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The World We Knew (1967)

Where the lyrics of The World We Knew take you, and where it was really made.

The album's second track, a duet with his daughter Nancy, reached No. 1, while the title track stopped at No. 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Key places

Sessions at United-Western Studios (1967)

Recording site The Music Grinder (Hollywood) — The album sessions were held at United-Western Studios in Hollywood, California. The point is placed at city-center level, not at the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The World We Knew, also known as Frank Sinatra: a 1967 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra
• Title track reached No. 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart in 1967
• Second track "Somethin' Stupid" is a duet between Sinatra and his daughter Nancy
• "Somethin' Stupid" reached No. 1 on both the Hot 100 and the Easy Listening chart

Background

• The album is also known by the title Frank Sinatra
• The title track and "Somethin' Stupid" are the two chart highlights of the album
• Nancy Sinatra's duet with her father on the second track is the album's best-known moment

Recording

• Sessions held in United-Western Studios, Hollywood, California
• Overdubs for "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" recorded on June 30 and July 1, 1967
• Basic backing tracks for "This Town" recorded on June 30, 1967
• Instrumental overdubs for "This Town" recorded on July 27, 1967
• Background vocals on "Don't Sleep in the Subway" recorded on July 27, 1967

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants.
• Began singing professionally as a teenager with the Hoboken Four, winning Major Bowes Amateur Hour.
• Joined Harry James's band in 1939, then Tommy Dorsey's band, before going solo in 1942.

Career

• Signed with Columbia Records in 1943 and became a major star of the bobby-soxer era.
• Signed with Capitol Records in 1953; collaborated with arranger Nelson Riddle on albums such as In the Wee Small Hours and Songs for Swingin' Lovers!.
• Founded Reprise Records in 1960, releasing albums including September of My Years and the hit single "My Way".
• Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity (1953).
• Estimated to have sold around 150 million records worldwide.
• Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997.
• Died May 14, 1998 in Los Angeles.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billboard's contemporary review is not quoted on this page, so this section lists only the chart results

Reappraisal

• AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album two and a half out of five stars
• Erlewine called it "More of a singles collection than a proper album"
• He said much of it has rock-oriented pop production with fuzz guitars, reverb, folky acoustic guitars, wailing harmonicas, drum kits, organs, and brass and string charts
• He said the songs Sinatra tackles with a variety of arrangers are more ambitious than most middle-of-the-road, adult-oriented soft rock of the late 1960s
• Erlewine described the ninth track, "Drinking Again", as exceptional and nuanced
• He said "Drinking Again" ranks among the best songs Sinatra cut during the 1960s

Records

• Title track: No. 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (1967)
• Title track: No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart (1967)
• "Somethin' Stupid": No. 1 on the Hot 100 and the Easy Listening chart (1967)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Carson Parks is also known as C. Carson Parks, per the credit notes
• Jim Harbert is also known as James Harbert, per the credit notes
• The orchestra on "Drinking Again" included 12 violins
• Overdubs for "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" were recorded on June 30 and July 1, 1967
• Background vocals on "Don't Sleep in the Subway" were recorded on July 27, 1967

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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