Tracks
- You Make Me Feel So Young
- It Happened in Monterey
- You're Getting to be a Habit with Me
- You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
- Too Marvelous for Words
- Old Devil Moon
- Pennies From Heaven
- Love is Here to Stay
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- I Thought About You
- We'll Be Together Again
- Makin' Whoopee
- Swingin' Down the Lane
- Anything Goes
- How About You?
Songs for Swingin' Lovers! is such a wonderful album. It's everything its title implies.
Frank Sinatra has such a great voice for songs such as these. The music is just as good. It's restrained when Sinatra is singing, but when he's not, it's simply explosive and full of life–you can't help but want to get up and dance. The lyrics are what one would expect: superficial, carefree and full of promise–perfect for romance.
But there are a few exceptions. Makin' Whoopee is about a man's willingness to do anything for sex, like getting married and sewing; however, it doesn't mention the themes of infidelity, divorce and alimony that appear in other versions. That would be too much of a downer, I suppose. Anything Goes has a little commentary of how social standards have slipped.
Every song on this album is enjoyable, but the real highlights are: You Make Me Feel So Young, You're Getting to be a Habit with Me, Old Devil Moon, Pennies From Heaven, I've Got You Under My Skin, Makin' Whoopee and Anything Goes.
This is certainly an album worth playing at a party and certainly worth listening to again.
★★★★★★★★★★
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