Frankie Laine's 1958 collection of torch songs features at least half-a-dozen rather obvious inclusions: "A Cottage for Sale," "These Foolish Things," "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)," "I Get Along Without You Very Well," "I Cover the Waterfront," "It's the Talk of the Town" -- a raft of songs done dozens of times before by many different vocalists.
As with all of the other far-ranging material he attempted, though, Laine is a solid interpreter of torch songs; his deep vibrato, close delivery, and emotional readings were stylistic hallmarks that worked especially well on a date like this.
The arrangements, by Frank Comstock, are ponderous and gauzy, heavy on the strings but usually following the leads pretty well.
(Obviously, Nelson Riddle's charts for Sinatra were a touchstone.).
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Forget the Time | Frankie Laine | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 2 | Too Marvelous for Words | Frankie Laine | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 3 | September in the Rain | Frankie Laine | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 4 | You're Just the Kind | Frankie Laine | Play | 02:52 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 5 | I Would Do Anything for You | Frankie Laine | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 6 | Blue Moon | Frankie Laine | Play | 05:17 | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| 7 | Lover, Come Back to Me | Frankie Laine | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 19 MB |
| 20 mins | 48 MB | |||||
| 24 mins | 115 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankie Laine | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |