Nancy Sinatra

Nancy “Boots” Sinatra is back, and this album could have come out in 1966. It begins with “Burnin’ Down the Spark”—slow, sexy and cool with horns, like Tijuana in the summer. The strangest song is “Momma’s Boy,” written by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore; it’s a psychotic nightmare with singsong vocals a al Nico with the Velvet Underground. The tune that works best for Sinatra is Morrissey’s “Let Me Kiss You.” Although sometimes Sinatra can sound disconnected, here she connects, sounding cool and smooth. I got chills. Another standout, “About a Fire,” is psychedelic, groovy, sexy and fun. The album ends with “Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad,” penned by U2’s Bono and the Edge for her dad, Frank. It’s a late-night barroom ballad that, as Frank might say, is bittersweet, with a shot of tears.