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In the Wee Small Hours
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In the Wee Small Hours is an album by Frank Sinatra, 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 of the concept albums that Sinatra put out during the 1950s.
It was his first full 12-inch LP, and more importantly it contained a set of songs specifically recorded for the album, which had not always been true of his previous 10-inch records.
In the Wee Small Hours used only ballads, organized around a central mood of late-night isolation and aching lost love (supposedly due to his separation from
Ava Gardner). The sequence is triggered by the morose opening title track, which had just been written, and then is followed up by a selection of
pop standards. The
album cover, now considered a classic, directly reinforced the overall theme.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 100 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The album is also included in 1001 albums you must hear before you die, edited by Robert Dimery.
Track listing
