Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely

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Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely is a 1958 concept album by Frank Sinatra featuring lush, melancholic torch songs arranged by Nelson Riddle, widely regarded as one of his greatest and most emotionally powerful recordings.

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Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
arranger Nelson Riddle ⓘ
artist Frank Sinatra ⓘ
awarded Grammy Award for Best Album Cover (1959) ⓘ
consideredOneOf Frank Sinatra's greatest albums ⓘ
Frank Sinatra's most emotionally powerful recordings ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtBy Nicholas Volpe ⓘ
coverArtType caricature of Frank Sinatra as a sad clown ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
followedBy Come Dance with Me! ⓘ
linked to: Come Dance with Me
format mono ⓘ
stereo ⓘ
genre torch songs ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
hasCatalogNumber Capitol SW-1053 ⓘ
Capitol W-1053 ⓘ
hasTrack Angel Eyes ⓘ
Blues in the Night ⓘ
Ebb Tide ⓘ
Gone with the Wind ⓘ
Good-bye ⓘ
linked to: Goodbye

Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry ⓘ
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) ⓘ
Only the Lonely ⓘ
Spring Is Here ⓘ
What's New? ⓘ
linked to: What’s New?

Willow Weep for Me ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 50 minutes ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Album of the Year (1959) ⓘ
notableFor emotionally intense torch songs ⓘ
lush orchestral arrangements ⓘ
orchestrator Nelson Riddle ⓘ
partOf Frank Sinatra's Capitol era discography ⓘ
precededBy This Is Sinatra Volume Two ⓘ
producer Dave Cavanaugh ⓘ
recordedAt Capitol Studios ⓘ
recordedInCity Hollywood ⓘ
recordedInCountry United States ⓘ
recordedInState California ⓘ
recordingPeriodEnd 1958-06-09 ⓘ
recordingPeriodStart 1958-05-05 ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1958-09-08 ⓘ
releaseYear 1958 ⓘ
theme heartbreak ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
melancholy ⓘ
vocalist Frank Sinatra ⓘ

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Come Fly with Me → followedBy → Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely ⓘ
Capitol W-920 → followedBy → Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely ⓘ