Although it was fairly clear by this point that Frank Sinatra was past his heyday in the limelight, he still continued to record and deliver song after songs that were, quite overall and in general, excellent to hear. Frank Sinatra therefore was still crafting fairly timeless content by 1967. Although much had changed in the music industry since he started, Frankie himself was still crooning away Vocal Jazz classics for people from all walks of life to enjoy. Let’s take a listen to this album and we shall hear where it takes us

The World We Knew (Over And Over) begins with some heavily distorted electric guitar, and some melancholy melodies and has Frank Sinatra singing with his heart on his sleeve. It’s a dreary listening experience and sounds fairly sad and moving. Unfortunately, this is not the greatest effort by Frank Sinatra, but it is still very good to hear. It’s a very sad lament about breaking up with a serious lover, and sounds chaotic, particularly with the arrangements present in this song. Frank Sinatra paints his emotions clearly and passionately and misses whoever he is singing about. A good tune, even though it is a bit melodramatic. Nice effort.

Somethin’ Stupid features Frank Sinatra’s then-wife, Nancy Sinatra on vocals. It begins with Spanish acoustic guitar, and samba like percussion and enters into an awesome song about the pitfalls and errors of being in love. Nonetheless, this sounds really great and awesome musically. Singing about the ordinary nature and pessimism that those in a relationship can experience, this is an awesome song throughout. The climax, lyrics, production and singing present on this album are really top-notch. “…and then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like I love you…” is a fantastic climatic part of the song. A gem, one song alone worth hearing. Fantastic.

This Is My Love begins with a lush musical backing of strings and percussion, along with a harp. Frank Sinatra sings nicely here, and this is a slower and more relaxing sounding tune. In any case, this is a good and reflectively beautiful piece of music that is likely from Frank Sinatra’s own book of relationships during his lifetime. Frank’s vocal delivery is extraordinarily excellent, he sounds really top and expressive here. A pretty, interesting and calm sounding piece about loving and being in love, this is a gorgeous piece of Crooner Orchestral Pop music that still shines bright today. With an element of sadness and melancholy in the music about love lost, Frank Sinatra and company do excellently here. A sweet tune, the outro is divine. Great to hear.

Born Free is not a Kid Rock cover. Instead, it begins with clarinet, plucked string sections and launches into a good piece of music sung nicely by Frank Sinatra. This is about finding personal freedom and imagery within life and love. A short, sweet and something with some great singing on it, Frank Sinatra makes this two minute gem come nicely alive. Fantastic for such a short listen. The percussion at the end is great.

Don’t Sleep In The Subway sounds very unlike Frank Sinatra. It begins with a brass section in the left channel, female singing in the right channel and launches into a strange song by Frank Sinatra offering a lady who is in distress at night a place to stay. It’s not that impressive, even by Frank’s own high standards. In any case, Frank Sinatra pleads with the lady to come back and he wants her to stay with him. Regardless of what you think of it, this is definitely not the greatest moment by Frankie. It is too soppy and weird to be really enjoyable. A weird listen, and it fades out. Very odd.

This Town sounds a lot like The Beach Boys. It has muted electric guitar riffs, bongos and harmonica, all of which are very, very odd to hear. Soon enough, Frank Sinatra sings away nicely to this tune and this tune gets going. Weird, strange and likely drug influenced, Frankie and crew eventually get going nicely and melodically as a unit. Again, this is not the greatest that Frank Sinatra had done in his career. It sounds poor quality and a bit too lavishly produced for its own good. The psychedelic organs are odd and do not match Frank Sinatra’s voice and music. It’s okay, but not overly impressive. The story of a town for losers that Frank Sinatra deserts eventually is here, and the song fades out again. Just not the best material here.

This Is My Song begins with fluttering string sections and enters into a luscious and different song. Soon enough, Frank Sinatra sings about being deeply in love and sharing one’s life with a lover. This is a better song from this album, and it sounds really extraordinarily intense and fine. Dig out the bottles of fine wine and cigars listening to this song, this sounds really awesome. A great and pretty listening experience, with some mind-blowing lyrics and production. This is the perfect song to make love with one’s partner to. It ends with sustained instrumentation. A great, great effort.

You Are There begins with some deeply melodic piano, followed quickly by a mini-orchestra section that sounds sad and depressing. Frank Sinatra begins singing extremely well and sings about a lover who he doesn’t know is for real or not. This is a very moving tune, and the song illustrates the misery of missing a lover. Very sad to hear. This makes sense if you have been in love with someone who just doesn’t care about you anymore. In any case, this is not a million miles away from In The Wee Small Hours, also by Frank Sinatra. Very deep, but still listenable. Another very good song. It ends with some sad instrumentation.

Drinking Again begins with some slow and steady piano, and launches into a lounge Jazz styled music piece. Frank Sinatra sings very well here, and he sings about love lost, yet again. This is one of the better listens and more decent tunes from this album. He hopes for a lover to return to one’s side, but it doesn’t sound like a good situation for a lover to be in. Frank sings about attempting to crack jokes, but it failing miserably, due to being brokenhearted. Frank Sinatra understands more than most, what it is like to be blue. Good listening, although this could have been on a better album. Worth your ears, however.

Some Enchanted Evening is the last tune here, and begins with a strange movie like orchestral section. It quickly has Frankie entering and a call-and-response musical section entering. This song quickly gets going, and Frank Sinatra sings about a lover found in a place that changes everything. This is a nice finish to the album, which was previously morbid. Frank Sinatra sounds so cheerful and jolly that he makes the listener’s spirits lift at this point. It has an amazing climax towards the end, and Frank finishes a memorable album.

This is a very good album to listen to, but even so, this is not one of the better Frank Sinatra albums out there. Despite that, this is a very good thing to listen to from start to finish. Sure, some tracks are better than others but this isn’t Songs For Swingin’ Lovers! Should you listen to this album? Give it a try, you may like it, especially if you have heard other music by Frank Sinatra and enjoyed that as well.

Flawed but classy.

7/10