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September of My Years

~ Frank Sinatra
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Product details

  • Audio CD (8 Jun 1998)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Reprise
  • ASIN: B000002K9J
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 32,872 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The September Of My Years [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 3:15£0.69
Listen  2. How Old Am I? [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 3:36£0.69
Listen  3. Don't Wait Too Long [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 3:08£0.69
Listen  4. It Gets Lonely Early [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 2:58£0.69
Listen  5. This Is All I Ask [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 3:04£0.69
Listen  6. Last Night When We Were Young [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 3:35£0.69
Listen  7. The Man In The Lookin Glass [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 3:27£0.69
Listen  8. It Was A Very Good Year [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 4:29£0.69
Listen  9. When The Wind Was Green [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 3:23£0.69
Listen10. Hello, Young Lovers [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 3:44£0.69
Listen11. I See It Now [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 2:51£0.69
Listen12. Once Upon A Time [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 3:30£0.69
Listen13. September Song [The Frank Sinatra Collection] 3:32£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review

From the evocative cover painting to the impeccably chosen songs within, this 1965 album harks back to Sinatra's great Capitol-era concept albums such as In the Wee Small Hours and Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely. The theme revolves around a man approaching his fifties, looking back with a mixture of nostalgia, regret, and uncertainty; given Sinatra's age at the time (he was 49 when this was recorded) and the way he invests himself in the material, it's impossible to interpret the record as anything but autobiographical. Wistful numbers such as "Don't Wait Too Long", "It was a Very Good Year", "September Song", and the title track all hit the emotional bull's-eye, but everything here is excellent. Unquestionably his finest Reprise-era achievement. --Dan Epstein


CD Description

This 1965 collection of autumnal compositions, arranged andconducted by Gordon Jenkins, shows Sinatra looking back on his life and marveling quietly over his loves and losses. The mood is one of reflection and introspection. Even though he would go on recording for decades to come, Sinatra was at a point in his life where he had enough history behind him for 19 men, and his experiences come out in the heartfelt renderings of the songs here.
While SEPTEMBER OF MY YEARS isbest known for the wry, bittersweet "It Was A Very Good Year", there's much more to this album. The title song is an evocative summing up of the excesses and naivete of youth, leading up to the hard-earned wisdom of middle age. Kurt Weill's haunting "September Song" finds Sinatra making fine use ofhis storytelling abilities in service of an older man's cautionary tale. Upon this album's release, it was obvious thatSinatra still had many very good years to come.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalga by the bucket full - pass the tissues!, 30 Mar 2001
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This one's for those times when you feel present day life is too much to bear. Sit quitely with a gin and tonic and listen to Sinatra's wonderful lyrical timing and emotional expression. If you are wnywhere over 60 these songs will mean something to you - particularly the bitter sweet "It Was a Very Good Year" (recently featured on an episode of The Sopranos TV series - to great effect). This track in particular has an excellent soaring musical arrangement which makes it, in my opinion, the star track. All the tracks are good but "September Song" and "Last Night When We Were Young" recall all those good times gone bad - so whether you are 26 or 66 shed a few tears and cheer yourself up!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sinatra's Reflective Classic, 11 Feb 2006
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The advent of rock and roll, and the emergance of the Beatles, impacted on Sinatra's chart success but in 1965 Sinatra mounted a commercial comeback by emphasizing his advancing years. At nearly 50, he released September of My Years, a ballad collection keyed to the passage of time. The brilliant "It Was a Very Good Year" was released as a single and rose into the Top 40, the album took off for the US Top Five and went gold. It won the 1965 Grammy for Album of the Year and Sinatra also picked up a trophy for best vocal performance for "It Was a Very Good Year." Simply sublime from start to finish.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The finest of Sinatra's years, 28 Dec 2008
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This album is unquestionably Sinatra at his finest, those who are critical of the Reprise era of Sinatra, need only listen to this to be proven very wrong. The album is of good length in regards to playtime, something which is often abused in albums such as Strangers in the night which despite being a great album offers barely 27 minutes of listening time. The recording quality is very high, equal to that of Sinatra and Strings which I feel offers the finest audio quality of any Sinatra album. I also happen to just love the album artwork. Now we have the boring technicalities out of the way lets get down to the crux of what makes this album sublime.

Vocally Sinatra is a wonder on this album, this captures that magicial 1962-1969 period where his voice is just filled with warmth, yet maintaining of that characteristic silky tone and flexibility, even if it is on the decline during this period. In regards to the song selection we see some tremendous numbers grace the record, old and new. In particular songs such as "September Song" and "Last Night When We were young" are special for a very simple reason. When Sinatra sang these when he was younger he sang them beautifully, and was able to fill them with emotion as any singer of his calibre can do, the difference for me with these recordings is that it sounds as if he has actually has or is, living the lyrics. He transcends good singing and emotion and it sounds more like a soliloquy or eulogy of his life. "It was a very good year" is often seen as the star track from this album, and rightly so it is a tremendous piece of music however for me the star tracks are the title track "September of my Years", "I see it Now" and "Man in the looking glass", "Hello Young Lovers" is a song that almost breaks the listeners heart while listening as Sinatra mutters the lyric "Don't cry because I'm alone".

Make no mistake about it, this is an album of roller coasting emotions. It is sad about the loss of the past and what has happened in it, yet at times a Sinatra introduces a wonderful optimism into the music despite that. At times this album looks fondly on the past as well, but above all it is reflection and nostalgia at its very best.

This album works on so many levels and one of the key aspects for me is the strength within Sinatra's voice. We get the sense of a man who has led an amazing life and whether he is damaged on the inside or not, presents us with strength of character. In rock and roll the "wall of sound" is an often used phrase and in this album we see the orchestral equivalent, we hear massive intense walls of sound from the orchestra which risk drowning Sinatra out, however no need to turn up the mic or tone down the orchestra here, Sinatra's voice has the power to match the power of the arrangements bar to bar.

A must have for any Sinatra fan, or anyone over the age of 40. Sinatra's finest hour.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Emotional Album
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