- Duets (Frank Sinatra album)
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Duets Studio album by Frank Sinatra Released November 2, 1993 Recorded August-September,1993 Genre Vocal jazz, Traditional pop Length 45:44 Label Capitol Producer Phil Ramone
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(1994)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Duets is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1993.
Recorded near the end of Sinatra's career, it consists of duets between Sinatra and other guest star singers from various genres; Sinatra personally chose the performers. It was advertised as “The Recording Event of The Decade.”
The album was a commercial success, reaching #2 on the Billboard albums chart and #5 in the UK and selling over 3 million copies in the U.S. It is the only Sinatra album to date to achieve triple platinum certification.
It received mixed critical notices, with complaints stemming from Phil Ramone's style of production and a lack of personal collaboration, since the guest singers were not physically present with Sinatra but instead were singing along to his pre-recorded vocal parts over a digital audio telecommunications link from EDnet.net.
The cover art displays a specially commissioned painting of Frank Sinatra by LeRoy Neiman.
Its sequel, Duets II, was released the following year. Both were packaged together in a "90th Birthday Limited Collector's Edition" released in 2005, that included an unreleased duet recording of "My Way" with Luciano Pavarotti.
Contents
Track listing
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) (with Luther Vandross) – 3:24
- "What Now My Love" (Gilbert Becaud, Carl Sigman, Pierre Leroyer) (with Aretha Franklin) – 3:15
- "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) (with Barbra Streisand) – 3:23
- "Summer Wind" (Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer) (with Julio Iglesias) – 2:32
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Mercer) (with Gloria Estefan) – 4:04
- "New York, New York" (Fred Ebb, John Kander) (with Tony Bennett) – 3:30
- "They Can't Take That Away From Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) (with Natalie Cole) – 3:11
- "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) (with Charles Aznavour) – 3:05
- "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"/"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)/(Bob Hilliard, David Mann) (with Carly Simon) – 3:57
- "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) (with Liza Minnelli) – 2:18
- "Witchcraft" (Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman) (with Anita Baker) – 3:22
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) (with Bono) – 3:32
- "All the Way"/"One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" (Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)/(Arlen, Mercer) (with Kenny G) – 6:03
Personnel
- Frank Sinatra - vocals
- Phil Ramone - producer
- Patrick Williams - musical director, conductor
- Charles Koppelman - executive producer
- Don Rubin - executive producer
- Eliot Weisman - executive producer
- Al Schmitt - engineer
- John Wheeler - EDnet network engineer
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1970s–1990sWatertown · Sinatra & Company · Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back · Some Nice Things I've Missed · Trilogy: Past Present Future · She Shot Me Down · L.A. Is My Lady · Duets · Duets IILive albums Sinatra at the Sands · The Main Event – Live · Sinatra Saga · Sinatra Saga, Vol. 2 · Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris · Sinatra 80th: Live in Concert · With Red Norvo Quintet: Live in Australia, 1959 · Sinatra '57 in Concert · Live from Las Vegas · Sinatra: Vegas · Frank Sinatra: The Greatest Concerts · Live at the Meadowlands · Sinatra: New York · Best of VegasCompilations This Is Sinatra! · This Is Sinatra Vol. 2 · Look to Your Heart · All the Way · Sinatra Sings of Love and Things · Sinatra '65: The Singer Today · Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits · Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 · Portrait of Sinatra - Forty Songs from the Life of a Man · Sinatra–Jobim Sessions · New York New York: His Greatest Hits · All-Time Greatest Dorsey/Sinatra Hits, Vol. 1-4 · Capitol Collector's Series · Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years · Sinatra Sings the Songs of Van Heusen & Cahn · Sinatra: Soundtrack To The CBS Mini-Series · The Best of the Capitol Years · Christmas Songs by Sinatra · Gold Collection · Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Johnny Mercer · Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Rodgers & Hart · The Complete Recordings Nineteen Thirty-Nine · Sinatra 80th: All the Best · Everything Happens to Me · Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Cole Porter · Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Sammy Cahn · Greatest Hits: Early Years · The Very Best of Frank Sinatra · Portrait of Sinatra: Columbia Classics · Lucky Numbers · Classic Sinatra: His Greatest Performances 1953–1960 · Super Hits · My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra · Love Songs · Greatest Love Songs · Christmas with the Rat Pack · The Platinum Collection · Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection · Romance · Duets/Duets II: 90th Birthday Limited Collector's Edition · Romance: Songs from the Heart · Sinatra at the Movies · Nothing But the Best · From the Heart · Seduction: Sinatra Sings of Love · Classic Sinatra II · Christmas with Sinatra & Friends · 36 Greatest Hits! · Come Fly Away · Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings · Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings · Sinatra: Best of the BestSoundtrack albums High Society · Young at Heart · Robin and the 7 HoodsOther albums Box sets Sinatra–Jobim Sessions · Screen Sinatra · The Reprise Collection · The Capitol Years · Concepts · The Complete Recordings · The Song Is You · The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings · The Complete Capitol Singles Collection · 1943-1952 · 1943-1952: The V-Discs · Frank Sinatra & the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra · The Capitol Years · Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre · Frank Sinatra in Hollywood · The Real Complete Columbia Years V-Discs · The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (1943–1952) · The Reprise YearsTribute albums A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra · Perfectly Frank · Manilow Sings Sinatra · Allow Us to Be Frank · Bolton Swings Sinatra · A Tribute to Frank SinatraTribute films Videography A Man and His Music · A Man and His Music – Part II · A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim · Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing · Sinatra · Sinatra in Concert at the Royal Festival Hall · Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back · Sinatra - The Main Event · Sinatra and Friends · The First 40 Years · The Man and His MusicRelated Book · Category Categories:- 1993 albums
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