Nancy Sinatra: How Does That Grab You? CD Track Listing

A list by checkmate

Nancy Sinatra How Does That Grab You? (1966)
Originally released as Reprise RS-6207 in 1966 except tracks 12-15\nCD Edition Released February 21, 1995 or March 1995\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Sinatra's sophomore effort sticks to her usual LP formula: a hit title track, a bunch of pop covers ("Bang Bang" is the best), and some unremarkable Lee Hazlewood songs, the exception being the classy Nancy & Lee duet "Sand." There are four notable bonus tracks on the CD reissue from 45s: the fuzz-guitar-driven single "Lightning's Girl" (one of her very best songs), a cover of Buffy St. Marie's "Until It's Time for You to Go," the single "The Last of the Secret Agents," and the breezy California pop duet with her father, "Feelin' Kinda Sunday." -- Richie Unterberger\n\nAmazon.com Album Description\nSinatra's sophomore effort sticks to her usual LP formula- a hit title track, a bunch of pop covers, and some unremarkable Lee Hazelwood songs. This Sundazed 1966 reissue also include bonus tracks 'The Last Of the Secret Agents', 'Until It's Time For You To Go', 'Lightning's Girl' and 'Feelin' Kinda Sunday' Which was recorded with Frank Sinatra. 1995. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nYes, we bought this one for the album cover of Nancy, October 30, 2002\nReviewer: Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City: Duluth, MN United States)\nYes, the album cover screams SEX KITTEN at you, even without the trademark white go-go boots. The evocative pose is rather ironic since on "How Does That Grab You?" Nancy Sinatra shifts away from covering rock songs as she did on her first album "Boots" and explores more traditional pop genres. I mean, listen to the first two tracks, "Not the Lovin' Kind" and "Shadow of Your Smile," and you would never think to connect the dots between these songs and "These Boots Are Made for Walking." This is the most diverse Nancy Sinatra album, which is an understatement for an album that can offer up "Let It Be Me" and "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"; but remember, originally they would have been on different sides of the record. However, there are several excellent examples of what is now considered vintage Nancy Sinatra, such as the title song, "Last of the Secret Agents," and "Lightning Girl." There is also "Sand," which is the best of her duets with Lee Hazzlewood that did not make it onto her original hits collection on CD. But on balance this is a second tier Nancy Sinatra Album that is also harmed by the fact that the album cover is now reduced to CD size when it really needs to be a poster suitable for hanging on your wall. I wonder which came first: the decision to give the album this name or the decision to use that cover photo?\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nNancy, you smart-aleck kitten, you! Rrrrowr!, July 6, 2002\nReviewer: Daniel J. Hamlow (Farmington, NM USA) \nThis is the second and last album where Nancy has her bad-girl image. However, one can find a variety of styles from the bluesy jazz of "Not The Lovin' Kind," "The Shadow Of Your Smile," which might be a soundtrack to a nice picnic outing, a blue evening in a dimly-lit cafe, or something to play in the crib with a loved one, to the country of "Crying Time."\nThe sass is back in the kittenish "Sorry 'Bout That" as she's been tired of being treated like an alley cat and finds someone who treats her more decently. However, the favor is returned to her in the mid-paced blues of "My Baby Cried All Night Long," where after doing the same thing as the previous song, finds that her lover has done the same with girl. She gives the moral of that song at the end: "you shouldn't be caught messin' when you shouldn't be messin', or you'll be crying all night long." Sound advice.\n\nThe poetic "Time" is one of three standout ballads here. Inbetween the forlorn refrain, "Time, oh time. where did you go?" some lines from the book of life is written out. "Some people never get and some never give, some people never die, but some never live. Some folks they treat me mean, some treat me kind, but most folks just go their way, don't pay me no mind."\n\n"Sand" is another well-written Lee Hazlewood track with a Beatle-ish influenced solo in the middle. I wonder what was used in the rhythm section--it sounds like a cross between a harp and guitar. Nancy and Lee duet together as a woman whose flames of love are small to share and the man with a cold heart but free soul who sets her afire.