Days Of Wine & Roses – FRANK SINATRA****

Days Of Wine & Roses/Moon River/The Way You Look Tonight/Three Coins In The Fountain/In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening/Secret Love/Swinging On A Star/It Might As Well Be Spring/The Continental/Love Is A Many Splendored Thing/All The Way

Days Of Wine & Roses from the legendary Frank Sinatra was a concept album comprised entirely of academy award winners, with arrangement by Nelson Riddle. (US:10)

"One of the winners is All The Way, my number one favourite song penned by the most eloquent songwriter America ever produced and Mr Sinatra's very favourite lyricist, Sammy Cahn."

"This album is another example of why Sinatra and Riddle worked so well together. You might think that this is just a warmed over collection of show tunes but you would be wrong. It shows how the exceptional can make even the familiar special. Frank is strong and clear and Nelson has the band playing in a creative style throughout."

"This is an album full of songs that won an Oscar. There are some good songs and also plenty of clunkers. The Way You Look Tonight is the absolute best cut in the album, probably best version ever. Frank's singing is good on this album - not top notch as on The Concert Sinatra, for example, but then this is a lighter album."

"This is a terrific collection of Academy award winning songs performed by the best popular singer of the 20th century, Frank Sinatra. When Sinatra sings them, they become his. No question. Nelson Riddle's arrangements swing, and form perfect settings for this roster of exceptional songs."

"Frank sounds wonderful as always on these tracks; and the selection is very good, although I wish we got a couple more songs here. That's especially true since the incomparable Nelson Riddle arranged and conducted the music for these recordings."

"This 1964 compilation of Oscar winning tunes is hardly an essential purchase, but is still a very fun recording that will appeal to most Sinatra fans. Frank's voice is very much in peak form, and Nelson Riddle's orchestrations are typically excellent."