Frank Sinatra – Watertown (1970/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Frank Sinatra – Watertown (1970/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:37 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Pop, Jazz, Easy Listening
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Frank Sinatra Digital Reprise

Watertown is a later album by Frank Sinatra and tells a heartbreaking story in a series of soliloquies. It is the only album on which Sinatra sang over pre-recorded instrumental tracks. The songs were written by producer Bob Gaudio (of The Four Seasons) and Jake Holmes. Some of the songs from the album were later covered by artists such as Nina Simone (“For A While”) and Cake (“What’s Now Is Now”).

Watertown is Frank Sinatra’s most ambitious concept album, as well as his most difficult record. Not only does it tell a full-fledged story, it is his most explicit attempt at rock-oriented pop. Since the main composer of Watertown is Bob Gaudio, the author of the Four Seasons’ hits “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” “Walk Like a Man,” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” that doesn’t come as a surprise. With Jake Holmes, Gaudio created a song cycle concerning a middle-aged, small-town man whose wife had left him with the kids. Constructed as a series of brief lyrical snapshots that read like letters or soliloquies, the culminating effect of the songs is an atmosphere of loneliness, but it is a loneliness without much hope or romance — it is the sound of a broken man. Producer Charles Calello arranged musical backdrops that conveyed the despair of the lyrics. Weaving together prominent electric guitars, keyboards, drum kits, and light strings, Calello uses pop/rock instrumentations and production techniques, but that doesn’t prevent Sinatra from warming to the material. In fact, he turns in a wonderful performance, drawing out every emotion from the lyrics, giving the album’s character depth.

Tracklist:
1. Frank Sinatra – Watertown (03:35)
2. Frank Sinatra – Goodbye (She Quietly Says) (03:06)
3. Frank Sinatra – For A While (03:09)
4. Frank Sinatra – Michael & Peter (05:10)
5. Frank Sinatra – I Would Be In Love (Anyway) (02:32)
6. Frank Sinatra – Elizabeth (03:37)
7. Frank Sinatra – What A Funny Girl (You Used To Be) (03:00)
8. Frank Sinatra – What’s Now Is Now (04:05)
9. Frank Sinatra – She Says (01:53)
10. Frank Sinatra – The Train (03:26)

Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
Bob Gaudio – producer, composer, arranger
Jake Holmes – lyricist
Charles Calello – arranger, conductor

Wayne Andre, Warren Covington, Urbie Green, Jimmy Knepper (tbn); Tony Studd (b-tbn); Ray Alonge, James Buffington, Brooks Tillotson (fr-h); Phil Bodner, Wally Kane, Romeo Penque, Romeo Penque, William Slapin (wwd); Mannie Green, Max Cahn, Julius Held, Joe Malin, George Ockner, Rocco Pesile, Raoul Poliakin, Rocco Pesile, Aaron Rosand, Max Pollikoff, Tosha Samaroff, Aaron Rosand, Julius Schachter, Hemi Aubert, Mannie Green (vln); Alfred Brown, Harold Coletta, Richard Dickler, Cal Fleisig (via); George Ricci, Harvey Shapiro (vie); Margaret Ross (harp); Dick Hyman, Moe Wechsler (p); Jay Berliner, Ralph Casale, Willard Suyker (g); Stuart Scharf (classic g); Richard Davis, Russell George (b); Alvin Rogers (d); David Carey (perc)

Joe Scott – arranger, conductor
Jamie Alexander aka James Rocco and Diane Dell – background vocals
Vincent Bell: guitar
Manny Green: concert master
Lee Herschberg: digital mastering, mixing
Roy Cicala: editing, remixing
Frank Laico: engineer

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