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Come Dance With Me!
By Frank Sinatra
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ArtistFrank Sinatra
TypeAlbum
Released5 January 1959
RecordedDecember 9-23, 1958
RYM Rating 3.55 / 5.00.5 from 601 ratings
Ranked#78 for 1959
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male vocalist, playful, rhythmic, romantic, sentimental, urban, love, happy, party
Language English

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onethink Dec 19 2006 3.50 stars
Sinatra's albums tend to be held together by an atmosphere, a style - by one arranger who will line all the songs up together; on this album, as well as the swing dance style of Billy May's arrangements, there is the unity of theme: dancing - as well as big band dance music many of the songs are about dancing: I find this a bit cute. I am always torn two ways in my response to Sinatra: I marvel at his singing but cringe at the arrangements. Listen to Day In-Day Out: Sinatra is at his most confident, debonair, he sings with Fred Astaire's physical grace dancing through the lines, there is a joy in his singing, a joy in being able to sing that well, there is humour, his voice is warm and smiling. Then the band behind him is big and blowing, a good swing sound - Sinatra's voice bouncing over the top of it, never overwhelmed or hampered - but finally it is just an up-market dance band, it has energy and discipline but I can't hear the originality. As with most Sinatra albums at first I hear the backing but the more I listen the more I focus on Sinatra's voice: which remains the great voice of American popular music.
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 Krobesk12 Feb 13 2020 4.00 stars
The other big contender for the title of "Best swinging Sinatra album" Come Dance With Me was Sinatra's overall most successful record, and it's easy to see why- these songs are punchy, well performed, and infectiously catchy. Billy May's production, which was only partially successful on Come Fly With Me, shines magnificently here, presenting a more direct, less sophisticated version of the swinging vocal pop that Nelson Riddle had provided on Songs for Swingin' Lovers!. Its no wonder it sold well really, I can't blame the listening public for that, and why would I, it's a wonderful album.
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kb_208 Jul 10 2018 4.00 stars
A darn good swing album from the master of the genre. I'm pretty new to Sinatra, but I've been accumulating his records pretty fast, since you can find them pretty cheap at record stores for the time being. You can't go wrong with "Dancing in the Dark", "I Could Have Danced All Night", and "Saturday Night". The album is entertaining and good throughout. A must have for any fan.
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Ifandorbut Jan 25 2018 â–¼ 4.50 stars
  • 5.00 stars A1 Come Dance With Me
  • 4.00 stars A2 Something's Gotta Give
  • 4.00 stars A3 Just in Time
  • 4.50 stars A4 Dancing in the Dark
  • 4.00 stars A5 Too Close for Comfort
  • 5.00 stars A6 I Could Have Danced All Night
  • 5.00 stars B1 Saturday Night
  • 4.00 stars B2 Day in Day Out
  • 5.00 stars B3 Cheek to Cheek
  • 4.50 stars B4 Baubles, Bangles and Beads
  • 3.50 stars B5 The Song Is You
  • 4.00 stars B6 The Last Dance
I suppose one could nitpick the differing styles featured on this record, those laid back and cool-daddy-o vocals by Frank in relation to the gut punching instrumentation dealt in an unrelentingly vengeance from Billy May and his orchestra, but I say, "what the hell, why not?" After all these are professional performers at the top of their game, let them have a little fun, and as it would turn out, it appears that they did have fun.

Come Dance With Me is, if nothing else, an energy packed tour de force from start to near finish. The reissue that I have also features some prime bonus tracks that add to the energy of the original record.

The title track is a great opener and it sets the table for all that is about to follow. If you don't care for the title track, put the music away and start over somewhere else...come back when you're ready. Frank shines on every track, but the standout tracks for me were, "Day In-Day Out", "Cheek to Cheek" and the surprisingly charming "Baubles, Bangles and Beads".

Look for the reissue with the bonus tracks. You have to hear the playful "Nothing in Common" and the very cool and funny "Now Are Ya Fixed For Love?".

A near perfect record, with only a couple of average tunes in the mix.
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ebbetsfield Jun 24 2015 5.00 stars
Sinatraphiles will often argue and discuss between themselves which section of his 55 year recording career was the best. Criteria for the choice may be any or all of the following...vocal skills,lyrical interpretaion,choice of material, emotional intensity,orchestration,musicianship and song choice.

A decision if one is to be made is best taken by looking at 4-5 year periods( rather than individual albums) and trying to establish which period best represents the time when all of the above were best demonstrated.

