Frank Sinatra-"Ebb Tide" (2018 Stereo Mix)

I see that "Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely", in its 60th Anniversary Edition, in now No. 3 on the Amazon Jazz Best Sellers list (number one is the unfortunate Tony Bennett-Diana Krall pairing "Love is Here To Stay"-Bennett's voice is now almost unrecognizable, sad to say).

Duke Ellington called Frank "the ultimate in theater", and this track, from what was very possibly FS's finest album, is a most excellent illustration. It's said that Sinatra was the first male vocalist to show vulnerability, and this track surely displays that quality. That vulnerability is consistent throughout the cut-there is no macho swagger here, even as FS's vocal ebbs and flows. Who else would dare this sort of honesty? Frank is naked here.