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Nice 'n' Easy by: Frank Sinatra List Price: $16.98 CD-Charts Price: $14.99 You Save: $1.99 (12%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724353374525 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: January 08, 2002 Studio: Capitol Sales Rank: 63241 MPN: 33745 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Although it wasn't designed with the cohesive vision of Frank Sinatra's conceptual masterpieces (like In the Wee Small Hours and Only the Lonely), track for track, this "contractual obligation album"--a lightly swingin' single followed by a bunch of ballads, recorded near the end of his tenure at Capitol--is as strong as anything the singer's ever done. The lightweight title song sets a relaxed tone that's a little misleading--just when you think you can kick back in the recliner and take it "nice 'n' easy" (a swell tune, by the way), Sinatra plunges off the emotional deep end with "That Old Feeling." It's like waking up from an afternoon nap to find yourself afflicted with insomnia in the wee small hours. OK, so he contradicts himself. The first song is about taking your time along the smoothly paved road to romance; the second is about driving straight into the ditch of romantic obsession--the difference, say, between Mia Farrow and Ava Gardner. From this point on, the album's tone is definitely Gardner. And Sinatra's singing has never been more spine-tingling than on the next three songs: sounding unfathomable depths in "How Deep Is the Ocean," seductively cooing "I've Got a Crush on You" in his lover's ear, and unabashedly succumbing to the delirious intoxication of "You Go to My Head," his voice "spinning 'round in my brain like the bubbles in a glass of champagne." You can get drunk on this record. --Jim Emerson Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Sinatra makes me happyNothing will ever replace "In the Wee Small Hours" as my favorite Sinatra (if not my all time favorite recording), this one scores very high on the scale. I prefer the quiet, sad songs that Sinatra did so well after a failed love affair. I play them to go to sleep at night (although I've been married for 50 years & am still happy I married my husband). But, if you like wonderfully melodic and painfully sincere recordings, first buy "Hours" and then order "Nice 'n' Easy". You will love them. Rating: - Sinatra At His Smooth, Sophisticated Best.Though on the surface not in the same mold as his revolutionary concept albums of the 1950s', Frank Sinatra's 1960 release "Nice 'N' Easy" is one of Ol' Blue Eyes's strongest and most consistent albums of his career. Made up of reduxes of his Columbia recordings (save one recording), Frank as well as frequent collaborator Nelson Riddle are at the top of their game here. The album begins with its title track, the only original recording on here and one of Frank's most enduring recordings thanks to its light as the breeze Riddle arrangement, playful lyrics and Frank's smooth as silk vocal performance. The rest of the album isn't quite as easy going or as fun as the opening song, but nonetheless remains solid throughout. ... Read More: Rating: - Oh, how Frank could sell a song--masterfully, with poise and insight, yet nice 'n' easy !!!Frank Sinatra fulfilled his contract with Capitol Records by recording the songs for this wonderful album entitled Nice 'n' Easy. This track set features the more mature and highly seasoned Frank Sinatra who sings with a degree of sophistication that squarely ranks him as one of the greatest male singers of all time. Oh sure, many of the songs on this CD were recorded earlier in his career; but when Frank Sinatra revisits these ballads he uses his artistic maturity, increased focus and panache to convey greater sensitivity than ever before. This CD proves all of this; and the four bonus tracks we get are a blessing! The first track is the title song entitled "Nice 'n' Easy;" Franks voice simply never sounded better and the arrangement by Nelson ... Read More: Rating:  - 3.5 --Good, but Sinatra's first slight let down after a streak of near perfect classicsThe excellent and newly written title track was and still is terrific; but the remakes of the Columbia era ballads seem in odd juxtaposition to the sly swagger of the song Nice 'n Easy. The Capitol period had, thus far, been an amazing album by album succession of brilliant concepts. Obviously Sinatra (and Riddle) wanted to revisit these old songs and enhance them with more modern arrangements especially compared to the silky Stordahl style; yet, it just doesn't quite work as well as most of the other releases in the Capitol catalogue. I generally do, however, prefer the versions here as opposed to the many earlier versions of these tracks. Is it good? Absolutely - just not quite as good or as original as the expectations based on the remarkable ... Read More: Rating:  - Let's take it nice and easy.This album by Frank Sinatra was recorded in the Spring of 1960. With the exception of the title song, all the songs are remakes of songs Sinatra had previously recorded from the 1940s to the early '50s. It's breezy title song notwithstanding, Nice 'N' Easy actually is an album of romantic ballads of a decidedly ardent, even reflective feel. In short, the sort of material that Sinatra performed better than any other singer. The songs were arranged by Nelson Riddle. Sinatra fans should dig it. |
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