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September of My Years

 
Album Review: September of My Years

  • Artist: Frank Sinatra
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1965
  • Total Time: 44:02
  • Genre: Vocal Music

Review

September of My Years is one of Frank Sinatra's triumphs of the '60s, an album that consolidated his strengths while moving him into new territory, primarily in terms of tone. More than the double-disc set A Man and His Music -- which was released a year after this album -- September of My Years captures how Sinatra was at the time of his 50th birthday. Gordon Jenkins' rich, stately, and melancholy arrangements give the album an appropriate reflective atmosphere. Most of the songs are new or relatively recent numbers; every cut fits into a loose theme of aging, reflection, and regret. Sinatra, however, doesn't seem stuck in his ways -- though the songs are rooted in traditional pop, they touch on folk and contemporary pop. As such, the album offered a perfect summary, as well as suggesting future routes for the singer. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
The September of My Years James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen Frank Sinatra (3:12)
How Old Am I? (Lyrics) Gordon Jenkins, Irving Gordon Frank Sinatra (3:30)
Don't Wait Too Long (Lyrics) Sunny Skylar Frank Sinatra (3:04)
It Gets Lonely Early (Lyrics) Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen Frank Sinatra (2:57)
This Is All I Ask (Lyrics) Gordon Jenkins Frank Sinatra (3:03)
Last Night When We Were Young E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Harold Arlen Frank Sinatra (3:33)
The Man in the Looking Glass Bart Howard, Bart Howard Frank Sinatra (3:25)
It Was a Very Good Year Ervin Drake Frank Sinatra (4:25)
When the Wind Was Green Don Hunt, Henry Stinson Frank Sinatra (3:22)
Hello, Young Lovers Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers Frank Sinatra (3:41)
I See It Now William Engrick, Alec Wilder Frank Sinatra (2:50)
Once upon a Time (Lyrics) Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Benny Carter Frank Sinatra (3:30)
September Song (Lyrics) Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill Frank Sinatra (3:30)

Credits

Lowell Frank (Engineer), Sonny Burke (Producer), Keith Blake (Digital Mastering), Gordon Jenkins (Conductor), Gordon Jenkins (Arranger), Gregg Geller (Reissue Producer), Stan Cornyn (Liner Notes), Ed Thrasher (Art Direction), Frank Sinatra (Vocals)
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September of My Years
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released October 1965
Recorded April 13–May 27, 1965, Hollywood
Genre Jazz
Length 44:02
Label Reprise
Producer Sonny Burke
Professional reviews
Frank Sinatra chronology
Sinatra '65: The Singer Today (1965) September of My Years
(1965)
My Kind of Broadway (1965)

September of My Years is a 1965 album by the American singer Frank Sinatra, arranged by Gordon Jenkins.

Sinatra was to turn 50 years old in December 1965, and the release of the albums September of My Years, A Man and His Music and Strangers in the Night marked a surge of popularity in Sinatra's music. Both September of My Years and A Man and His Music won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Sinatra's performance of "It Was a Very Good Year" won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male, at the Grammy Awards of 1966. Arranger Gordon Jenkins was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the same song. This was the first album Sinatra and Jenkins had recorded together since 1959's No One Cares.

CBS-TV cameras were rolling the night Sinatra recorded "It Was A Very Good Year". The edited result was included in a Walter Cronkite CBS News special about the singer's 50th birthday, broadcast on November 16, 1965.

Track listing

  1. "The September of My Years" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 3:12
  2. "How Old Am I?" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:30
  3. "Don't Wait Too Long" (Sunny Skylar) – 3:04
  4. "It Gets Lonely Early" (Van Heusen, Cahn) – 2:57
  5. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:03
  6. "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) – 3:33
  7. "The Man in the Looking Glass" (Bart Howard) – 3:25
  8. "It Was a Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) – 4:25
  9. "When the Wind Was Green" (Henry Stinson) – 3:22
  10. "Hello, Young Lovers" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:41
  11. "I See It Now" (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) – 2:50
  12. "Once Upon a Time" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) – 3:30
  13. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) – 3:30

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