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Title: Weak Material; Sinatra miscast
Review: This is an album with two passable songs, "Goodbye" and "I Would be in Love Anyway." Most of the other tunes range from weak to insipid. Although Sinatra sings all the material with sensitivity and intuitiveness, the vocal portrayal of him as a man who has lived his entire life in a small town and worked for the Sante Fe railroad is unconvincing. The understated lyrical feel of Jake Holmes's lyrics is undercut by the overblown nature of both Bob Gaudio's melodies and Charles Callelo's arrangements.
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