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In the Wee Small Hours (Music)

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In the Wee Small Hours (Music)	comment	In the Wee Small Hours is the ninth studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1955 through Capitol Records. It was recorded while the singer went through marital troubles with his second wife, Ava Gardner, which would eventually lead to their divorce two years later. This mood of melancholic loneliness in the wake of failed relationships was reflected in the central theme of all the songs, making the record an early example of a Concept Album, virtually a whole decade before rock artists such as Frank Zappa note on Freak Out from 1966, The Beach Boys note on Pet Sounds from 1966. Though some argue Little Deuce Coupe from 1963 is an early concept album and The Beatles note on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band from 1967 would make the genre popular; the only older example is Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads from 1940, and even that is debatable (In the Wee Small Hours is unified by theme and mood in a way that the narrative-oriented Dust Bowl Ballads is not). In many ways it's considered the Ur-Example of the modern idea of a music album, both because of its use of a central concept and because of its popularization of the 12" long-playing record as the format for albums prior to the advent of the Compact Disc (previously they were literal album books filled with 78 rpm records).A success from the start, this album effectively revived Sinatra's slumping music career. It transformed him from the teen idol he was before into an artist that deserved to be taken seriously and who dealt with more mature themes.Nelson Riddle once again provides the arrangements and conducts the orchestra. This was the first album to showcase Riddle's own arranging style: of his previous efforts with Sinatra, Songs for Young Lovers mostly used George Siravo arrangements and Swing Easy! was orchestrated by Riddle in a style reminiscent of Red Norvo.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_1f37a427	type	Face on the Cover
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_1f37a427	comment	Face on the Cover: Sinatra leaning against a lamp post. He is very visible in the frame and the background has no details that detract from the action.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_23b0d78	type	Title Track
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_23b0d78	comment	Title Track: "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_26b2747	type	Alliterative Title
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_26b2747	comment	Alliterative Title: "Deep in a Dream".
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_34f6774c	type	Concept Album
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_34f6774c	comment	Concept Album: This album is considered one of the earliest forerunners of the genre. All the tracks are about the sad feelings you have about a broken relationship.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_424d15ad	type	Love Hurts
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_424d15ad	comment	Love Hurts: Nearly all the songs follow this theme.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_44bd31e2	type	Trope Codifier
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_44bd31e2	comment	Trope Codifier: For the album format itself, arguably. It was one of the first 12" long-playing pop music albums to be released. (Previously, 10" was the standard for pop releases, with 12" being mostly reserved for classical music.) While neither the first album ever nor the first Sinatra ever recorded, it is usually the oldest record in many "Greatest Albums" lists.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_45db8ec6	type	Cry Laughing
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_45db8ec6	comment	Cry Laughing: "Glad to Be Unhappy".
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_49d3b595	type	Cradle of Loneliness
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_49d3b595	comment	Cradle of Loneliness: Sinatra had just gone through a few broken relationships himself and this gloomy feeling can be felt in the lyrics too. For instance in "When Your Lover Has Gone"
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: "I'll Never Be the Same"
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_596f675a	type	Smoking Is Cool
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_596f675a	comment	Smoking Is Cool: Sinatra smokes a cigarette on the album cover. "Deep in a Dream":
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_5d86966a	type	Man on Fire
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_5d86966a	comment	Man on Fire: "Deep in a Dream":
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_6112fb53	type	Obsession Song
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_6112fb53	comment	Obsession Song: "I See Your Face Before Me"
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_66cce83e	type	Colour-Coded Emotions
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_66cce83e	comment	Colour-Coded Emotions: Sinatra is wearing a blue suit on the album cover, expressing him feeling "blue".
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_6ceb0471	type	UnrequitedLove
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_6ceb0471	comment	Unrequited Love: A major theme. In "Glad to Be Unhappy" Sinatra even mentions "it's a bore and I've got it pretty bad".
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_816c63d4	type	Dramatic Wind
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_816c63d4	comment	Dramatic Wind: "Ill Wind".
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_8b442f50	type	Did Not Get the Girl
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_8b442f50	comment	Did Not Get the Girl: "Deep in a Dream", "Can't We Be Friends?", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "I'll Be Around" and "I'll Never Be the Same" all reflect his mood on not getting the girl of his dreams.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_8bcfcc7	type	Hope Crusher
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_8bcfcc7	comment	Hope Crusher: "I'll Never Be the Same", where Sinatra feels he'll never get over his broken relationship.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_99699561	type	Questioning Title?
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_99699561	comment	Questioning Title?: "Can't We Be Friends?" and "What's This Thing Called Love?"
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_9dab0a6e	type	Continuity Nod
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_9dab0a6e	comment	Continuity Nod: Sinatra leans against a lamppost at night, just like he did on the album cover of Songs for Young Lovers (1954).
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_ad3d8092	type	Heartbroken Badass
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_ad3d8092	comment	Heartbroken Badass: Despite being heartbroken it's still Sinatra, folks!
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_b28a8d0a	type	Break-Up Song
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_b28a8d0a	comment	Break-Up Song: Virtually all the songs deal with broken relationships, loneliness and depression.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_b5049d76	type	Added Alliterative Appeal
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_b5049d76	comment	Added Alliterative Appeal: "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_bb2fa590	type	Fool for Love
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_bb2fa590	comment	Fool for Love: "What Is This Thing Called Love?"
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_c3ae004a	type	Re-Cut
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_c3ae004a	comment	Re-Cut: Initial CD releases in 1987 drop "Last Night When We Were Young"; the track would later be restored in 1991. While the reason for the song's exclusion was never explained, Capitol Records worked around its absence by advertising the 1987 version as a "special abridged Compact Disc version of the album."
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Tom Waits' album cover for The Heart of Saturday Night (1974) is a homage to In the Wee Small Hours.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_c8d6d621	type	I Will Wait for You
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_c8d6d621	comment	I Will Wait for You: "I'll Be Around" in which Sinatra sings he'll be around for his loved one when her current partner is gone.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_cff53786	type	Cover Version
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_cff53786	comment	Cover Version: "Mood Indigo", a cover of Duke Ellington, "I Get Along Without You Very Well", a cover of Hoagy Carmichael, "What Is This Thing Called Love?", a cover of Cole Porter.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_dbfd6b8	type	Lyrical Dissonance
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_dbfd6b8	comment	Lyrical Dissonance: The musical arrangements are sweet and pleasant despite being gloomy, while the lyrics are downright depressing.
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In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_f215eec	type	Torch Song
In the Wee Small Hours (Music) / int_f215eec	comment	Torch Song: An entire album full of them. Sinatra would revisit the concept with such subsequent albums as Where Are You? (1957), Only the Lonely (1958), No One Cares (1959), and All Alone (1962).
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Frank Sinatra (Franchise)	seeAlso	In the Wee Small Hours (Music)
In the Wee Small Hours (Music)	hasFeature	American Music / int_e4fd070e
In the Wee Small Hours (Music)	hasFeature	Jazz / int_e4fd070e
Music of the 1950s	seeAlso	In the Wee Small Hours (Music)
SongsForYoungLovers	seeAlso	In the Wee Small Hours (Music)

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