of "You Turned My World Around" and "Satisfy Me One More Time" was later released. Both of these singles peaked at #83 on the billboard charts.[1]

Reception[]

Allmusic gave the album a two out of five stars, criticizing the album's arranger, Don Costa and his arrangements being unfit for Sinatra. Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated that "the arrangements are forced and awkward" and "the slower numbers are more effective."[2]

Mojo magazine reviewed Some Nice Things I've Missed in its January issue of 2010. The review by Andrew Male rated the album at only one of five stars.[3]

Personnel[]

Personnel
Alan Bergman Composer
Marilyn Bergman Composer
Jimmy Bowen Producer
John Brady Liner Notes
Russell Brown Composer
Sonny Burke Producer
Don Costa Arranger, Producer
Jim Croce Composer
Ed Greene Mixing, Remixing
Gribbitt! Design
John Guess Mixing, Remixing
Lee Herschberg Engineer, Mixing, Remixing
Jack Hunt Mixing, Remixing
Gordon Jenkins Arranger
Michel Legrand Composer
Irwin Levine Composer
Frank Sinatra Vocals
Ed Thrasher Art Direction, Photography

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 http://sinatrafamily.com/single-list/
  2. 2.0 2.1 Allmusic review
  3. 3.0 3.1 Andrew Male Mojo, January 2010, Issue 194.