Frank Sinatra – Watertown (1970/2014) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Frank Sinatra – Watertown (1970/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:37 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Pop, Jazz, Easy Listening
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Frank Sinatra Digital Reprise

Watertown is a later album by Frank Sinatra and tells a heartbreaking story in a series of soliloquies. It is the only album on which Sinatra sang over pre-recorded instrumental tracks. The songs were written by producer Bob Gaudio (of The Four Seasons) and Jake Holmes. Some of the songs from the album were later covered by artists such as Nina Simone (“For A While”) and Cake (“What’s Now Is Now”).Watertown is Frank Sinatra’s most ambitious concept album, as well as his most difficult record. Not only does it tell a full-fledged story, it is his most explicit attempt at rock-oriented pop. Since the main composer of Watertown is Bob Gaudio, the author of the Four Seasons’ hits “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” “Walk Like a Man,” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” that doesn’t come as a surprise. With Jake Holmes, Gaudio created a song cycle concerning a middle-aged, small-town man whose wife had left him with the kids. Constructed as a series of brief lyrical snapshots that read like letters or soliloquies, the culminating effect of the songs is an atmosphere of loneliness, but it is a loneliness without much hope or romance — it is the sound of a broken man. Producer Charles Calello arranged musical backdrops that conveyed the despair of the lyrics. Weaving together prominent electric guitars, keyboards, drum kits, and light strings, Calello uses pop/rock instrumentations and production techniques, but that doesn’t prevent Sinatra from warming to the material. In fact, he turns in a wonderful performance, drawing out every emotion from the lyrics, giving the album’s character depth.

Tracklist:

1. Frank Sinatra – Watertown (03:35)
2. Frank Sinatra – Goodbye (She Quietly Says) (03:06)
3. Frank Sinatra – For A While (03:09)
4. Frank Sinatra – Michael & Peter (05:10)
5. Frank Sinatra – I Would Be In Love (Anyway) (02:32)
6. Frank Sinatra – Elizabeth (03:37)
7. Frank Sinatra – What A Funny Girl (You Used To Be) (03:00)
8. Frank Sinatra – What’s Now Is Now (04:05)
9. Frank Sinatra – She Says (01:53)
10. Frank Sinatra – The Train (03:26)

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