Duets II (Frank Sinatra album)
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| Studio album by Frank Sinatra | ||||
| Released | November 15, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | July 1, 6, 9, October 12, 14 1993 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz, classic pop | |||
| Length | 52:01 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Phil Ramone | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Duets II is the 57th and last studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. It was released in 1994, and was the sequel to the previous year's Duets.
Phil Ramone produced the album and guest artists from various genres contributed their duet parts to Sinatra's already recorded vocals. Though not as commercially successful as Duets, it still rose to #9 on the Billboard albums chart and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. It also peaked at #29 in the UK.
Critical notices were again mixed at best, although some viewed it as an improvement over its predecessor. However, the album won Sinatra the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, his last competitive Grammy Award.
These would be the last studio recordings made by Sinatra, who had begun his recording career fifty five years earlier.
Both were packaged together in a "90th Birthday Limited Collector's Edition" released in 2005; North American pressings add an unreleased duet recording of "My Way" with Willie Nelson, while international pressings have him singing with Luciano Pavarotti.
Track listing
Personnel
- Dave Allen – technical assistance
- Marcelo Anez – assistant engineer
- Ron Anthony – guitar
- John Aquilino – engineer
- Bernie Becker – engineer
- Chuck Berghofer – bass, rhythm bass
- Craig Brock – assistant engineer
- Billy Byers – arranger
- Scott Canto – assistant engineer
- Bryan Carrigan – assistant engineer
- Paul Cartledge – engineer
- Jim Caruana – assistant engineer
- Hank Cattaneo – producer
- Bill Cavanaugh – engineer
- Sean Chambers – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Kiko Cibrian – vocal producer
- Don Costa – arranger
- Mike Couzzi – engineer
- Jill Dell'Abate – production coordination
- T-Bone Demman – engineer
- Peter Doell – assistant engineer
- Charles Dye – engineer
- Susanne Edgren – production coordination
- Andy Engel – illustrations
- Geraldo Fernandes de Souza, Jr. – engineer
- Gregg Field – drums
- Frank Foster – arranger
- Jim Giddenes – technical assistance
- Carl Glanville – engineer, assistant engineer
- Larry Greenhill – engineer
- Michael Guerra – technical assistance
- Don Hahn – engineer
- Troy Halderson – assistant engineer
- David Hall – assistant engineer
- R.R. Harlan – engineer
- Jay Healy – engineer
- John Hechtman – technical assistance
- Tom Hensley – vocal arrangement
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Quincy Jones – arranger
- Charles Koppelman – executive producer
- Sebastián Krys – assistant engineer
- Scott Lechner – technical assistance
- Alan Lindgren – vocal arrangement
- Johnny Mandel – arranger
- George Massenburg – engineer
- Chie Masumoto – production coordination
- Billy May – arranger
- Mike Mazzetti – assistant engineer
- Paul McKenna – engineer
- Bucky Meadows – technical assistance
- Bill Miller – piano
- Jeff Minnich – technical assistance
- Francisco Miranda – assistant engineer
- Jennifer Monnar – assistant engineer
- Marcelo Moura – assistant engineer
- LeRoy Neiman – paintings
- Kim Niemi – coordination
- Jorge Noriega – backing vocals
- Clay Ostwald – keyboards
- Charles Paakkari – engineer
- John Patterson – engineer
- Scott Perry – engineer, assistant engineer
- Csaba Petocz – engineer
- Jose L. Quintana – vocal producer
- Rita Quintero – backing vocals
- Ed Rak – engineer
- Mark Ralston – assistant engineer
- Phil Ramone – producer
- Dave Reitzas – engineer
- Nelson Riddle – arranger
- Don Rubin – executive producer
- Arturo Sandoval – trumpet
- Eric Schilling – engineer, mixing
- Al Schmitt – engineer
- Kevin Scott – assistant engineer
- Frank Sinatra – vocals
- Andy Smith – assistant engineer
- Rick Southern – engineer
- Tommy Steele – art direction
- Ted Stein – engineer
- Ron Taylor – engineer
- Denny Thomas – technical assistance
- Terry Trotter – piano
- Larry Walsh – engineer
- Eliot Weisman – executive producer
- Chris Wiggins – assistant engineer
- Dick Williams – vocal arrangement
- Patrick Williams – arranger, conductor, director, musical director
- Frank Wolf – engineer
- Stevie Wonder – harmonica, piano, vocals
- Terry Woodson – music preparation
- Tom Young – engineer
- Bill Zehme – liner notes
