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Monday, July 28 2008

Part One: The Icons

With DETOURS, the PopMatters staff is celebrating the strange, bizarre, lovely, and funny albums that have emerged from an artist’s desire to try something different. Some of these detours have lead to modern-day classics. Some have lead to laugh-inducing commercial disasters. And others... others are just plain weird.


Friday, November 30 2007

Frank Sinatra: A Voice in Time (1939-1952)

Sinatra's reputation was a victim of the changing times, and I don't think it's possible to overstate the effect that this transition has had upon the perception of his music.


Reviews

Wednesday, December 7 2011

Frank Sinatra: A Jolly Christmas

Frank Sinatra's first full-length Christmas album remains his best.


Friday, September 23 2011

Frank Sinatra: Ring-A-Ding-Ding

A classic Sinatra release gets the reboot treatment while offering a surprising amount of insight into what made the icon click.


Friday, November 19 2010

'Frank Sinatra: Concert Collection' The Master at Work, Captured Here

These live performances demonstrate Frank Sinatra's constant transformation; from the Jersey wiseguy monologues to singing that lays bare his soul, as though he’s shining a spotlight down a well.


Wednesday, June 16 2010

Frank Sinatra: Strangers in the Night: Deluxe Edition

Frank Sinatra vs. the Beatles: Score a pop chart victory for the Chairman.


Wednesday, December 2 2009

Frank Sinatra: Sinatra: New York

What's shocking is that the 71 tracks on this new 4CD/1DVD set of Ol’ Blue Eyes singing in the Empire City have never been previously released.


Blogs

Wednesday, March 30 2011

The Joker Is Wild... Frank Sinatra As Joe E. Lewis

Everybody knows Frank Sinatra was one of the best singers in the world, but his talent as an actor should not be forgotten. Sure, there…


Monday, November 29 2010

Frank Sinatra: Concert Collection

Frank Sinatra: Concert Collection [$78.98]


News

Tuesday, November 2 2010

Ol' Blue Eyes on DVD, 14 hours of revelations

Even at this late date, we have yet to take the full measure of Frank Sinatra's art. After all the classic recordings, all the celebrated…


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