Some Nice Things I’ve Missed

Some Nice Things I’ve Missed

General information

Artist

Frank Sinatra

Arranger

Don Costa

Release date(s)

July 1974

Recorded

December 10, 1973 - May 24, 1974

Record Label

Reprise

Producer

Don Costa

Product code

Track information

Discs

1

Total tracks

10

Length

28:52

Singles

"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
"I'm Gonna Make It All the Way"
"You Turned My World Around"
"Satisfy Me One More Time"

Reception

Allmusic

2 / 5

Mojo

1 / 5

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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.

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."

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.

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