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My Way | 
| Artist: Frank Sinatra
Label: Warner Bros UK
Category: Music
Buy New: $11.98
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 25160
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 1029
UPC: 075992704922
EAN: 0075992704922
ASIN: B000002K9T
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Watch What Happens - Frank Sinatra, Gimbel, Norman | | • | Didn't We - Frank Sinatra, Webb, Jimmy [1] | | • | Hallelujah, I Love Her So - Frank Sinatra, Charles, Ray [1] | | • | Yesterday - Frank Sinatra, Lennon, John | | • | All My Tomorrows - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy | | • | My Way - Frank Sinatra, Anka, Paul | | • | A Day in the Life of a Fool - Frank Sinatra, Bonfa, Luiz | | • | For Once in My Life - Frank Sinatra, Miller, Ron [1] | | • | If You Go Away - Frank Sinatra, Brel, Jacques | | • | Mrs. Robinson - Frank Sinatra, Simon, Paul |
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As the '60s drew to a close, Sinatra became increasingly amenable to recording songs from the contemporary pop and rock canon. Whether he was responding to commercial pressures, or just trying to prove that he could still be hip in the Age of Aquarius, remains the subject of much debate; in any case, My Way is probably the best of his late-'60s pop efforts. For one thing, it includes the title track, a veritable Sinatra classic; for another, it contains impressive stabs at Ray Charles's "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," The Beatles' "Yesterday," and Jacques Brel's "If You Go Away" (the Chairman fares less well on Stevie Wonder's "For Once in My Life" and Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson"). Uneven, certainly, but well worth getting. --Dan Epstein
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 Frank Sinatra, My Way July 17, 2008
Joseph Chiampi
This is probably Frank Sinatra's best during his second wind. Not only does he do a few standards, but also a few songs that were popular at the time the album was release. 5 out of 5 stars.
"So How's Your Bird, Mrs. Robison?!......" January 5, 2008
Anthony Nasti (Staten Island, New York United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This cd is worth gettting for Frank's classic, Vegas style take on that classic Simon & Garfunkel tune. Had this unique cover been attempted by anyone else, they would've been written off and never heard from again. But in the hands of popular music's master, it becomes an endearing slap in the face to the flower children ready to write Frank off as a relic of the past. Frank is clearly having a ball on this number, and the result is one of his most entertaining and amusing, if not greatest, recordings.
Elsewhere, "My Way" is a solid attempt at contemporary material of the day, and one of Frank's most underrated albums. It of course features the immortal song that defines Frank's attitude, philosophy and career, a Paul Anka adaptation of a French tune that remains one of Frank's most powerful recordings, even though he didn't really care for the song.
The rest of the album is excellent. "All My Tomorrows" is vastly superior to the Capitol version, with a passionate reading by Frank and a dreamy Don Costa arrangement. "Watch What Happens" is a fine swinger that kicks the album off nicely, while Jimmy Webb's "Didn't We." has a smoky, late night atmosphere and a somber, elegiac reading by Frank that propels this second rate composotion into the stratosphere thanks to being handled by two wonderful musical geniuses, who saw something in the song despite being rather weak on paper.
"If You Go Away" is haunting and powerful, and Frank forces this one out quite impressively. "A Day In The Life Of A Fool" is similarly hauting and a perfect Frank song. As for the covers of contemporary material, they're all very different but ultimately satisfactory takes on these hits. Ray Charles' "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" is one of the last songs I'd imagine Frank ever attempting, but he pulls it off with a very soulful and swingin' performance. The Beatles' "Yesterday" has a great arrangement by Costa and a magnificent reading by Frank. The highlight however, is Frank's rendition of "For Once In My Life." With all due respect to Misters Bennett and Wonder, Frank grabs this one in the pocket and roars it from start to finish and making it completely his own without a second thought.
"My Way" isn't one of Frank's masterpieces but a solid and entertaining effort to anyone's Frank collection.
 Frank Sinatra - My Way Review September 13, 2007
Domenic Vitanza (Cleveland,Ohio)
Believe it or not, This is not one of Frank's better records and Im the biggest Sinatra fan in the world.
This record is o.k. but its Frank so if your a fan you have to buy it.
"Mine Is Fine As Wine And I Should Know!!" June 22, 2007
Tony Rome (Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
By early 1969 when this album was recorded, the market for 'standards' has dwindled to zero, the music business being completely dominated by rock.
Sinatra, as did many of his contemporaries, tried their best to appeal to a younger audience, while at the same time, not deserting their base....
The "My Way" album was one of the most successful attempts to blend contemporary material with the patented Sinatra style, being aided and abetted here by some nice arrangements by Don Costa (Sinatra's 'Axel Stordahl' of his later period).
Sinatra swings his way through "Watch What Happens" "Hallelujah I Love Her So" and "For Once In My Life"....there are sensitive readings of "Yesterday" "A Day In The Life of A Fool" and a sensational re recording of Cahn and Van Heusen's "All My Tomorrows" which actually improves upon the Capitol version out of 1959.......But try as he might, even Sinatra can't save Rod Mc Kuen's/ Jacques Brel's "If You Go Away" with lyrics like "I'd have been the shadow of your dog" (HUH?)
To me though the capper is what Sinatra does with Paul Simon's "Mrs Robinson".............Sinatra alters the lyrics to fit the image...
"Jilly loves you more than you will know........".........."foolin' with that young stuff like you do......."how's your bird?........."
Story goes that Simon was upset enough to consider a lawsuit and then admitted to a friend "That was kind of naieve, wasn't it...?"
Almost exactly two years after this album was recorded, Sinatra, sensing perhaps the party was over, announced his (what turned out to be brief) retirement from show business.
I wasn't crazy about the "My Way" album when it first came out, but now, almost 40 years later,I find myself listening to it on a regular basis realzing that no one but Sinatra could have pulled off singing the phrase
"mine is fine as wine and I should know.........HO HO HO...."
The man was a giant!
Gotta Love Frank February 28, 2007
Terry Mingle (Central, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a person who got their start in radio as a board op for the Sounds of Sinatra on Sunday mornings....I have to say...Frank's version of Mrs. Robinson is truly like no other. Only Frank could sing Mrs. Robinson this way and still have it sell a zillion (and one) copies. I've developed a fondness for Frank over the years....which makes me able to tolerate his version of that particular song. I am just glad that he and William Shatner never decided to team up for an LP of (very interesting versions...of previously very popular) cover songs. This would not be one of my fave Frank LPs. I prefer Frank's classics.
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