Audio CD review:
Burt Bacharach - The Look Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection

Burt Bacharach - The Look Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection

Band: Burt Bacharach Title: The Look Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection Rating: Release Date: 03 November, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Story Of My Life - Marty Robbins 2: Magic Moments - Pery Como 3: The Blob - The Five Blobs 4: Please Stay - The Drifters 5: I Wake Up Crying - Chuck Jackson 6: Tower Of Strength - Gene McDaniels 7: Baby It's You - The Shirelles 8: Mexican Divorce - The Drifters 9: (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney 10: Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) - Chuck Jackson 11: Make It Easy On Yourself - Jerry Butler 12: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Tommy Hunt 13: It's Love That Really Counts (In The Long Run) - The Shirelles 14: Only Love Can Break A Heart - Gene Pitney 15: (There Goes) The Forgotten Man - Jimmy Radcliffe 16: Don't Make Me Over - Dionne Warwick 17: Let The Music Play - The Drifters 18: Blue On Blue - Bobby Vinton 19: True Love Never Runs Smooth - Gene Pitney 20: Blue Guitar - Richard Chamberlain 21: Reach Out For Me - Lou Johnson 22: Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney 23: Anyone Who Had A Heart - Dionne Warwick 24: A House Is Not A Home - Brook Benton 25: Wives And Lovers - Jack Jones 26: Wishin' And Hopin' - Dusty Springfield 27: Walk On By - Dionne Warwick 28: (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - Lou Johnson 29: Me Japanese Boy I Love You - Bobby Goldsboro 30: To Wait For Love - Tony Orlando 31: Kentucky Bluebird (Send A Message To Martha) - Lou Johnson 32: Land Of Make Believe - Dionne Warwick 33: The Last One To Be Loved - Lou Johnson 34: Fool Killer - Gene Pitney 35: Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Burt Bacharach 36: What The World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon 37: Trains And Boats And Planes - Burt Bacharach 38: What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones 39: My Little Red Book - Manfred Mann 40: Here I Am - Dionne Warwick 41: A Lifetime Of Loneliness - Jackie DeShannon 42: Made In Paris - Trini Lopez 43: Promise Her Anything - Tom Jones 44: Are You There (With Another Girl) - Dionne Warwick 45: Come And Get Me - Jackie DeShannon 46: Alfie - Cilla Black 47: In Between The Heartaches - Dionne Warwick 48: Nikki - The Burt Bacharach Orchestra & Chorus 49: So Long Johnny - Jackie DeShannon 50: The Windows Of The World - Dionne Warwick 51: Take A Broken Heart - Rick Nelson 52: I Say A Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick 53: Casino Royale - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 54: The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield 55: Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick 56: This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert 57: Knowing When To Leave - Jill O'Hara 58: Promises, Promises - Dionne Warwick 59: Pacific Coast Highway - Burt Bacharach 60: Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J. Thomas 61: Odds And Ends - Dionne Warwick 62: Everybody's Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas 63: I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick 64: (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters 65: Paper Mache - Dionne Warwick 66: One Less Bell To Answer - The 5th Dimension 67: Check Out There - Dionne Warwick 68: Hasbrook Heights - Burt Bacharach 69: The Balance Of Nature - Dionne Warwicke 70: Living Together, Growing Together - The 5th Dimension 71: You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) - The Stylistics 72: Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross 73: On My Own - Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald 74: That's What Friends Are For - Dionne & Friends 75: God Give Me Strength - Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello

Editoral Review Many of their triumphs are included in this three-CD box (also see the single disc The Dionne Warwick Collection), along with dozens of other tracks made between 1957 (Marty Robbins's "Story of My Life") and 1996 (Bacharach's collaboration with Elvis Costello on "God Give Me Strength"). The greatest expression of Burt Bacharach's composing and arranging talents is the marvelous string of productions he made with Dionne Warwick and lyricist Hal David for a decade or so starting in 1962. The master's blend of froth, deep emotion, and challenging musicality provides many masterpieces and a few unfortunate moments: he doesn't have much to show for the '80s aside from "That's What Friends Are For" and "Arthur's Theme. " Its handful of missteps aside, though, The Look of Love is an essential trove of great pop things. --Rickey Wright .. You can see a complete list of all Burt Bacharach discography, or go back to the Burt Bacharach tabs