Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely ( 180g vinyl LP )

Release date 12-03-2012(originally released in 1958)

2012 EU reissue 180g vinyl LP- Featuring the absolute definitive versions of time-honed standards such as the title track, "Angel Eyes," "Spring Is Here," and, of course, the famous "One for My Baby,".

A landmark 1958 concept album that remains one of Sinatra's most legendary statements, arguably his greatest ballads album. Only the Lonelyfollows the same formula as his previous down albums, but the tone is considerably bleaker and more desperate. this cornerstone of the American songbook is a must-have for every music fan. Sinatra himself listed this as his favorite album.

Tracks:
A1 Only the Lonely
A2 Angel Eyes
A3 What's New?
A4 It's a Lonesome Old Town
A5 Willow Weep for Me
A6 Good-Bye

B1 Blues in the Night
B2 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
B3 Ebb Tide
B4 Spring Is Here
B5 Gone With the Wind
B6 One for My Baby

Reviews:
All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Originally, Frank Sinatra had planned to record Only the Lonely with Gordon Jenkins, who had arranged his previous all-ballads album, Where Are You. Jenkins was unavailable at the time of the sessions, which led Sinatra back to his original arranger at Capitol, Nelson Riddle. The result is arguably his greatest ballads album. Only the Lonely follows the same formula as his previous down albums, but the tone is considerably bleaker and more desperate. Riddle used a larger orchestra for the album than he had in the past, which lent the album a stately, nearly classical atmosphere. At its core, however, the album is a set of brooding saloon songs, highlighted by two of Sinatra's tour de forces -- "Angel Eyes" and "One for My Baby." Sinatra never forces emotion out of the lyric, he lets everything flow naturally, with grace. It's a heartbreaking record, the ideal late-night album.