“In The Wee Small Hours” by Frank Sinatra - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1955 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1950s ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die  |
His lonely and blue concept album, with a mood and performance drawn from a deep pool of his own messy relationship experiences. Things starts off nicely with the elegant title track which strikes a universal chord – who hasn’t missed their lover in the wee small hours of the morning? [Steady]. By the end, however, I’m completely drained by the whole weary, dreary affair. Very few hooks, no interesting lyrics, just a monotonous bore wallowing in self-pity for 50 minutes. The album was a huge success both critically and commercially. I’ll never be down with the conservative croonsters…
The Jukebox Rebel
14–Oct–2015
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [03:00]  Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning [1955 version] (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A2 | [03:30]  Frank Sinatra - Mood Indigo (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) Jazz |
| A3 | [02:35]  Frank Sinatra - Glad To Be Unhappy (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A4 | [03:42]  Frank Sinatra - I Get Along Without You Very Well (Hoagy Carmichael) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A5 | [02:49]  Frank Sinatra - Deep In A Dream (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A6 | [03:24]  Frank Sinatra - I See Your Face Before Me (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A7 | [02:48]  Frank Sinatra - Can’t We Be Friends? (Paul James, Kay Swift) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A8 | [03:10]  Frank Sinatra - When Your Lover Has Gone (Einar Aaron Swan) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B1 | [02:35]  Frank Sinatra - What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B2 | [03:17] Frank Sinatra - Last Night When We Were Young (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B3 | [02:59]  Frank Sinatra - I’ll Be Around (Alec Wilder) Jazz |
| B4 | [03:46] Frank Sinatra - Ill Wind (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B5 | [02:42]  Frank Sinatra - It Never Entered My Mind (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B6 | [02:57] Frank Sinatra - Dancing On The Ceiling (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B7 | [03:05]  Frank Sinatra - I’ll Never Be The Same (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B8 | [03:33]  Frank Sinatra - This Love Of Mine (Sol Parker, Henry Sanicola, Frank Sinatra) Crooner / Cabaret |
