Look of Love: Burt Bacharach Songbook

Trijntje Oosterhuis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 8, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Caroline
• ASIN: B000NOKBHK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,645 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #48 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Netherlands

Editorial Reviews

2007 album from the Dutch vocalist, a collaboration with songwriting legend Burt Bacharach. The Look Of Love: Burt Bacharach Songbook is a tribute to Bacharach featuring the man himself on piano. The Look Of Love is her second album for Blue Note, the follow-up to her 2004 double platinum effort Strange Fruit. 14 tracks including 'I Say A Little Prayer', 'Do You Know The Way To San Jose?', 'I'll Never Fall In Love', 'Walk On By' and, of course, the title track. Blue Note.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hidden Treasure from the Netherlands, December 30, 2006

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L. J. Allen (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Look of Love: Burt Bacharach Songbook (Audio CD)

Jazz Harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans was correct
when he said that Trijntje (Train-cha) Oosterhuis
deserves wider recognition in the United States.
Her Soul And Jazz inflected vocals belie her
Amsterdam birth. She sings her heart out with the
best of the USA's Soul and Jazz vocalists of the last
forty plus years.

This album of Burt Bacharach songs is a perfect vehicle
for this young chanteuse. It also resurrects a musical
tradition that faded after the 1960s, namely an album
dedicated to showcasing the songs of a timeless popular
composer. Bacharach's compositions could not be in better
hands here. Her earnest and earthy sound perfectly suit
"A House is Not a Home," "Falling Out of Love," "Anyone
Who Had a Heart," and "Alfie."

With lush orchestrations by the venerable Patrick Williams
and Vince Mendoza's near perfect conducting of the Metropole
Orchestra, Oosterhuis shines as easily as the young Dionne
Warwick did when she became the voice of Bacharach. Best
surprise here is her Soul-drenched version of the Etta James
hit "Waiting for Charlie to Come Home," with Bacharach
accompanying on piano. A young vocalist who has done her
homework, Trijntje Oosterhuis is a talent worth the added
cost of ordering from overseas.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Stellar!!, July 13, 2008

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World Tourist "Worldtourist" (Rio de Janeiro, Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Look of Love: Burt Bacharach Songbook (Audio CD)

What a voice, and clean crisp backup and instrumentals to boot. Just a pleasure to listen to. With this one little need be said other than Stellar!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trijntje mesmerizes!, February 8, 2007

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J. Blute (Amsterdam, Holland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Look of Love: Burt Bacharach Songbook (Audio CD)

Of the many talented singers in the Netherlands Trijntje Oosterhuis is by far the brightest star. On Look of Love, Trijntje has once again found a perfect vehicle to showcase her versatile singing talent. Having grown up with the Dionne Warwick versions of Bacharach's songbook I very much anticipated the release of this CD, and was more than pleasantly surprised by Trijntjes sublime renditions of these timeless songs. Every song is right on the money, and the orchestration is superb: these songs seem made for her torchy voice. In particular, the song Alfie is sung perfectly, which is no easy feat given that it has been covered by many artists, and first Warwick and now Trijntje are the only two who were ever able to get it right. Bravo! Other standouts include This House is Empty Now, A House is Not a Home, and Waiting for Charlie to Come Home. During the Christmas holidays Dutch television broadcasted an intimate, live performance of Trijntje singing Bacharach's songbook and as always, she was nothing less than magnificent! Hopefully, Trijntjes contract with Blue Note will expose her to a broader audience and help her to achieve the success she so rightly deserves outside of the Netherlands. For us she has long been a national treasure.