The seventh album: #7 Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers
On this, Frank Sinatra's tenth studio album, he apparently made swingier, faster versions of classic songs of the day. I can see it in there - some songs I can easily see how they'd be slower even if I didn't know the original. For just as many, however, these feel like the classic way. Even through audio, Frank Sinatra comes through as charming and likeable, a certain happiness shows through in his songs.
The songs are well executed, great instrumentation combined with the amazing vocals from Frank Sinatra. It sounds good and never sinks into the background as other similar songs might do - he sounds too interesting for that. And with the classics on here - I've Got You Under My Skin especially notable - it's obvious why this is all the case. An aboslutely swinging album.
The fourteenth book: #14 Unfortunate Traveller
After a good performance two days ago, the next book disappointed a bit. The Unfortunate Traveller is a lot shorter, but it didn't quite hit for me. There are parts that feel more like they're just speeches or preaching as they go from (at the time) celebrity to celebrity. There's some story, but nothing strong in there and to me it felt like it was mostly trying to be too self important.