A front runner choice would no doubt be the second half of the Capitol years beginning after the slightly overrated Songs For Swinging Lovers and ending just before the Rat Pack Years and the founding Of Reprise Records..two events which combined for a period of 3-4 years where quantity replaced quality.

This 4 year period(1957-1960) covered some classic singles ( All The Way, Withchcraft, Ol Macdonald, High Hopes) and, more significantly,8 of the greatest studio albums ever made. The subject matter for the individual albums covers introspection and loneliness ( Noone Cares, Where Are You?) laid back relaxez vous ( Nice 'n' Easy) and up tempo swingers ( A Swinging Affair and the first two Come With Me albums scored by Bill May).

This 1959 release is the best of the bunch, superior to 1957's Come Fly With Me, but less well remembered probably because of the more familiar title track of the earlier album which became a kind of theme song for Sinatra in the years before My Way. May's orchestrations are wonderful.Sinatra's vocalising is faultless The song choices include an original (the title track), some great covers of current show/movie tunes ( Too Close For Comfort, I Could Have Danced All Night, Something's Gotta Give), and uptempo versions of some torch ballads((Saturday Night, The Song Is You).

More importantly, the album is the prime example of the symbiotic relationship that Sinatra had developed with the key session musicians who had become his personal favourites and who in many cases would form the basis of the orchestras he used for the next 35 years in his personal appearances. They included saxophonist Buddy Collette, trumpeter Harry 'Sweets' Edison, guitarist Al Viola and, most significantly. the incomparable Irv Cottler on drums.

For the first few years of the Capitol years, Cottler was an occasional sideman on Sinatra sessions,Alvin Stoller was used most often, but from 1957 onwards he was invariably leading the rhythm session on all Sinatra sessions and concert appearances other than when Frank was recording with an established unit ( Basie,Ellington, Jobim).

Irv was a traditional jazz drummer, equally adept with brushes and sticks, who was unparallelled at laying down the beat in such a way that he complimented Sinatra's vocal phrasing. He developed a technique of the simultaneous symbol crash and base drum thump at the point when Sinatra was accentuating a particular word. Unlike personality drummers like Buddy Rich and the newer brand of pop rock bangers he eschewed the use of the high hat for keeping time with the right hand, preferring instead to use the muted cymbal and using left foot control on the high hat to create a soft rhythm which alternated with the snare drum downbeat. Never guilty of a drum solo, he was regarded by Sinatra and may others as the greatest of all session drummers.

The difference Cottler made is apparent on this album. Scheduling problems meant that he was unavailable for the first of the three sessions in late 1958. The replacement was "celebrity" drummer Shelly Manne who appears on the Song Is You, Something's Gotta Give and Just In Time. Manne is good but he ain't Irv. Shelley Manne accompanies the rest of the musicians... Irv Cottler accompanies the voice of Frank Sinatra.

Listen and you'll know what I mean.
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 ForeverTreesGreen Jun 08 2015 â–¼ 3.50 stars
  • 4.00 stars A1 Come Dance With Me
  • 3.50 stars A2 Something's Gotta Give
  • 3.50 stars A3 Just in Time
  • 4.00 stars A4 Dancing in the Dark
  • 3.00 stars A5 Too Close for Comfort
  • 3.50 stars A6 I Could Have Danced All Night
  • 4.50 stars B1 Saturday Night
  • 3.50 stars B2 Day in Day Out
  • 4.00 stars B3 Cheek to Cheek
  • 3.00 stars B4 Baubles, Bangles and Beads
  • 3.50 stars B5 The Song Is You
  • 4.50 stars B6 The Last Dance
Ignoring the slightly creepy album cover, this is another solid listen from Sinatra. Really, all of his albums are all at least consistently decent from the mid Fifties to the early Sixties (his peak period!) and if you see one dirt-cheap you really can't go wrong. His vocals are always powerful and stellar on any song I've heard from him. Despite all the albums being notably quite good, I've found it hard to differentiate my opinions on them due to them all sounding generally quite similar.

Not so, with Come Dance With Me! It's actually quite a fast-paced and frantic effort for Frank with the vast majority of the songs being swinging numbers that fly by upon listening. It's almost a bit disorientating having so many similar-paced songs one after another and despite it helping this album stand out a bit, it's definitely a criticism I have of the album. On the other hand, it'd probably be my first choice of Sinatra album to dance to although I can't imagine a scenario where I'd need to consider this. The only slower song is "The Last Dance" which is a nice closing track because of its slow pace.

