Ol Blue Eyes Is Back

Frank Sinatra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B000002KC0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,389 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Will Be My Music

2. You're So Right (For What's Wrong in My Life)

3. Winners

4. Nobody Wins

5. Send in the Clowns [From A Little Night Music]

6. Dream Away [From the Man Who Loved Cat Dancing]

7. Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi le Temps)

8. There Used to Be a Ballpark

9. Noah

Editorial Reviews

FRANK SINATRA Ol Blue Eyes Is Back (Original US CD longbox issue of the 9-track album originally released in October 1973. Housed in original 12" x 6" picture longbox - still sealed in original stickered shrinkwrap)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SINATRA CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC~BRAVO FRANK!!!, September 19, 2003

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Bradly Briggs (TOLUCA LAKE, CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ol Blue Eyes Is Back (Audio CD)

As a child in the 50's, I fell in love with the SINATRA voice from radio hits like "WITCHCRAFT", "HIGH HOPES", and "ALL THE WAY" and as I came into my teens in the 60's, MR. SINATRA continued with great classics such as "IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR", "STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT", "SUMMER WIND", the soulful "THAT'S LIFE" and the grandest epic of them all "MY WAY" which is SINATRA at his sublime best. Then along came the bleak singer/songwriter era and great voices like SINATRA were no longer in fashion commercially as radio would no longer program someone who just had a great voice singing a great song because they wanted to set trends and control the airways! "OL'BLUE EYES IS BACK" is the wonderful television special that brought this master out of a short retirement and at the same time this classic album was released it was clear that FRANK SINATRA was back to stay and better than ever!!! Play this soulful set on a cold rainy night with the fireplace going along with a chilled bottle of fine wine and you will never forget the experience! Like fine aged wine the voice grew darker and more deeply soulful and the opening "YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC" is haunting and mesmerizing while the melancholy "YOUR SO RIGHT-FOR WHAT'S WRONG IN MY LIFE" is bluesy and soulful. "WINNERS" is a stirring SINATRA classic that would have been a hit if released in the musically adventuresome 50's or 60's and "NOBODY WINS" is a moody hauntingly beautiful vocal that is richly shaded and SINATRA at his saloon singer best! "SEND IN THE CLOWNS" is the definitive version of this standard which made it a classic and "DREAM AWAY" is deeply moving & another superb performance. SINATRA scored well with PAUL ANKA songs and "LET ME TRY AGAIN" should have been a huge hit as it is another soulful and stunning SINATRA performance that MR. SINATRA would continue doing in concerts for years after this original recording and to great effect. GORDON JENKINS did scores of brilliant bluesy arrangements for FRANK over the years and none were more effective that the gorgeous one he did for "THERE USE TO BE A BALLPARK" which again finds FRANK at his saloon-singer best giving a dark and moody hauntingly brilliant performance. The big soaring anthem is saved for the last and what a tour-de-force "NOAH" is and when MR. SINATRA sings "WE WILL WALK WITH THE LIONS, SOAR WITH THE EAGLE" you know that he is feeling every word of this anthem as he soars with a great passionate vocal that is breathtaking! "OL' BLUE EYES IS BACK" is the overlooked classic that was somehow lost in the tired era of the singer/songwriter but is now preserved for all who love a great singer in peak form to savor and enjoy on Compact Disc!!! Do not listen to those who strangely put this winning collection of superb performances down as they "didn't get it" what this wondrous masterpiece is all about because they probably wanted FRANK SINATRA to just stand in cobwebs and sing the old standards but FRANK was far too creative and adventuresome to just sit back and rest on his laurels...this awesome set is one of his very best so DO NOT MISS it! Thank You Frank Sinatra for alot of very good years...they were sublime and we miss you!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old Blue Eyes Is Back - BIG TIME!, January 21, 2006

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Lawrence E. LaRocco "Sinatra Fanatic" (Berwyn, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ol Blue Eyes Is Back (Audio CD)

This is a GREAT Sinatra album. Do not pay attention to critics who describe it as a "mixed bag" or denegrate Sinatra's pipes. No, this is not the prime Sinatra of the Capitol years and, yes, his voice is a little rough around the edges, but SO WHAT? An aging Sinatra in 1973 was still light years ahead of any other vocalist - Martin, Bennett, Davis, Mathis. Remember this rule about the Great American Songbook: There is Sinatra and then there is everyone else. This is an eclectic album of great depth and feeling. Sinatra comments on the state of contemporary music through the lyrics of the songs, and he infuses the material with an artistic pathos that reinforces the musical genius of the man and his approach to the inner core of his craft. "You Will Be My Music," is a musical critique of the declining quality of the material available to a man whose standards and taste were unsurpassed. "Send In The Clowns" is simply the definitive version of that song. There are no weak tracks on this album because Sinatra simply elevates whatever he performs to a higher level. This album marks the beginning of the final third of Sinatra's extraordinary career. It is a treasure, and it should be a part of every serious Sinatraphile's collection. Buy it and appreciate the complex emotional intensity that Frank brings to this disarmingly complex musical masterpiece. Five stars and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sinatra older but still the greatest, August 27, 2005

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David G. Story "Sinatra Fan" (Sault Ste. Marie, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ol Blue Eyes Is Back (Audio CD)

Frank was no 'spring chicken' when he recorded this in June of 1973 but it contains some beautiful work. In my view, whenever Gordon Jenkins, Don Costa and Frank Sinatra got together, it made for great music. I think the orchestration on this release is stellar, the best of all of Frank's albums.......in my opinion, there is not a bad track to be found here and it is well worth the money at twice the price. I have heard some say that this album showed Frank's voice was getting a bit thin by this time but Winners and You Will Be My Music still give me goose bumps every time I listen to them.