Released on August 1984, "L.A. Is My Lady" was the fifty-seventh and final solo album by American crooner Frank Sinatra, produced by Quincy Jones, Sinatra's final studio album of the 1980s., was the last true original album the crooner recorded, and uneven but surprisingly
enjoyable set that tried to adapt the singer's style to contemporary pop
standards back then.
Receiving a lot of publicity in 1984 because of the title track, a rather obvious attempt to rack up
another hit along the lines of "Chicago" and "Theme from New York, New
York." Under the direction of arranger/producer Quincy Jones,
the album incorporated more synthesizers and slick production
techniques than any previous Sinatra album, the result doesn't sound forced, especially on the hit title song, "L.A. Is My Lady" whose video featuring the singers Dean Martin, Donna Summer, Michael McDonald, David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen had a sort of moderate rotation success on the MTV, other remarkable tracks are the dance beat of "How Do You Keep The Music Playing".
The album has "Mack The Knife" which Sinatra's re-recorded in 1986 combined with the original orchestra track, "Teach Me Tonight" referencing Sinatra's many love affairs, the exciting "Until The Real Thing Comes Along". Another Sinatra's renditions of standards are "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?," and "Stormy
Weather." Sinatra's voice is showing its age, but his masterful phrasing
repeatedly saves the day in spite of the musical backing by Quincy Jones and his Orchestra that makes them sound so slick sometimes.
The album reached the No. 58 on the Billboard 200 and No. 8 on the Jazz Albums chart, good arrangements by Quincy Jones and t
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