Dionne Warwick - The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (2LP, Blue vinyl)
ORDER LIMITED TO ONE ITEM PER CUSTOMER
COMPILATION
Vocals - Dionne Warwick [click here to see more vinyl featuring Dionne Warwick]
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David (all tracks except B2 and C6), Leslie Bricusse (B2), Anthony Newley (B2), André Previn and Dory Previn (C6)
2 LP, Standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : blue
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Rhino
Recorded November, 1962 – November, 1970
Mastered by Joe Reagoso from the Original Scepter Records Tapes at Friday Music Studios, Huntington Beach, CA
Produced by Burt Bacharach & Hall David
Originally released in 1989
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A:
- Don't Make Me Over
- This Empty Place
- Anyone Who Had a Heart
- Walk on By
- You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
- A House Is Not a Home
Side B:
- Reach Out for Me
- Who Can I Turn To
- Looking with My Eyes
- Are You There (With Another Girl)
- Message to Michael
- Trains and Boats and Planes
Side C:
- I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
- Another Night
- Alfie
- The Windows of the World
- I Say a Little Prayer
- Theme From Valley of the Dolls
Side D:
- Do You Know the Way to San Jose
- (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
- Promises, Promises
- The April Fools
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again
- The Green Grass Starts to Grow
Reviews :
"Rhino's The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits is the best Warwick collection on the market, culling 24 tracks from her '60s prime. Although it doesn't cover her entire career, it does feature nearly all of her very best material, and it's all in the style that made her famous; top to bottom, it's a stronger, more consistent listen than anything else out there. This was the period when she established herself as the premier interpreter of Burt Bacharach's music, and pulled off the neat trick of appealing to both R&B and easy listening audiences. Warwick was soulful without necessarily singing soul music per se; her smooth, light delivery and polished technique meshed very well with the sophisticated pop of the Bacharach/Hal David team, who co-composed all but one of the songs included here. No other singer navigated Bacharach's deceptively tricky compositions with such effortless grace; the ease she projects on the rhythmically complex "I Say a Little Prayer" and "Promises, Promises" is startling. It's no wonder her versions of Bacharach's songs often became the definitive ones. This compilation doesn't cover Warwick's later hits, like the Spinners' duet "Then Came You," "That's What Friends Are For," or her late-'70s/early-'80s adult contemporary fare; for those, look to Arista's The Definitive Collection, which touches on every phase of her career, or the more specific Greatest Hits (1979-1990). But for a sparkling demonstration of everything that made Warwick great, there's no better buy than The Dionne Warwick Collection." AllMusic Review by Steve Huey.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.45 / 5