Genre
Vocal jazz and traditional pop. No One Cares belongs to a distinct strand of Sinatra's Capitol output — the so-called "suicide albums" — in which he inhabits the persona of a man shattered by romantic loss, his voice set against Gordon Jenkins's characteristically lush and melancholic string writing at its most unguarded and desolate.
Release
Released on July 20, 1959, by Capitol Records, in both mono and stereo versions.
Production
Produced by Dave Cavanaugh. All arrangements and orchestral conducting were by Gordon Jenkins. Recorded on March 24, 25, 26, and May 14, 1959, at Capitol Studio A, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Reception
No One Cares was described by critics as Sinatra's saddest and darkest album; Sinatra himself reportedly called it a collection of "suicide songs." It has been viewed retrospectively as the bleakest entry in a celebrated trilogy of loss alongside In the Wee Small Hours (1955) and Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (1958). One detailed critical assessment placed it alongside the Nat Cole-Gordon Jenkins album Where Did Everyone Go as one of "the darkest chapters in classic pop vocal recordings."
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey – May 14, 1998, Los Angeles, California) was an American singer, actor, and producer widely regarded as the greatest popular vocalist of the twentieth century. He rose to fame as a teenage idol with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the early 1940s, signed with Capitol Records in 1953, and produced there what are widely considered his finest recordings, including Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956) and In the Wee Small Hours (1955). He later founded his own label, Reprise Records, in 1960. Over the course of a career spanning five decades, he recorded more than 1,400 songs and sold approximately 150 million records worldwide. His film career earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity (1953). His accolades include eleven Grammy Awards, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1965, re-presented 1994), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1985), and the Congressional Gold Medal (1997). He was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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