\n\nAs for cover songs, she does Buck Owens' "Crying Time," Petula Clark's "Call Me," Sonny and Cher's "Bang Bang," and Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Until It's Time For You To Go." All are done more than satisfactorily--even making "Bang Bang" into a ballad. The haunting vibrating guitar notes emphasizes the downbeat and cruel message of that song.\n\nThe title track might as well be called "These Boots Are Still Made For Walkin'," as it's close to the original. However, the lyrics still have some of that old sass. "Now you ain't nothing but an old tomcat, runnin' around my house./I'll tell you something you old tomcat, you just lost your mouse."\n\nOf the other singles, "The Last Of The Secret Agents" is a comedic song about someone whose number is 0.007, even mimicking a snatch of the theme song before going into her "Boots"-like rhythm, backed with a strong brass section. How pathetic is this guy? "He's never even caught a cold." "He got his degree from Disneyland," "an underwhelming kind of sleuth, "He thinks James Bond's some kind of suit." She warns off a potential goofball suitor that she's "Lighting's Girl" and "mother rooster's hen."\n\nThe teary "Until It's Time For You To Go" is a farewell song for all ages, with its string section and lyrics emphasizing they are not gods or angels, but men and women. And "Feelin' Kinda Sunday," a duet with her father, is a preview of Nancy In London.\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nGreat lounge sound from a classic '60s icon, November 23, 1999\nReviewer: Jared Stearns (Boston, MA)\nNancy Sinatra's sophomore effort, after she hit it big with "Boots," came out in 1966. Listening to it today, 33-years later, it is still as fresh as yesterday's wine. The album consists of mostly mellow, jazzy, lounge tunes; many penned by producer/songwriter and duet partner Lee Hazlewood. "Not The Lovin' Kind" starts off the set with great mellow grooves. This, in turn, is backed up by the second tune "The Shadow of Your Smile," which highly demonstrates Nancy's versatility and ability to tackle a variety of songs and genres of music. "Sorry 'Bout That," and the title track, "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?" both play off of Nancy's tough-girl image she started with "Boots," and she continues it beautifully. Each and every song on this album is a winner, from the odd "Sand," (a duet with Hazlewood) to the sexy "Call Me," that would make anyone thumb through every phone book to find her number! "Bang, Bang" (written by Sonny Bono, and a hit for Cher) is excellent, as are the CD Bonus Tracks: "The Last of the Secret Agents," "Until It's Time for You To Go," "Lightning's Girl," and "Feelin' Kinda Sunday," a silly duet with daddy Frank. Sundazed has done a FABULOUS job remastering every song, and adding great pics and liner notes inside. They do Nancy justice, something she is most deserving of. "Marvy melodies, all of them gravid with meaning," read the original liner notes. "Sure to mess your head forevermore." But what a beautiful mess it leaves!\n\nHalf.com Album Credits\nFrank Sinatra, Contributing Artist\nLee Hazlewood, Contributing Artist\nLee Hazlewood, Producer\n\nAlbum Notes\nReissue producer: Bob Irwin.\nOriginally released on Reprise (6207). Includes liner notes by Nancy Sinatra.\nProducer: Lee Hazlewood.\n\nNamed after the follow-up to her epochal ode to leather-heeled female strong-mindedness "These Boots Are Made for Walking," Nancy Sinatra's follow-up album cemented her image as a tough babe icon. It also follows more or less the same formula as its predecessor.\n\nSinatra purrs her way through a bunch of Lee Hazlewood songs, most notably "Sand" and the fuzztone-drenched proto-metal "Lightning's Girl," along with some covers of contemporary hits including Cher's "Bang, Bang," performed as a sort of beatnik poetry reading against a backdrop of a solo guitar. As a bonus, this remastered edition also includes "Feelin' Kinda Sunday," a lesser-known duet with father Frank that just might be the great lost Spanky And Our Gang single.
This rock cd contains 15 tracks and runs 46min 46sec.
Freedb: da0af40f
Buy: from Amazon.com

Categories

Latest lists

Nancy Sinatra: How Does That Grab You? CD Track Listing

Category

Tags

cyList

Legal