Cycles (Sinatra)

Infobox Album | Name = Cycles
Type = Album
Artist = Frank Sinatra


Released = 1968
Recorded = July 24–November 14, 1968, New York City and Hollywood
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 to The 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 the Glen 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) – 3:25

Personnel

* Frank Sinatra - Vocals
* Don Costa - Arranger, Composer
* Bill Miller - Conductor