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What the World Needs Now: Burt Bacharach Classics

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  • Artist: Burt Bacharach
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2003
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 602498604489
  • Item Number: ANM60442
  • Release date: 08/05/2003
  • 1. Something Big
  • 2. Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
  • 3. What the World Needs Now Is Love
  • 4. I Say a Little Prayer
  • 5. Walk on By [Live][Previously Unreleased]
  • 6. Nikki
  • 7. This Guy's in Love With You
  • 8. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
  • 9. The Look of Love
  • 10. Message to Michael
  • 11. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
  • 12. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
  • 13. A House Is Not a Home
  • 14. One Less Bell to Answer
  • 15. Reach Out for Me
  • 16. Make It Easy on Yourself
  • 17. (They Long to Be) Close to You
  • 18. Trains and Boats and Planes
  • 19. Any Day Now
  • 20. Alfie
  • 21. Knowing When to Leave
  • 22. Promises, Promises
  • 23. Medley: Don't Make Me Over/Anyone Who Had a Heart/What's New Pussycat [
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What the World Needs Now: Burt Bacharach Classics by Burt Bacharach on CD


What the World Needs Now is a comprehensive single-disc compilation of Burt Bacharach's recordings of his music for Kapp and A&M Records between 1965 and 1974, drawn from his albums Hit Maker, the Man! Burt Bacharach and His Songs, Reach Out, Make It Easy on Yourself, Burt Bacharach, Living Together, and Burt Bacharach in Concert, as well as the soundtrack to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Bacharach arranges and conducts the performances, using a studio orchestra including strings and electric instruments, usually with a female chorus to sing some portion of the lyrics written for the tunes by Hal David (or, in one instance, Bob Hilliard). The composer himself also handles occasional vocals, humming here and there and even singing whole lyrics on such songs as "A House Is Not a Home" and "Make It Easy on Yourself." The studio trickery of the 21st century no doubt could have made it sound like he could sing competently if he were cutting this material 40 years later than he did; as it is, he has moments in which he sings expressively and on key, but for the most part his voice is poor. While these recordings are a cut above mere easy listening run-throughs, boasting interesting arranging ideas and sections that illuminate Bacharach's melodies in ways the more familiar hit recordings did not, this is still music that depends heavily on the listener's recollection of those hit versions. When the tune is less familiar, such as on "Reach Out" or "Knowing When to Leave," the loss is felt particularly. For those who want to hear Bacharach's own, largely instrumental, take on his most popular songs of the 1960s and '70s, this is an excellent selection from his catalog. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
  • Artist: Burt Bacharach
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2003
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 602498604489
  • Item Number: ANM60442
  • Release date: 08/05/2003
  • Label: A&M
  • Genre: Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Easy Listening
  • Style: AM Pop, Baroque Pop, Brill Building Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Orchestral Pop
  • Album Time: 75:37

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  • What the World Needs Now: Burt Bacharach Classics Burt Bacharach CD
What the World Needs Now: Burt Bacharach Classics Burt Bacharach CD