100 Essential Albums: #97 — Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back by Frank Sinatra (1973)
Read More“And the sky has got so cloudy when it used to be so clear…”
Many of Sinatra’s recordings weren’t just songs. They were vicarious expressions of our very own deeply-subdued emotions, in many cases reflecting loss that Sinatra himself suffered over many decades. Sinatra’s voice conveyed both an acceptance of defeat and confidence that it was okay to feel sad and then reflect upon it.