September Of My Years Music Cd

Frank Sinatra - September Of My Years

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September of My Years      Artist : Frank Sinatra      List Price : $11.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1998-05-26      Studio : Warner Bros / Wea      Label : Warner Bros / Wea      Avg. Customer Rating : (50 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for September Of My Years      His Ballad Masterpiece      Rating:      Many would say that "Only the Lonely" is Frank's greatest ballad LP, but this is the one would I choose.The voice is in top form and Gordy Jenkins provides the arrangements for a fine colleciion of songs. Listening to this album NEVER gets old.     Customer Reviews for September Of My Years Cd      A Timeless Treasure      Rating:      I first bought this album when I was 17; I had just graduated from high school. What did I know about getting older? But it was autumn then, and as I headed off to college and the crimson and gold leaves fell around me, this music established an enduring soundtrack for that wonderful season in my life. I loved it immediately. I wore out the monaural LP and bought a stereo version. Much later I bought the CD. I have listened to this wonderful album for 42 years, and now the lyrics catch at my soul as never before. I'm 59 now, and I know what those words mean. Sinatra's singing here was never equaled; the Gordon Jenkins strings and lush arrangements haunt me still. Every autumn I "dust off" this treasure and I am transported back to that time "when the wind was green". It was a very good year, indeed. Editorial Reviews for September Of My Years Audio Cd      Amazon.com essential recording      From the evocative cover painting to the impeccably chosen songs within, this 1965 album harkens back to Sinatra's great Capitol-era concept albums like In the Wee Small Hours and Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely. The theme revolves around a man approaching his 50s, looking back with a mixture of nostalgia, regret, and uncertainty; given Sinatra's age at the time (he was 49 when this was recorded) and the way he invests himself in the material, it's impossible to interpret the record as anything but autobiographical. Wistful numbers such as "Don't Wait Too Long," "It Was a Very Good Year," "September Song," and the title track all hit the emotional bull's-eye, but everything here is excellent. Unquestionably his finest Reprise-era achievement. --Dan Epstein