Watertown [Bonus Tracks]

by Frank Sinatra

Overview

Watertown is Frank Sinatra's most ambitious concept album, as well as his most difficult record. Not only does it tell a full-fledged story, it is his most explicit attempt at rock-oriented pop. Since the main composer of Watertown is Bob Gaudio, the author of the Four Seasons' hits "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," "Walk Like a Man," and "Big Girls Don't Cry," that doesn't come as a surprise. With Jake Holmes, Gaudio created a song cycle concerning a middle-aged, small-town man whose wife left him with the kids. Constructed as a series of brief lyrical snapshots that read like letters or soliloquies, the culminating effect of the songs is an atmosphere of loneliness, but it is a loneliness without much hope or romance -- it is the sound of a broken man. Producer Charles Calello arranged musical backdrops that conveyed the despair of the lyrics. Weaving together prominent electric guitars, keyboards, drum kits, and light strings, Calello uses pop/rock instrumentation and production techniques, but that doesn't prevent Sinatra from warming to the material. In fact, he turns in a wonderful performance, drawing out every emotion from the lyrics, giving the album's character depth. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/03/2022
Label:	Universal
UPC:	0602445338474
Rank:	55127

Tracks

1. Watertown
2. Goodbye (She Quietly Says)
3. For a While
4. Michael & Peter
5. I Would Be in Love (Anyway)
6. Elizabeth
7. What a Funny Girl (You Used To Be)
8. What's Now Is Now
9. She Says
10. The Train

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Frank Sinatra   Primary Artist
Charles Calello   Conductor
Joe Scott   Conductor

Technical Credits

Bob Gaudio   Composer,Producer,Recording Arranger
Jake Holmes   Composer
Charles Pignone   Producer
Jake Homes   Composer
Larry Walsh   Mixing
Charles Calello   Arranger,Recording Arranger
Joe Scott   Arranger,Recording Arranger