Frank Sinatra records ‘Cycles,’ an album produced By Don Costa (1968)

Frank Sinatra‘s ‘Cycles’ is a studio album recorded on July 24 & November 14, 1968, and released just before Christmas of the same year by Reprise.

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Track Listing : 1.Rain In My Heart (Teddy Randazzo, Victoria Pike) – 03:20 . 2.From Both Sides, Now (Joni Mitchell) – 02:55 . 3.Little Green Apples (Bobby Russell) – 05:00 . 4.Pretty Colors (Al Gorgoni, Chip Taylor) – 02:35 . 5.Cycles (Gayle Caldwell) – 03:07 . 6.Wandering (Gayle Caldwell) – 02:45 . 7.By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Jimmy Webb) – 03:55 . 8.Moody River (Gary D. Bruce) – 02:33 . 9.My Way Of Life (Bert Kaempfert, Herb Rehbein, Carl Sigman) – 03:05 . 10.Gentle On My Mind (John Hartford) – 03:25

Musicians : Frank Sinatra – Vocals . Bill Miller – Conductor . Bill Tole – Trombone

Production : Produced By Don Costa . Lee Herschberg – Engineer . Frank Laico – Engineer

Package : Hal Halverstadt – Liner Notes . Ed Thrasher – Art Direction, Photography

Recorded On July 24 & November 14, 1968.

Released In 1968 By Reprise.

(Source The Official Frank Sinatra Website)

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JazzMusicArchives.com
Essential for me as I always like Frank from any period but being so familar with so much of his later material I always have a spot for his Reprise albums even with their hits and misses. Sometimes the misses are just as good in their own way. […]

allmusic
There simply isn’t enough variety to sustain interest throughout the course of the short, ten-song album. Certain sections work well, particularly the Glen Campbell numbers, but there isn’t anything distinctive about the record. […]

GARFIELDACRES @ RateYourMusic
“cycles” sees sinatra recast with a set of baroque folk songs with plenty of harpsichords and acoustic guitars to the fore . Don costas arrangements and production are superb throughout and sinatra sings very well too . […]

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