Love
A rare collector's-item LP until its 1995 CD reissue with two bonus tracks,Loveis linked with Frank Sinatra's great ballad albums in two ways: its original release in 1963 on Sinatra's Reprise label, and, more important, its stack of Nelson Riddle arrangements. These interpretations of an intriguingly emotional song list come near the beginning of Clooney's mature period; at 32 she was well beyond the novelty and treacle that had made her a star at Columbia. It would be years, though, before her seriousness would be taken seriously.--Rickey Wright