The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection
by Richie Unterberger While this three-CD, 75-song box set only has a half-dozen tracks actually credited to Burt Bacharach, it's certainly the best representation of his music likely to ever be assembled. Spanning the late '50s through a 1996 duet with Elvis Costello, this is the cream of his work as a composer (and, frequently, producer), properly concentrating mostly on the 1960s hit versions of his songs (usually, though not always, co-written with Hal David) by Dionne Warwick, Gene Pitney, Jackie DeShannon, Dusty Springfield, the Drifters, Chuck Jackson, and many others. Classics like "Baby It's You," "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is Love," and "Wishin' and Hopin'" are here, of course. What really makes this exceptional by box set standards, however, is the deft intermingling of familiar smash hits with interesting minor hits and rarities. There are four cuts by the unknown Lou Johnson, who has been described as the male counterpart to Dionne Warwick; intriguing obscurities by Gene Pitney ("Fool Killer"), Jackie DeShannon ("So Long Johnny"), and others that even fans of the artists might not have heard; rare original versions of familiar classics (Tommy Hunt's "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself," for instance); hits by artists who only benefited grandly from the magic Bacharach/David touch once (Bobby Vinton's "Blue on Blue," Jack Jones' "Wives and Lovers"); and just plain off-the-wall things like the Five Blobs' novelty "The Blob," Manfred Mann's "My Little Red Book," Bobby Goldsboro's "Me Japanese Boy I Love You," and TV actor Richard Chamberlain's "Blue Guitar." Thankfully only a little of his subpar work from the '80s is included. Aficionados may find some things to carp about, particularly the absence of some small hits (quantity and licensing would have made it difficult to bring everything together) and the track choice when several singers made worthy versions; sometimes the big hit is used, sometimes it's a rare original version, sometimes it's a rare rendition that was neither the original nor the biggest hit. Certainly there's more Bacharach/David worth hearing; the first places to start after getting through this are vintage Dionne Warwick compilations. For a rich but manageable anthology of his best work, though, it could hardly be bettered, enhanced by nearly 100 pages of liner notes and track annotations.
专辑歌曲列表
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Carpenters 3602779 03:45
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Dionne Warwick 2797444 02:54
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Perry Como 2628171 02:44
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marty robbins 2494324 02:35
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b.j. thomas 2818947 02:56
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Aretha Franklin 3447207 03:35
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the shirelles 2570911 02:40
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burt bacharach 2194533 02:17
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Gene McDaniels 2194659 02:17
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gene pitney 2880717 03:00
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Tommy Hunt 2741318 02:51
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Dionne Warwick 2658264 02:46
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The Burt Bacharach Orchestra & Chorus 2287257 02:22
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The Drifters 2494664 02:35
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Jimmy Radcliffe 2706747 02:49
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bobby vinton 2279667 02:22
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The Searchers 2027394 02:06
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The Drifters 2425205 02:31
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Dionne Warwick 3053235 03:10
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Brook Benton 2867980 02:59
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gene pitney 2703404 02:48
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chuck jackson 3247928 03:22
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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 2497600 02:36
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Dusty Springfield 3974675 04:08
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Dionne Warwick 2799116 02:54
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burt bacharach 2345239 02:26
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Sandie Shaw 2569429 02:40
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jackie deshannon 3089466 03:13
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Nancy wilson 2343226 02:26
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jack jones 2386007 02:29
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gene pitney 2812299 02:55
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Jackie Trent 2628962 02:44
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Dionne Warwick 3251443 03:23
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Anita Harris 2747288 02:51
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Bobby Vee 2002712 02:05
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trini lopez 2284826 02:22
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cilla black 2549703 02:39
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Dusty Springfield 2826702 02:56
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Petula Clark 3359931 03:29
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Dionne Warwick 3307438 03:26
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chuck jackson 2147326 02:14
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tony orlando 2263991 02:21
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the shirelles 2118941 02:12
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Christopher Cross 3732973 03:53
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Elvis Costello、burt bacharach 5875633 06:07