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Released
  
August 1967

Artist
  
Frank Sinatra

Producer
  
Jimmy Bowen

Genre
  
Traditional pop music

Length
  
26:32

Release date
  
August 1967

Label
  
Reprise Records

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Recorded
  
February 1 – July 24, 1967 Hollywood

The World We Knew (1967)
  
Francis A. & Edward K. (1968)

Similar
  
Frank Sinatra albums, Traditional pop music albums

Frank sinatra the world we knew over and over


The World We Knew, also known as Frank Sinatra, is a 1967 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra.

Contents

The title track reached #30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Easy Listening chart in 1967, while the Frank/Nancy Sinatra duet "Somethin' Stupid" reached #1 on both charts.

Frank sinatra the world we knew over and over


Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album two and a half stars, and described it as "More of a singles collection than a proper album...Much of this has a rock-oriented pop production, complete with fuzz guitars, reverb, folky acoustic guitars, wailing harmonicas, drum kits, organs, and brass and string charts that punctuate the songs rather than provide the driving force...the songs Sinatra tackles with a variety of arrangers are more ambitious than most middle-of-the-road, adult-oriented soft rock of the late '60s." Erlewine described "Drinking Again" as "exceptional, nuanced" and said that it "ranks among the best songs Sinatra cut during the '60s."

Track listing

  1. "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" (Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman) – 2:50
  2. "Somethin' Stupid" (with Nancy Sinatra) (Carson Parks) – 2:45
  3. "This Is My Love" (James Harbert) – 3:37
  4. "Born Free" (Don Black, John Barry) – 2:05
  5. "Don't Sleep in the Subway" (Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent) – 2:22
  6. "This Town" (Lee Hazlewood) – 3:05
  7. "This Is My Song" (Charlie Chaplin) – 2:30
  8. "You Are There" (Harry Sukman, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:31
  9. "Drinking Again" (Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber) – 3:13
  10. "Some Enchanted Evening" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:34

Personnel

  • Frank Sinatra - vocals
  • Nancy Sinatra - vocal (Track 2)
  • Gordon Jenkins - arranger, conductor
  • Billy Strange - vocals, guitars
  • H. B. Barnum - piano, producer, arranger
  • Ernie Freeman - piano
  • Claus Ogerman - arrangements, orchestration
  • Songs

    1The World We Knew (Over and Over)2:47
    2Somethin' Stupid2:39
    3This Is My Love3:34

    References

    The World We Knew Wikipedia