Softly, as I Leave You (album)

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Softly, As I Leave You
Softly, As I Leave You cover
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released 1964
Recorded August 27, 1962–October 3, 1964, Los Angeles
Genre Jazz Vocal
Length 33:33
Label Reprise Records
Professional reviews
Frank Sinatra chronology
It Might As Well Be Swing
(1964)		 Softly, As I Leave You
(1964)		 Sinatra '65: The Singer Today
(1965)


Softly, As I Leave You is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1964.

This album was Sinatra's first tentative attempt to come to terms with the rock & roll revolution, even if it was hardly a rock & roll album. In fact, it wasn't much of an album to begin with. The highlight of the record was the hit title song, which featured a subdued but forceful and steady backbeat. The rhythm itself was indicative of Sinatra's effort to accept the new popular music.

Arranged by Ernie Freeman, "Softly, As I Leave You," "Then Suddenly Love," and "Available" are definitely stabs at incorporating rock & roll into Sinatra's middle-of-the-road pop, featuring drum kits, backing vocals, and keyboards.

The rest of the album is pieced together from leftovers from various early-'60s sessions, from many different arrangers and conductors, giving the album a rather uneven finish.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 2:58
  2. "Here's to the Losers" (Robert Wells, Jack Segal) – 3:05
  3. "Dear Heart" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Henry Mancini) – 2:43
  4. "Come Blow Your Horn" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:07
  5. "Love Isn't Just for the Young" (Bernard Knee) – 2:57
  6. "I Can't Believe I'm Losing You" (Don Costa, Sammy Cahn) – 2:43
  7. "Pass Me By" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 2:25
  8. "Softly, As I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVito, Giorgio Calabrese) – 2:50
  9. "Then Suddenly Love" (Ray Alfred, Paul Vance) – 2:15
  10. "Available" (Sammy Cahn, Ned Wynn, L.B. Marks) – 2:47
  11. "Talk to Me Baby" (Robert Dolan, Johnny Mercer) – 3:00
  12. "The Look of Love" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:43

[edit] Personnel

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