- Cycles (Sinatra)
Infobox Album | Name = Cycles
Type =Album
Artist =Frank Sinatra
Released = 1968
Recorded =July 24 –November 14 ,1968 ,New York City andHollywood
Genre =Classic pop
Length = 32:40
Label =Reprise Records
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ylfozfgheh5k link]
Last album = "The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas "
(1968)
This album = "Cycles"
(1968)
Next album = "My Way"
(1969)"Cycles" is an album by American singer
Frank Sinatra , released in 1968.Released just before Christmas in 1968, there was a ten month gap between this album and the release of "
Francis A. & Edward K. ", which was the longest period in Sinatra's Reprise years in which he did not commercially record music (barring his contributions toThe Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas ).This was Sinatra's first fully-fledged pop/rock-oriented album, concentrating on a more orchestrated variation on the popular
folk-rock of the late 1960s. The foundation of the arrangements on "Cycles" are guitars, bass, and drum kits, all played gently and unobtrusively; the strings are layered on top of the pop rhythm section.Appropriately, Sinatra sang a variety of folk-rock oriented fare, including
Joni Mitchell 's "Both Sides Now" and theGlen Campbell hits "Gentle on My Mind" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", as well as darker material with more of a majestic, classical sound, such as "Rain In My Heart" and "My Way of Life." The title song was released as a single, reaching #23 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, while the album peaked at #18 on the "Billboard" 200 chart.Track listing
#"Rain in My Heart" (
Teddy Randazzo ,Victoria Pike ) – 3:20
#"From Both Sides, Now" (Joni Mitchell ) – 2:55
#"Little Green Apples " (Bobby Russell ) – 5:00
#"Pretty Colors" (Al Gorgoni ,Chip Taylor ) – 2:35
#"Cycles" (Gayle Caldwell ) – 3:07
#"Wandering" (Caldwell) – 2:45
#"By the Time I Get to Phoenix " (Jimmy Webb ) – 3:55
#"Moody River " (Gary D. Bruce ) – 2:33
#"My Way of Life" (Bert Kaempfert ,Herb Rehbein ,Carl Sigman ) – 3:05
#"Gentle On My Mind " (John Hartford ) – 3:25Personnel
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Frank Sinatra - Vocals
*Don Costa - Arranger, Composer
* Bill Miller - Conductor
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