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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Story of My Life, The - (with Marty Robbins)
2. Magic Moments - (with Perry Como)
3. Blob, The - (with The Five Blobs)
4. Please Stay - (with The Drifters)
5. I Wake up Crying - (with Chuck Jackson)
6. Tower of Strength - (with Gene McDaniels)
7. Baby It's You - (with The Shirelles)
8. Mexican Divorce - (with The Drifters)
9. Liberty Valance, (The Man Who Shot) - (with Gene Pitney)
10. Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) - (with Chuck Jackson)
11. Make It End - (with Jerry Butler)
12. I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself - (with Tommy Hunt)
13. It's Love That Really Counts (In the Long Run) - (with The Shirelles)
14. Only Love Can Break a Heart - (with Gene Pitney)
15. Forgotten Man, (There Goes) The - (with Jimmy Radcliffe)
16. Don't Make Me Over - (with Dionne Warwick)
17. Let the Music Play - (with The Drifters)
18. Blue on Blue - (with Bobby Vinton)
19. True Love Never Runs Smooth - (with Gene Pitney)
20. Blue Guitar - (with Richard Chamberlain)
21. Reach Out For Me - (with Lou Johnson)
22. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - (with Gene Pitney)
23. Anyone Who Had a Heart - (with Dionne Warwick)
24. House Is Not a Home, A - (with Brook Benton)
25. Wives and Lovers - (with Jack Jones)
26. Wishin' and Hopin' - (with Dusty Springfield)
DISC 2:
1. Walk on By - (with Dionne Warwick)
2. Always Something There to Remind Me, (There's) - (with Lou Johnson)
3. Me Japanese Boy, I Love You - (with Bobby Goldsboro)
4. To Wait For Love - (with Tony Orlando)
5. Kentucky Bluebird (Send a Message to Martha) - (with Lou Johnson)
6. Land of Make Believe - (with Dionne Warwick)
7. Last One to Be Loved, The - (with Lou Johnson)
8. Fool Killer - (with Gene Pitney)
9. Don't Go Breaking My Heart
10. What the World Needs Now Is Love - (with Jackie DeShannon)
11. Trains and Boats and Planes
12. What's New Pussycat - (with Tom Jones)
13. My Little Red Book - (with Manfred Mann)
14. Here I Am - (with Dionne Warwick)
15. Lifetime of Loneliness, A - (with Jackie DeShannon)
16. Made in Paris - (with Trini Lopez)
17. Promise Her Anything - (with Tom Jones)
18. Are You There (With Another Girl) - (with Dionne Warwick)
19. Come and Get Me - (with Jackie DeShannon)
20. Alfie - (with Cilla Black)
21. In Between the Heartaches - (with Dionne Warwick)
22. Nikki - (with The Burt Bacharach Orchestra & Chorus)
23. So Long Johnny - (with Jackie DeShannon)
24. Windows of the World, The - (with Dionne Warwick)
25. Take a Broken Heart - (with Rick Nelson)
26. I Say a Little Prayer - (with Dionne Warwick)
27. Casino Royale - (with Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass)
DISC 3:
1. Look of Love, The - (with Dusty Springfield)
2. Do You Know the Way to San Jose - (with Dionne Warwick)
3. This Guy's in Love With You - (with Herb Alpert)
4. Knowing When to Leave - (with Jill O'Hara)
5. Promises, Promises - (with Dionne Warwick)
6. Pacific Coast Highway
7. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - (with B.J. Thomas)
8. Odds and Ends - (with Dionne Warwick)
9. Everybody's Out of Town - (with B.J. Thomas)
10. I'll Never Fall in Love Again - (with Dionne Warwick)
11. Close to You, (They Long to Be) - (with The Carpenters)
12. Paper Mache - (with Dionne Warwick)
13. One Less Bell to Answer - (with The 5th Dimension)
14. Check Out Time - (with Dionne Warwick)
15. Hasbrook Heights
16. Balance of Nature, The - (with Dionne Warwick)
17. Living Together, Growing Together - (with The 5th Dimension)
18. You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) - (with The Stylistics)
19. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - (with Christopher Cross)
20. On My Own - (with Patti LaBelle/Michael McDonald)
21. That's What Friends Are For - (with Dionne & Friends)
22. God Give Me Strength - (with Elvis Costello)
Album Notes
This deluxe three disc set includes an 89-page book including rare photos and liner notes by Burt Bacharach, Patrick Milligan, Bill De Main, Paul Grein, Alec Cumming.
Producers include: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Phil Ramone, Bones Howe, George Martin.
Compilation Producer: Patrick Milligan.
If you're at a loss for context, think of Bacharach as the American Jobim. Like his Brazilian counterpart, he combined the influences of jazz and 20th Century classical music with a penchant for odd harmonies and meters, all made palatable by an uncanny gift for infectious melodies. Again like Jobim, Bacharach was more a composer than a performer, and he usually left the singing to professionals (we won't get into the Astrud Gilberto/Dionne Warwick parallels).
The Bacharach tunes presented on this three-disc retrospective are the original hit versions as sung by the likes of Warwick, Tom Jones, the Carpenters and others. Over the course of this set, what becomes clear (besides the ungodly bankroll Burt must have amassed via these compositions) is the consistent merging of innovation with pure pop appeal. Perhaps only the Beatles ever pulled off that combo with equal panache.
Industry Reviews
...As familiar as you may be with these songs, THE LOOK OF LOVE makes you feel as if you've uncovered a treasure chest that was before your eyes the whole time. - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (12/11/1998)
Ranked #10 in Spin's list of the Ten Best Reissues Of 1998.
Spin (01/01/1999)
Ranked #10 in Spin's list of the Ten Best Reissues Of 1998.Entertainment Weekly (12/11/98, pp.74-76) - ...As familiar as you may be with these songs, THE LOOK OF LOVE makes you feel as if you've uncovered a treasure chest that was before your eyes the whole time. - Rating: A-
Spin (01/01/1999)
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