Burt Bacharach - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Burt Bacharach (1999)

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Burt Bacharach - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Burt Bacharach (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 212 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 86 Mb | 00:37:40
Pop, Easy Listiening, Lounge | Label: A&M Records, Interscope Records

AllMusic Review by Heather Phares
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Burt Bacharach collects a dozen mostly instrumental versions of some of the pop composer's best-known works, including "The Look of Love," "What the World Needs Now Is Love," and "I Say a Little Prayer." The lush '60s arrangements make this album a collection of retro mood music of the highest order, but anyone expecting a distillation of The Look of Love box set – i.e., a collection of the definitive vocal performances of Bacharach's songs – from this compilation will be disappointed. Still, the album delivers first-rate instrumental pop, reaffirming that Bacharach's music works equally well with or without vocals.

It took the martini-fueled lounge music scene of the '90s and some campy placements in a couple of hit movies–Austin Powers and My Best Friend's Wedding–to re-establish Burt Bacharach's genius in the public's mind. Once that was done, his work could be heard with new ears: It was no longer merely elevator music, but rather pop composition at its finest, marked by peerless melodies and arrangements that were complex in subtle ways. To get the full effect of the hits he wrote for artists such as Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, the Fifth Dimension, and many, many others, you should hear them in versions that also feature Hal David's brilliant lyrics (the multidisc set The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection is worth every penny). But this brief overview containing instrumental takes (augmented occasionally by a female chorus and, once, Burt's own warbling vocals) of songs such as "The Look of Love," "Alfie," and "What the World Needs Now Is Love" offers some intrigue, too. If you still feel like having a martini, here's the appropriate soundtrack. -Daniel Durchholz, Amazon
Tracklist:
1. The Look of Love (02:43)
2. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (02:31)
3. This Guy's in Love With You (04:38)
4. I'll Never Fall in Love Again (03:12)
5. Do You Know the Way to San Jose? (02:27)
6. What the World Needs Now Is Love (04:15)
7. Alfie (03:05)
8. (They Long to Be) Close to You (03:19)
9. I Say a Little Prayer (02:27)
10. One Less Bell to Answer (03:08)
11. Reach Out for Me (02:50)
12. Don't Make Me Over (02:58)

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