The World We Knew

The World We Knew
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1967
RecordedFebruary 1, June 29–30, July 1, 24 and 27, 1967 at United-Western Studios in Hollywood
GenreTraditional pop
Length28:09
LabelReprise
FS 1022
ProducerJimmy Bowen (all tracks)
Lee Hazlewood (track 2)
Frank Sinatra chronology
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim
(1967)
The World We Knew
(1967)
Francis A. & Edward K.
(1968)

The World We Knew, also known as Frank Sinatra, is a 1967 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra.

The album's title track reached No. 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Easy Listening chart in 1967. Its second track, "Somethin' Stupid"—a duet between Sinatra and his daughter Nancy—reached No. 1 on both charts.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in his review of the album for Allmusic, awarded it two-and-a-half out of five stars, and described it as, "More of a singles collection than a proper album [...] Much of this has a rock-oriented pop production, complete with fuzz guitars, reverb, folky acoustic guitars, wailing harmonicas, drum kits, organs, and brass and string charts that punctuate the songs rather than provide the driving force [...] the songs Sinatra tackles with a variety of arrangers are more ambitious than most middle-of-the-road, adult-oriented soft rock of the late '60s." Erlewine described the album's ninth track, "Drinking Again", as "exceptional, nuanced" and said that it "ranks among the best songs Sinatra cut during the '60s."

Track listing

Notes
  • Carson Parks is also known as C. Carson Parks
  • Jim Harbert is also known as James Harbert
  • Overdubs for "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" recorded on June 30 and July 1, 1967
  • The Orchestra on "Somethin' Stupid" includes 10 Violins
  • Background Vocals on "Don't Sleep in the Subway" recorded on July 27, 1967
  • Basic Backing Tracks for (and Overdubs for unreleased version of) “This Town” was recorded on June 30, 1967
  • Instrumental Overdubs for "This Town" recorded on July 27, 1967
  • The Orchestra on "You Are There" includes 16 Violins, 6 Cellos, 3 French Horns and 7 Saxophones & Woodwinds
  • The Orchestra on "Drinking Again" includes 12 Violins
  • The Orchestra on Tracks 3-4 and 7 includes 21 Violins, 3 Cellos and 4 French Horns
  • The Orchestra on Tracks 3-4 and 7-8 includes 6 Violas
  • The Orchestra on Tracks 5, 8 and 10 includes 5 Trumpets
  • The Orchestra on Tracks 5 and 10 includes 8 Violins
  • Sessions held in United-Western Studios, Hollywood, California.

Personnel

Vocalists

Leaders

Instrumentalists


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