How Does That Grab You?

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Sinatra'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.

Tracks:

Not The Lovin' Kind
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Sorry 'Bout That
Time
Sand
Crying Time
My Baby Cried All Night Long
Let It Be Me
Call Me
How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?
Bang, Bang
The Last Of The Secret Agents
Until It's Time For You To Go
Lightning's Girl
Feelin' Kinda Sunday

Album Description

Sinatra'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.

Customer Reviews:

How does that mess your mind?.......2004-06-09

"How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?" was Nancy Sinatra's second Top Ten hit, so naturally, her second album was titled after it. This was a solid sophmore effort by Nancy, with some great songs by Lee Hazlewood, especially "Sand", Nancy and Lee's first duet together. Also notable is the Baker Knight composition "Sorry 'Bout That", which is a terrific song in a similar style as Nancy's hits. In the fashion of the time, there are several cover versions of other people's hits on the album. The best one is "Bang, Bang", which Quentin Tarentino liked enough to include in Kill Bill, Volume 1. There are four bonus tracks. "The Last of the Secret Agents" was the b-side of "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?". "Lightning's Girl" was a non-LP hit for Nancy, and "Until It's Time For You to Go" was it's b-side. "Feelin' Kinda Sunday" was a flop duet by Nancy ad her dad from the years after Nancy stopped having hits. Recommended to all of Nancy's fans.

Boots really IS the lovin' kind!.......2002-12-14

Nancy purrs through eleven icy-cool, frosty-fine tracks(plus 4 bonus cuts)on this, her second album. Good news first: she looks great on the cover(as always)and sounds even better on the snappy "Sorry 'Bout That" and the standard "The Shadow Of Your Smile"(which got recorded by everybody and their father, but movin' on...). A duet with Lee Hazlewood on "Sand" sounds great, but the Sundazed remixing, with the voices separated(one on either speaker)took some time getting used to(I listened to the Mono record for years). The not-so-great news: her cover of "Bang Bang" is too faithful a reading to compete with the Cher original, and "Crying Time" and "Call Me" are just filler. Overall, not at all bad, and the bonus tracks feature "Feelin' Kind of Sunday"(a wonderfully campy duet with dad Frank)and the whip-snappin' "Lightning's Girl". A-

Yes, we bought this one for the album cover of Nancy.......2002-10-30

Yes, 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?

How Does That Grab You Darling.......2002-08-15

It would probably be much better, but today is Aug. 14 2pm and it still hasn't arrived. I paid for 2 day shipping and it was shipped on Aug. 11.

Nancy, you smart-aleck kitten, you! Rrrrowr!.......2002-07-06

This 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."

The 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.

The 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."

"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.

As 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.

The 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."

Of 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."

The 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.

How Does That Grab You?
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How Does That Grab You?

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FIHASW
Release Date: 2006-12-19

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