Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim

What a wonderful way of ending 2025! Maybe I'm being biased on this evaluation because of this, but I really enjoyed all this "bossa nova" thing on my last morning of 2025.

Absolute brilliant partnership between Sinatra and Jobim, 5/5

Effortlessly smooth anyone that can make the girl from ipanema interesting must be good.

Not sure Frank needs a full Bossa Nova album , let alone me

Nice distraction but I’d rather listen to another of his albums.

Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim recorded an album together that is quite enjoyable to listen to. It is essentially a Frank Sinatra album with bossa nova songs, which works well, but in my opinion is no improvement on his standard/swing recordings.
The recording of “Girl From Ipanema” is, of course, extremely well known, but after that there is not much else that deserves special mention. As I said, it's not bad, but in my opinion, any other Sinatra album could have been included here.

Great background music, wasn’t too exciting. Didn’t really grab my attention much.

The music is amazing and Frankie's voice is great, but honestly it kind of detracts from the samba sound. Still, it's a great album.

4.0/5.0: Great

great listen

(3.75)

2.1

A fine bossa nova album with Frank Sinatra on it - whoopee. 3/5

I kind of wanted to like this more, and did really enjoy the opening song and a lot of the instrumentation on other tracks. But overall it feels a bit inauthentic, given that Bossa Nova was by no means a "new sound" at the time. Maybe it was new to Sinatra's fans at the time I guess. Pretty creepy lyrics on "Change Partners" and "I Concentrate On You" as well there, Frank.

Pretty meh TBH.

I was honestly scared I was going to hate this. However, I did not hate it. It turned out to be well made jazz pop with some great singing and surprisingly tasteful horns. It's somehow not boring, and everything here is good to great. It doesn't overstay its welcome, either.

I was pretty excited to finally receive some Bossa Nova, but very unenthusiastic that it was this album (which barely feels like a Bossa Nova album). A quick search shows that there are a few other Bossa Nova records on the 1001AYHBYD list (like "Getz/Gilberto"!), but I got this one first.

I would gladly throw this off the list for a better record by a Bossa Nova artist who isn't otherwise included, like "Wave" by Antonio Carlos Jobim (if we want to keep ACJ on the list), "Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66" by Sergio Mendes, or almost any early selection by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. These other records could offer a far better primer on Bossa Nova than you get here. Frank has two other albums on this list and including this cash-grab snoozefest is over-generous.

In fact, I'll argue that this record is a direct rebuttal to the success of Herb Alpert & TJB in 1966, and its existence is a prime example of why Herb Alpert should be on this list! For the week of May 21, 1966, Herb Alpert & TJB had 5 albums in the Billboard Top 20: Whipped Cream & Other Delights(1), What Now My Love(2), Going Places(4), South Of The Border(17), and The Lonely Bull(20). And Billboard's list of top-selling albums at the end of 1966 included 3 in the top 5: Whipped Cream & Other Delights(1), Going Places(3), and What Now My Love(5) - eclipsing Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Barbara Streisand, and The Mamas and the Papas. Even if you don't like Herb Alpert, or Bossa Nova, it's impossible to argue that his sound wasn't king-for-a-day in 1966. And in that light, it's ridiculous that this album is included but not a single TJB albums is on this list. #JusticeForHerb

Super vanilla, uninspired covers by Sinatra.

Peak Sinatra right here

There are few things more underwhelming than a Frank Sinatra record. Like everything else he’s ever done, this is great music to put on in the background when you e got a new date coming over and you’re trying to convince her that you have taste so you can get laid.

I like this more than any other Sinatra I've ever heard; clearly Jobim's influence.

essa capa com a fumacinha eh boa hein, fotaça.

é bossa nova com o sinatra né.
assim, apesar do VOZERÃO do meu mano, acho que ele devia ficar na dele. bossa nova não é o território dele, tá ligado. não é ruim, mas falta algo. me pareceu até meio forçado, sei lá
dito isso, dá pra ouvir. não é nem chato, é só... estranho.

Not my favourite of Frank's work, but I really love his voice

There were some classic tunes on this album. Loved the Portuguese parts too, their voices blended nicely

Very smooth and chill

5 ⭐️

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim
This is rather lovely, the tone of Frank’s voice suits the low key and unhurried jazzy bossa nova very well, very well indeed. And it suits the warm weather at the moment.

Musically it’s very nice too, the muted horns and strings with the lovely guitars and gentle percussion have a graceful sway and subtlety, balancing beautifully with the understated, elegant vocals - making a very relaxed and serene 30 minutes. It never really gets out of 2nd gear, but it doesn’t really need to, its placid, laid back movement is what makes it such a pleasant and enjoyable listen.

This sort of fusion of swing, jazz, bossa nova and crooning can be tricky, it can easily slip into bland and characterless 60s easy listening, but the skill of Jobim, the delicateness of the strings and horns and Frank’s vocals make this a characterful and engaging bit of 60s easy listening. Between 3 and 4, I’ll go 4 as I liked it more each time I listened, and as I’m looking forward to coming back to it for some more relaxed, easygoing, breeziness
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Playlist submission: If You Never Come to Me