A Swingin' Affair!

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  • Artist: Frank Sinatra
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1957
  • Total Time: 47:45
  • Genre: Vocal Music

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In some ways, A Swingin' Affair! is "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!, Pt. 2," following the same formula of Sinatra's hit album of the previous year. Beneath the surface, there are enough variations on A Swingin' Affair! to make it a distinctive, and equally enjoyable listen. The most noticeable difference between the two records is their basic approach. Where Songs for Swingin' Lovers! swung hard but managed to stay rather light, A Swingin' Affair! is a forceful, brassy album -- it exudes a self-assured, confident aura. It is a hard, jazzy album. However, the attack is more brash. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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A Swingin' Affair!

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A Swingin' Affair!
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released 1957
Recorded November 15–28, 1956 at Capitol Studio A, Hollywood, Los Angeles
Genre Vocal Jazz, Classic pop
Length 47:49
Label Capitol
Producer Voyle Gilmore
Frank Sinatra chronology
Close to You
(1957)
A Swingin' Affair!
(1957)
Where Are You?
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars [1]

A Swingin' Affair! is the twelfth studio album by Frank Sinatra. It is claimed to be the sequel to Songs for Swingin' Lovers.

"The Lady Is a Tramp" was bumped from the original album and replaced with "No One Ever Tells You", which had been recorded months earlier. Later, "The Lady is a Tramp" appeared on the soundtrack for Pal Joey. It was restored to the album for the compact disc release.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter)  – 3:58
  2. "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)  – 2:27
  3. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)  – 3:09
  4. "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)  – 2:23
  5. "Nice Work if You Can Get It" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)  – 2:20
  6. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish)  – 2:37
  7. "No One Ever Tells You" (Hub Atwood, Carroll Coates)  – 3:23
  8. "I Won't Dance" (Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Dorothy Fields)  – 3:21
  9. "The Lonesome Road" (Nat Shilkret, Gene Austin)  – 3:53
  10. "At Long Last Love" (Porter)  – 2:23
  11. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Porter)  – 2:03
  12. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)  – 3:21
  13. "From This Moment On" (Porter)  – 3:50
  14. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro)  – 2:35
  15. "Oh! Look at Me Now" (Joe Bushkin, John DeVries)  – 2:48
    Cd reissue bonus track not included on the original 1957 release:
  16. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Rodgers, Hart)  – 3:14

Chart positions

Chart Year Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[2] 1957 1
Preceded by
Loving You (OST) by Elvis Presley
UK Albums Chart number-one album
21 September 1957 – 9 November 1957
Succeeded by
Loving You (OST) by Elvis Presley

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