In the Wee Small Hours

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studio album
First released:
1954

Overview Edit

In the Wee Small Hours (original issue: Capitol W-581) is an album by Frank Sinatra with arrangements by Nelson Riddle, released in 1955. It is with this album that Sinatra perfected the concept album, fully realizing the ideas he had been grappling with in record presentation going all the way back to The Voice from 1946. It remains one of the most celebrated and enduring concept albums that Sinatra put out during the 1950s.

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Record label:
unknown
Catalog number:
94755
Release dates:
  • 1954 in United States
  • Apr 26 1998 in United States

Genres

Crooner, Easy Listening, Jazz, Traditional Pop, Lounge. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Pathos and Despair
This is Frank in his "I lost Ava Gardner" period. Never before was he su vulnerable, lonesome or as brilliant. No one has ever phrased a lyric like his man. No one. You feel his pain, his pathos, his despair and his loneliness on this album. It is a completely joyous experience to listen to this man sing particularly on this moving collection of wistful ballads.

The title track is an old standard, sung hundreds of times by other singers. But no one can sing it like Sinatra, it's as if you are li…
Written by Candace Scott
2 stars Classic album, horrible remastering job
Did anyone at the label listen to this before it was issued? The previous 1991 CD sounds vastly superior to this- the high frequencies are all but obliterated, and there's a strange echo that is'nt heard on either the original LP or the 1st CD. The other remastered editions of Sinatra's 16 Capitol/Reprise are excellent (with the exception of Songs for Swingin' Lovers). Do yourself a favor and pick up the still readily available 1991 CD instead. Capitol, this classic of American popular music deserves better!
Written by Ken West

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15 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: 94755
release dates: 1954 in United Kingdom, Nov 9 1992 in United Kingdom
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In the Wee Small Hours 16 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Toshiba EMI Japan
release dates: Jan 13 2008
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In the Wee Small Hours 16 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 1954 in United States
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