Only the Lonely

by Frank Sinatra

Overview

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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/26/1998
Label:	Capitol
UPC:	0724349475625
Rank:	53857

Tracks

1. Only the Lonely
2. Angel Eyes
3. What's New?
4. It's a Lonesome Old Town
5. Willow Weep for Me
6. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
7. Goodbye
8. Blues in the Night
9. Ebb Tide
10. Spring Is Here
11. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
12. Gone With the Wind
13. Where or When
14. Sleep Warm

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Frank Sinatra   Primary Artist,Vocals
Nelson Riddle   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Conductor
George Van Eps   Guitar
Armand Kaproff   Cello
Gus Bivona   Clarinet,Saxophone,Featured Artist
David Sterkin   Viola
Gerald Vinci   Violin
Kurt Reher   Cello
Al Hendrickson   Guitar
Arnold Belnick   Violin
Champ Webb   Oboe
David Frisina   Violin
Russell Brown   Trombone
Harry Klee   Flute
Frank Flynn   Drums,Percussion
George Price   French Horn
Ray Sims   Trombone
Bill Richmond   Drums,Percussion
Cappy Lewis   Trumpet
Stanley Harris   Viola
Alex Beller   Violin
Paul Robyn   Viola
Arthur Gleghorn   Flute
Daniel Karpilowsky   Violin
Mahlon Clark   Clarinet
Elizabeth Greenschpoon   Cello
Harold Dicterow   Violin
Don Christlieb   Bassoon
Jack Marsh   Bassoon
Bill Ulyate   Clarinet (Bass)
James Decker   French Horn
Richard Perissi   French Horn
Joseph Saxon   Cello
Morris Bercov   Clarinet
Victor Bay   Violin
James Arkatov   Cello
Harry Sukman   Piano
Henry Hill   Violin
Sinclair Lott   French Horn
Israel Baker   Violin
Bill Miller   Piano
Alvin Dinkin   Viola
Joe Comfort   Bass
Larry Bunker   Drums
Felix Slatkin   Violin,Conductor
Dominic Frontiere   Accordion
Kathryn Julye   Harp
Arnold Koblentz   Oboe
Al Viola   Guitar
James McGee   French Horn
Ben Gill   Violin
Sal Franzella   Clarinet
Norman Herzberg   Bassoon
Blake Reynolds   Clarinet
Mitchell Lurie   Clarinet
Eddie Gilbert   Bass
Ken Shroyer   Trombone (Bass)
Emo Neufeld   Violin
Charles Butler   Clarinet (Bass)
Victor Amo   Violin
John Williams   Piano
Pete Candoli   Trumpet
John Cave   French Horn
Juan Tizol   Trombone (Valve)
Marshall Sosson   Violin
Paul Shure   Violin
James Getzoff   Violin
Chuck Gentry   Clarinet,Clarinet (Bass)
Eleanor Slatkin   Cello
Vincent DeRosa   French Horn
Mischa Russell   Violin
Milt Bernhart   Trombone
Mike Rubin   Bass
Tommy Pederson   Trombone

Technical Credits

Alan Bergman   Composer
Harry Tobias   Composer
Robert Haggart   Composer
Earl Brent   Composer
Robert Maxwell   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Bob Haggart   Composer
Voyle Gilmore   Producer
Charles Kisco   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
R. Rogers   Composer
Gordon Jenkins   Composer
Herbert Magidson   Composer
Ann Ronell   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer,Liner Notes
C. Kisco   Composer
H. Tobias   Composer
M. Dennis   Composer
R. Maxwell   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Earl K. Brent   Composer
Herb Magidson   Composer
Marilyn Bergman   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Lew Spence   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer,Liner Notes
Nelson Riddle   Arranger
Pete Welding   Liner Notes
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Dave Cavanaugh   Producer
Allie Wrubel   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Bob Norberg   Remastering
Larry Walsh   Remastering
Frank Sinatra   Art Direction
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Matt Dennis   Composer