Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Story of My Life - Ray Conniff, Ray Conniff, Ray Conniff, , Marty Robbins
2. Magic Moments - Mitchell Ayres & His Fashions in Music, , Ray Charles Singers, Perry Como, ,
3. Blob - The Five Blobs
4. Please Stay - The Drifters
5. I Wake Up Crying - Chuck Jackson
6. Tower of Strength - Johnny Mann Singers, 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. House Is Not a Home - Brook Benton
25. Wives and Lovers - Jack Jones, Jack Jones
26. Wishin' and Hopin' - Dusty Springfield

Disc 2:

1. Walk on By - Dionne Warwick
2. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me - Lou Johnson
3. Me Japanese Boy I Love You - Bobby Goldsboro
4. To Wait for Love - Tony Orlando
5. Kentucky Bluebird (Send a Message to Martha) - Lou Johnson
6. Land of Make Believe - Dionne Warwick
7. Last One to Be Loved - Lou Johnson
8. Fool Killer - Gene Pitney
9. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Burt Bacharach
10. What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon
11. Trains and Boats and Planes - Burt Bacharach
12. What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones, Tom Jones
13. My Little Red Book - Manfred Mann
14. Here I Am - Dionne Warwick
15. Lifetime of Loneliness - Jackie DeShannon
16. Made in Paris - Trini Lopez
17. Promise Her Anything - Tom Jones, Tom Jones
18. Are You There (With Another Girl) - Dionne Warwick
19. Come and Get Me - Jackie DeShannon
20. Alfie - Cilla Black
21. In Between the Heartaches - Dionne Warwick
22. Nikki - Burt Bacharach, Burt Bacharach Orchestra & Chorus, Burt Bacharach, ,
23. So Long Johnny - Jackie DeShannon
24. Windows of the World - Dionne Warwick
25. Take a Broken Heart - Rick Nelson
26. I Say a Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick
27. Casino Royale - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert

Disc 3:

1. Look of Love - Dusty Springfield
2. Do You Know the Way to San Jos� - Dionne Warwick
3. This Guy's in Love With You - Herb Alpert
4. Knowing When to Leave - Jill O'Hara
5. Promises, Promises - Dionne Warwick
6. Pacific Coast Highway - Burt Bacharach
7. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - B.J. Thomas
8. Odds and Ends - Dionne Warwick
9. Everybody's out of Town - B.J. Thomas
10. I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Dionne Warwick
11. (They Long to Be) Close to You - The Carpenters, The Carpenters
12. Paper Mach� - Dionne Warwick
13. One Less Bell to Answer - The 5th Dimension
14. Check Out Time - Dionne Warwick
15. Hasbrook Heights - Burt Bacharach
16. Balance of Nature - Dionne Warwick
17. Living Together, Growing Together - The 5th Dimension
18. You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) - The Stylistics
19. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross
20. On My Own - Patti LaBelle, Michael McDonald, Michael McDonald
21. That's What Friends Are For - Elton John, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder
22. God Give Me Strength - Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50772 in Music
• Released on: 1998-12-02
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: 1.16 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
The greatest expression of Burt Bacharach's composing and arranging talents is the marvellous string of productions he made with Dionne Warwick and lyricist Hal David for a decade or so starting in 1962. 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 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 1980s 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

Customer Reviews

the definitive collection.
The problem with trying to buy a Burt Bacharach compilation is that you'll find yourself greeted with a collection of either a) instrumental versions of his songs, or b) faced with the torture of hearing him sing his songs himself. Now, even though he wrote countless classics, his voice leaves a lot to be desired, (anyone who's seen Austin Powers will realise this). Bacharach's voice didn't make his songs hits. Probably the closest you could get to owning a collection of Bacharach songs sung by the artists who made them hits is by buying Dionne Warwick's Greatest Hits, since she was the voice for so many of his tunes. However, even here, you'll neglect yourself of many songs such as "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" and "The Look of Love." This lovingly-assembled 3-CD box set solves this problem by compiling all the 'definite versions' of Bacharach's songs and within you'll find a box of treasures. You'll know at least a third of the material before you even place a CD into CD-tray, and there are many more gems to be found to. Pleasingly, the box set runs chronologically throughout Bacharach's entire career, ending near present day with his 1996 collaboration with Elvis Costello, the heartbreakingly beautiful "God Give Me Strength." This is the only Burt Bacharach compilation you ever need to purchase. Highly recommended.