The World We Knew  

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The World We Knew is a 1967 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra.

The title track reached #30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1967, while the Frank/Nancy Sinatra duet "Somethin' Stupid" reached #1 on both charts.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album two and a half stars, and described it as "More of a singles collection than a proper album...Much of this has a rock-oriented pop production, complete with fuzz guitars, reverb, folky acoustic guitars, wailing harmonicas, drum kits, organs, and brass and string charts that punctuate the songs rather than provide the driving force...the songs Sinatra tackles with a variety of arrangers are more ambitious than most middle-of-the-road, adult-oriented soft rock of the late '60s." Erlewine described "Drinking Again" as "exceptional, nuanced" and said that it "ranks among the best songs Sinatra cut during the '60s."

Track listing

1. "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" (Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman) – 2:50
2. "Somethin' Stupid" (with Nancy Sinatra) (Carson Parks) – 2:45
3. "This Is My Love" (James Harbert) – 3:37
4. "Born Free" (Don Black, John Barry) – 2:05
5. "Don't Sleep in the Subway" (Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent) – 2:22
6. "This Town" (Lee Hazlewood) – 3:05
7. "This Is My Song" (Charlie Chaplin) – 2:30
8. "You Are There" (Harry Sukman, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:31
9. "Drinking Again" (Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber) – 3:13
10. "Some Enchanted Evening" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:34

Personnel

• Frank Sinatra - vocals
• Nancy Sinatra - vocals (Track 2)
• Gordon Jenkins - arranger, conductor
• Billy Strange - vocals, guitars
• H. B. Barnum - piano, producer, arranger
• Ernie Freeman - piano
• Claus Ogerman - arrangements, orchestration