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

Artist:

Bacharach, Burt

UPC:

685738838424

See Also:

Presley, Elvis Kinks (The) Simon & Garfunkel Beach Boys (The) Spector, Phil Various Artists - Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach - Painted From Memory Bill Frisell/Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach - The Sweetest Punch: The New Songs Of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach Arranged By Bi Ronald Isley - Here I Am: Ronald Isley Meets Burt Bacharach Ronan Keating/Burt Bacharach - When Ronan Met Burt

Description:

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.
Performers include: The Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Jackie DeShannon, B.J. Thomas, Christopher Cross.
Contains 30 tracks.
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.

Album Information

Release Date:

11/20/2001

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Girl Groups

Label:

WEA (Distributor)

Catalog Number:

58

Original Release Year:

1998

# of Discs:

2

SPARS Coding:

DDD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Elvis Costello; Herb Alpert; Brook Benton; Cilla Black; The Drifters; The Carpenters; Perry Como; Dusty Springfield

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