"Saturday Night" is probably the best track. It's roughly two minutes long and understands that its fast-pace (remember, this is fast pace for Frank. Speed metal still beats it!) does not need to over three minutes long and gets its message and vocals out of the way in a shorter time. As well as that, it's somewhat amusing hearing outdated ideas for what socialising was in the late Fifties and its somewhat of a relic lyrically because of that.

So, enjoyable album, but so are all of his albums of this era. You could get any and experience the same enjoyment of it. This one's just more jumpy.
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SilverScreen89 Jun 18 2011 4.00 stars
Now, this is the Sinatra we all know. Frankly (no pun intended), so far I have listened to only two albums by The Voice himself. I listened to Where Are You and was greatly impressed. That was a sweet record widely driven by string sections in their traditional pop style.

This is only my second Sinatra album and once again I am pleasantly surprised. This is the Sinatra I already knew, the Sinatra of most compilations my grandmother used to listen to when I was a kid, with that swinging beat that makes you wanna move your feet. This is that vocal jazz standard that Sinatra dominated. A lot of people tried to do it like him, but all it all it seems to me like most people tried to be like Sinatra, except for maybe Dino, though he seemed to be comfortable enough being second in command of that side of the music world.

This album is largely driven by Billy May's orchestra's brass and swinging horn section. The title track is spectacular. There is a whole glamorous feeling behind that driving beat, and those horn sections, from which I get a kick as much as I would with any guitar solo worthy of note. It is the first song in the album and most probably the best too. Dancing in the Dark is a more suave kind of a swing and another five star song. It's very cinematic and very glamorous. Too Close for Comfort and Saturday Night too are very upbeat.

The album surprisingly lacks in slow numbers. I Could Have Danced All Night isn't really slow but it's slower than other songs. It's a peculiar track, a cover of a song from Pygmalion the musical, or perhaps more famously sung by Audrey Hepburn (unfortunately overdubbed...) in the famous musical film My Fair Lady. I didn't like it the first time I heard it, then I appreciated the originality that Sinatra gives his interpretation. The Last Dance ends the album and though it's not a great song, after all those swinging tracks it almost comes as a welcome break.

The tracklist may hence not be the best, but this is fun Sinatra.
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unclebob Apr 04 2010  
Said by Matt Lutthans over at the Hoffman & Sinatra sites to be an excellent version.
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ED 26 0080 1 Vinyl LP (1984)
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21 May 2024
Sodajerk  â–¼3.00 stars Good
  • 4.00 stars A1 Come Dance With Me
  • 3.50 stars A2 Something's Gotta Give
  • 3.50 stars A3 Just in Time
  • 3.00 stars A4 Dancing in the Dark
  • 3.00 stars A5 Too Close for Comfort
  • 3.50 stars A6 I Could Have Danced All Night
  • 3.50 stars B1 Saturday Night
  • 3.00 stars B2 Day in Day Out
  • 3.50 stars B3 Cheek to Cheek
  • 3.00 stars B4 Baubles, Bangles and Beads
  • 3.00 stars B5 The Song Is You
  • 3.00 stars B6 The Last Dance
21 May 2024
drjdeponytail  4.50 stars
20 May 2024
MarqueeMoon1995  4.50 stars Amazing
18 May 2024
ElliottHeutel  4.00 stars
8 May 2024
DavidWasHere  3.50 stars
3 May 2024
arow01  3.00 stars Solid, but nonessential
30 Apr 2024
Pierski  3.00 stars
29 Apr 2024
Sunvin  3.50 stars Dany
25 Apr 2024
OvertakenBurner Digital3.50 stars "Cool stuff, slick stuff..." (Very Good)
17 Apr 2024
Felix_s1mp  2.50 stars
9 Apr 2024
FoxScully72  â–¼3.00 stars Good Enough
  • 3.50 stars A1 Come Dance With Me
  • 3.50 stars A2 Something's Gotta Give
  • 3.50 stars A3 Just in Time
  • 3.00 stars A4 Dancing in the Dark
  • 3.50 stars A5 Too Close for Comfort
  • 3.50 stars A6 I Could Have Danced All Night
  • 3.50 stars B1 Saturday Night
  • 3.50 stars B2 Day in Day Out
  • 3.50 stars B3 Cheek to Cheek
  • 3.50 stars B4 Baubles, Bangles and Beads
  • 3.50 stars B5 The Song Is You
  • 3.00 stars B6 The Last Dance
8 Apr 2024
Scarballs  4.00 stars still great!!
7 Apr 2024
Kreckos  3.50 stars Good Album, Will Return To
3 Apr 2024
lyla39  3.00 stars
30 Mar 2024
fcukchairs  2.00 stars
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