The Very Best of Burt Bacharach
by Burt Bacharach
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 6 March 2001
- Label: Rhino
- Country: United States
- Length: 49:54
- Community rating: 3.75/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Rhino's survey of Burt Bacharach presents the composer and arranger's own recordings of the songs he wrote with Hal David. Dionne Warwick's defining interpretations originated in this repertoire, heard here in Bacharach's orchestrated versions with their characteristic shifting metres.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, melodic, piano, accessible, vocal
Tracklist
- Baby It's You (2:41)
- Only Love Can Break A Heart (2:49)
- Anyone Who Had A Heart (3:12)
- (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me (2:40)
- Walk On By (2:58)
- What The World Needs Now Is Love (3:16)
- Alfie (2:45)
- What's New Pussycat? (2:19)
- I Say A Little Prayer (3:05)
- The Look Of Love (3:32)
- Do You Know The Way To San Jose (2:57)
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (3:01)
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again (3:00)
- One Less Bell To Answer (3:31)
- Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (3:53)
- That's What Friends Are For (4:15)
Credits
- Daniel Goldmark - research
- Reg Guest - directed by [accompaniment]
- Larry Wilcox - arranged by
- Bill Holman - arranged by
- Bob Alcivar - arranged by
- Carole Bayer Sager - written-by, written-by, producer, arranged by
- Rachel Gutek - art direction, design
- Bacharach And David - written-by, producer
- Bones Howe - arranged by, producer
- Michael Omartian - arranged by [strings], producer
- Hugh Brown - art direction
- Patrick Milligan - compilation producer
- Alec Cumming - liner notes
- Harry Goodwin - photography by [back]
- Chris Cuffaro - photography by [cover]
- Luther Dixon - producer
- Barney Williams - written-by
- Mack David - written-by
- Aaron Schroeder - producer
- Wally Gold - producer
- Chris Andrews - producer
- Peter Sullivan - producer
- John Franz - producer
- Stephen Paley - executive-producer
- Christopher Cross - written-by
- Peter Allen - written-by