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Track Listings
| 1. When The World Was Young |
| 2. I'll Remember April |
| 3. September Song |
| 4. A Million Dreams Ago |
| 5. I'll See You Again |
| 6. There Will Never Be Another You |
| 7. Somewhere Along The Way |
| 8. It's A Blue World |
| 9. These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You |
| 10. As Time Goes By |
| 11. I'll Be Seeing You |
| 12. Memories Of You |
| 13. Day In-Day Out |
| 14. Don't Make A Beggar Of Me |
| 15. Lean Baby |
| 16. I'm Walking Behind You |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Though already in business in 1961 with his own record label, Frank Sinatra was contractually obliged to give Capitol one more record before moving on to Reprise. Sinatra gave them the ironically titled Point of No Return, which is hardly the deal-fulfilling throwaway one might expect. Expertly arranged and conducted by long-time Sinatra ally Alex Stordahl, it's an elegant collection of farewell songs (including "I'll See You Again", "As Time Goes By", "There Will Never Be Another You" and "It's a Blue World"), delivered by Sinatra with a profound sense of sadness and loss. Fans of such downbeat Sinatra concept albums as In the Wee Small Hours and Sings for Only the Lonely would do well to pick up on this oft-overlooked gem. --Dan Epstein
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Brillient - as a Frank Sinatra fan - this must be one of the very best c.d's ever made, the lyrics just have to be listened to to appreciate him.
It is listened to every day - just buy it and see for yourself -
It is listened to every day - just buy it and see for yourself -
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album was Frabk Sinatra's final release for Capitol and supposedly recorded under a lot of bad vibrations already. It re-uinites Mr. Sinatra with arranger Axel Stordahl, who was responsible for his very first Capitol recordings eight years prior to this final album (Mr. Stordahl was terminally ill by 1961).
Recorded in just two sessions, it stands as one of the best Sinatra ballads albums ever - including wonderful renditions of "As Time Goes by" and "I'll Remember April".
This is such much better than most of the stuff Sinatra recorded on his own Reprise lable in later years, and - in my opinion - one of the best three Sinatra releases available (the other two being "Only the Lonely" and "September of My Years").
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Recorded quickly as a contractual obligation to Capitol records to fullfil his contract this Sinatra album has been somewhat lost in the mire of great Sinatra albums. By the time this was recorded in 1961,Sinatra had already recorded "Ring-a-ding-ding" for his newly formed Reprise label but still had one last album to deliver for Capitol. Sinatra decided to hire arranger Axel stordahl who had arranged some of Sinatra's earliest material for capitol some 8 yrs previous and the pair recorded this in only 2 days. Please do not think that because this was a contractual obligation record and the quick time it was recorded that this is any less worthy than his other albums. "point of no return" is a fantastic album form start to finish. This is one of Frank's ballads albums and at least to this reviewer this album rates higher than that of "In the wee small hours" and "Only for the lonely" im probably in a minority there but i never rated the song choices that much on "In the wee small hours",though Franks vocals were superb of course. I personally found the song choices on this album stronger and stordahls string arrangements and the use of some smooth saxophone on a few tracks absoloutley sublime !
Fantastic songs like "Ill remember April" "Its a blue world" "A million dreams" "These foolish things" and many more are just superb.
This is by far my favourite ballads album from Sinatra and one i would highly recommend you add to your Sinatra collection if it is missing.
Some versions also have 4 bonus tracks from earlier Sinatra/Stordahl sessions.
Fantastic songs like "Ill remember April" "Its a blue world" "A million dreams" "These foolish things" and many more are just superb.
This is by far my favourite ballads album from Sinatra and one i would highly recommend you add to your Sinatra collection if it is missing.
Some versions also have 4 bonus tracks from earlier Sinatra/Stordahl sessions.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
sublime- and just a bit different
Wonderful album! On no other record does FS evoke the bitter sweet quite as poignantly as he does on this. God, that man could sing!!
Published 16 months ago by Terence Marriott
FrankSinatra CD
Point Of No Return by Frank Sinatra
Most enjoyable. Condition excellent Thanks a million
Most enjoyable. Condition excellent Thanks a million
Published 21 months ago by jane
SINATRA'S FAREWELL TO CAPITOL
MR SINATRA'S HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP WITH CAPITOL RECORDS ENDED IN TUMULTUOUS FASHION IN 1962 WHEN, HAVING RECORDED AND ALREADY RELEASED ALBUMS ON REPRISE, HE RETURNED TO THE CAPITOL... Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2009 by ROMAN
A Fine Album
The effect this albums creates is fantastic. The orchestrations and the tone in Sinatra's voice create a the perfect balance of romance, slight despair, nostalgia and the overall... Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2008 by Mj Hudson
Stordahl does Sinatra no Favours
Sinatra's last album for Capitol is for me a fan who thought he (Sinatra ) could do no wrong a huge dissapointment. Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2002 by John McCann
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