Come Dance With Me [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Frank Sinatra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 26, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1981
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000006OHB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,035 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Released in 1959, this was one of Sinatra's most commercially successful albums, remaining on the charts well into 1961. The reason for its popularity is apparent upon first spin: track for track, this is probably the enjoyably upbeat album Sinatra ever recorded. Billy May's arrangements swing unbelievably hard (the horn section positively leaps out from the speakers), and the Chairman himself is at the top of his vocal form on "Something's Gotta Give," "Cheek to Cheek," "Dancing in the Dark," and nine others. This is Sinatra at the very height of his artistic peak. The CD throws in four extra tracks of almost equal stature to the standing selections. --Dan Epstein

Product Description

The 1959 Grammy winner for Album of the Year.

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unqualified pleaser., July 13, 2000

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Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come Dance With Me (Audio CD)

Although I own almost 40 Sinatra albums, I had missed this one for some reason. The critical reputation of "Songs for Swinging Lovers" as Sinatra's best Capital jazz album and my own preference for the first Sinatra-Basie Reprise meeting led me to believe I could afford to take a pass on this one (moreover, I already had a copy of the other Sinatra-May classic, "Come Fly with Me"). Now I don't see how I managed to survive without this album, which may be the most satisfying, straight-ahead swinger of the lot. It's freer and more exhuberant than any other Capital album, and the voice has edge without some of the roughness of the Reprise recordings. Hearing Sinatra work out on "It All Depends on You" was eerily like catching Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons playing the same tune in a Chicago Southside lounge on Chicago's many years ago. The added tracks with Keely Smith are fun and spontaneous, providing an additional measure of satisfaction. The listener leaves the recording with a rare sense of fullness, of having gotten far more than he bargained for in these days when record albums no longer go for $3.98.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Upbeat retro-swing -- Sinatra and Billy May at their finest, December 30, 1999

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Jon Warshawsky "Sinatra Guru" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come Dance With Me (Audio CD)

Billy May brings his usual outrageous arrangements to back Sinatra's swingingest album. May is the guy who arranged Come Fly with Me, and everything here moves until the last track on the original record, 'Last Dance'. Sinatra fans will remember his spectacular and wild 'On the Road to Mandalay' from 'Come Fly...' and his even wilder 'Granada' from the Reprise 'Sinatra Swings' album. But 'Come Dance with Me' is fast Sinatra in his prime.

The album opens with a Cahn and Van Heusen tune that is only average (for that team), but from the second track onward the album soars. 'Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week' is a great update on the 1950 Columbia/George Siravo version, 'I Could Have Danced All Night' and 'Just in Time' are ecstatic and the list goes on. If there is anything to complain about here (and there almost isn't anything), it is that nearly every track runs at a breathless pace until the end. The remedy, of course, is to play one of the ballad albums to cool down afterward.

Capitol has added four 'bonus' tracks to the original set. These are great numbers, two with Capitol's Keely Smith, a talent in her own right, and I have no objection to hearing songs the caliber of 'It All Depends on You' and 'How Are Ya' Fixed for Love?' tacked on.

There is probably no more purely FUN Sinatra album out there. Really a classic album, with the ultimate 1950s cover art! -- strongly recommended.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It COOKS, baby!, August 19, 1999

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Flipkid (Cockeysville, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews

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Even at age 44 I am a "recent" convert to the awesome talent that was Frank Sinatra. I am an especially big fan of the "swinging" albums. In the past few months I have purchased 13 CDs in an attempt to "catch up." Most fans and critics will tell you (and rightly so) that "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!" (Frank's first for Capitol) and "Ring-a-Ding-Ding" (his first for Reprise) may be Frank's best efforts in the "swingin'" genre. BUT...

This album is amazing, and after many comparitive listens, my absolute favorite! There isn't one dog on the whole LP, and the two duets with Keely Smith are just FABulous. The Billy May arrangements just absolutely JUMP, and Frank sounds like he's having a gasser, baby.

If you have the slightest interest in the Voice, YOU MUST HAVE THIS ALBUM in your collection.