Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. (They Long to Be) Close to You - (with The Carpenters)
2. Do You Know the Way to San Jose? - (with Dionne Warwick)
3. What the World Needs Now Is Love - (with Jackie DeShannon)
4. Wishin' and Hopin' - (with Dusty Springfield)
5. What's New Pussycat? - (with Tom Jones)
6. This Guy's in Love With You - (with Herb Alpert)
7. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - (with B.J. Thomas)
8. One Less Bell to Answer - (with The 5th Dimension)
9. I'll Never Fall in Love Again - (with Dionne Warwick)
10. I Say a Little Prayer - (with Aretha Franklin)
11. You'll Never Get to Heaven If You - (with The Stylistics)
12. Walk on By - (with Isaac Hayes)
13. House Is Not a Home, A - (with Luther Vandross)
14. Look of Love, The - (with Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66)
15. Baby It's You - (with The Shirelles)
16. Message to Michael - (with The Marvelettes)
17. Trains and Boats and Planes - (with Billy J. Kramer/The Dakotas)
18. Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa - (with Gene Pitney)
19. Make It Easy on Yourself - (with The Walker Brothers)
20. Knowing When to Leave
DISC 2:
1. Anyone Who Had a Heart - (with Dionne Warwick)
2. I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself - (with Dusty Springfield)
3. Mexican Divorce - (with The Drifters)
4. Wives and Lovers - (with Jack Jones)
5. Only Love Can Break a Heart - (with Gene Pitney)
6. Blue on Blue - (with Bobby Vinton)
7. Alfie - (with Cher)
8. (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - (with Gene Pitney)
9. Casino Royale - (with Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass)
10. Promises, Promises - (with Jerry Orbach)
11. Living Together, Growing Together - (with The 5th Dimension)
12. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - (with Christopher Cross)
13. Any Day Now - (with Ronnie Milsap)
14. Heartlight - (with Neil Diamond)
15. On My Own - (with Patti LaBelle/Michael McDonald)
16. Reach Out For Me - (with Olivia Newton-John)
17. Always Something There to Remind Me - (with Naked Eyes)
18. Windows of the World, The - (with The Pretenders)
19. Don't Make Me Over - (with Sybil)
20. God Give Me Strength - (with Elvis Costello)
21. That's What Friends Are For
| Details | | Producer: | Mike Ragogna | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Recording information: 1962 - 1996.
Although the songwriting brilliance of pop legend Burt Bacharach is often heralded, the composer/arranger has rarely been the subject of a truly satisfying collection. While THE VERY BEST goes for obvious hits and THE LOOK OF LOVE overwhelms with sheer volume, 2006's two-disc GOLD gets the balance just right over the course of its 41 tracks. Many of Bacharach's beautifully breezy hits (most co-penned with Hal David) are present, including Dionne Warwick's luminous "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" Tom Jones's boisterous "What's New Pussycat?" and B.J. Thomas's easy-going "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (from the beloved 1969 film BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID). What really makes GOLD an impressive Bacharach anthology, however, is the inclusion of later renditions of his tunes--with "Make It Easy on Yourself" represented by the wonderfully dramatic Walker Brothers version rather than the Jerry Butler original, and Naked Eyes' synth-driven take on "Always Something There to Remind Me" sitting in for Lou Johnson's little-known reading. For those seeking a dynamic yet manageable Bacharach compilation, this is it.
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