Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim

Frank's a vibe

I can clearly tell this is good. It’s just not for me. I like The Girl From Ipanema.

Very good and pleasant. Not sure how much I ever need to hear it again.

3/5

Kylläpä siitä tytöstä Ipanemasta on riittänyt juttua viime viikkoina. Toivon sinatralta yhtä livelevyä tälle listalle, mutta tääkin jää kolmosen tasolle.

Dangerously close to a William Shatner album

I think Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos John suffers from a very similar problem green onions does, the songs sound too similar to each other. But i think that it does sound better and it does not get nearly as tiring to listen to as green onions did. I would have given this album a 2.5 but its getting a 3 due to the fact that i need to round up.
Best Song: Sinatra/Jobim Medley
Worst Song: I Concentrate On You

Smooth, Sinatra's voice works perfectly with bossa nova

Francisco Alberto Sinatra.

Now That's What I Call Elevator Music! '67

This was already the 3rd album on this list with a rendition of "The Girl From Ipanema."

I can hear Sinatra had a blast with this album, but the croon interpretation of the Bossa Nova on this album combined with the quite stereotypical orchestrations of Ogerman makes it a musical dud in my book.

Ok album. A lot of it sounded the same after a while

I'm not a Sinatra fan but I am a bossa nova fan! Too much girl from ipanema though.

I have never been a Frank Sinatra fan. I find his music terribly bland. This music is sought after by thirsty housewives. Don't get me wrong, musically, this is a tight album, but Frank's crooning is annoying as hell. Antonio's injection of Bossa Nova really helped this album.

Frank was apparently a womanizer. An example of this can be heard in the song Change Partners, where Frank tries to convince a lady who appears to be in love with her boyfriend/husband to dump his ass so she can "dance" with him.... Dance in the bird region.... Settle down Frank, you're not God's gift to women.

Amy Farrah-Fowler's version of "The Girl from Ipanema" was better.

Overall, not my type of music at all. This whole Broadway scene in NY in the 40's does nothing at all to peak my interest. Probably revolutionary at the time, but it didn't age well. I won't listen again, but I get why it's on this list.

Favourite songs: The Girl from Ipanema, "Baubles, Bangles and Beads"

Least favourite songs: Dindi... And others.... It all blended together into a bland mess.

2/5

This album is a good register of an excellent music style, Bossa Nova. The album itself is not so good, but it's important for being part of the world's spread of this style, so it deserves its place on this list.
Listening to it in a single session could be annoying, but it's not so hard to finish.

Not a huge Sinatra fan but I find Jobim's music irresistible, so it ends up being a wash.

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Jazz, Bossa, Frank Sinatra y Antonio Carlos Jobin. Me da pena no saber apreciarlo pero además de sonar muy bien la grabación resulta muy agradable su escucha. Gracias por incluir estas maravillas en la lista.

Really dig the combination of their sounds here. Bossa Nova fits well with Sinatra's voice.

Oh god damnit. His version of Girl From Ipanema is not terrible but there are other versions that i enjoy way better. The orchestration on the track is good. I still think Frank Sinatra is hilariously overrated because he is at best a 2nd rate vocal talent. However, his voice on this record is tempered by the softness of the orchestration. This modulation to a less forceful vocal texture makes his voice more palatable, at least to me. Also a change-up to a bossa nova record allows for a different viewing of the same voice. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars and Meditation almost sound the same, though the latter has more of Frank's "upper register" which basically is just the sound of peanut butter melting on a string section. I Concentrate On You fucking sucks. Once I Loved also fucking sucks. Bossa Nova is a great music genre I will have to look more into and I still hate Frank Sinatra.

Found this just a bit dull