Love at First Sight [Import]

Dionne Warwick | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B00004STZZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #930,101 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Keepin' My Head Above Water

2. Love In The Afternoon

3. A Long Way To Go

4. So I Have To Cry

5. Don't Ever Take Your Love Away

6. One Thing On My Mind

7. Early Moring Strangers

8. Livin' It Up Is Startin' To Get Me Down

9. Since You Stayed Here

10. Do You Believe In Love At First Sight

Editorial Reviews

Japanese only reissue of 1977 album for Warner Brothers.Includes a guest appearance by Ray Parker Jr. (Ghostbusters). 10 tracks including 'Keepin' My Head Above Water', 'Love In The Afternoon' & 'A Long Way To Go'. 2000 release. Standard jewelcase.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dionne at her best!, July 16, 2000

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Thomas Lay (Piqua, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love at First Sight (Audio CD)

Having enjoyed Dionne's music since I was a kid growing up in the 60's and 70's I have heard nearly all of her albums and this I feel is the best album of her long and distinguished career. This album shows a different side to Dionne. While she is perhaps best know as a ballad singer-this album only has 2 ballads out of ten songs and both of them are stark intimate ballads nothing like the big, bombastic overblown ballads she later did on Arista. Granted she did some great stuff on Arista but she did some really great stuff in the mid 70's on Warner Brothers that was sadly overlooked. This album is so refreshing-Dionne sounds like she had a great time making this record. The opening cut "Keepin' My Head Above Water" is one of the catchiest-one of the most irresistable songs I have ever heard Dionne sing. "A Long Way To Go" is a very inspiring song with great lyrics and Dionne really letting loose with a great chorus and a little gospel overtones. "Do I Have To Cry" is a pretty ballad and "Don't Ever Take Your Love Away" is downright hypnotic. This song was written by Issac Hayes who later wrote "Deja Vu" which was a hit for Dionne. "One Thing On My Mind" is another high energy song as well as the cut "Early Morning Strangers"-a song written by Barry Manilow(who recorded it 2 years earlier himself. It is a great lyric about the downfalls of "one night stands". "Livin'It Up Is Starting To Get Me Down" is another interesting song about living the "high life" and then comes the stunning ballad-"Since You Stayed Here". This is just Dionne and a piano and it is simply lovely. Then just when you think the energy level has dropped down-the album closes with the title cut "Do You Believe In Love At First Sight" -the most high energy song on the CD-this song is impossible to sit still to. Producers Steve Barri and Michael Omartian did a great job on this album-never have you heard Dionne sound so rejuvenated. She must have been in a particularly happy mood when she recorded this because her spirit shines through on the whole album. Ray Parker Jr(Ghostbusters) plays guitar on this album to give you some idea of the great musicians that play on it. Dionne made several other great albums on Warner Brothers including "Track Of The Cat" and "Then Came You"-hopefully these also will see the light of day on CD. But until then, buy this CD and hear Dionne is a bright uptempo setting and prepare to enjoy it. This CD is a gem from start to finish. I have hundreds of CD's and albums but this would have to be in my top ten favorites. I've had the album since it came out in 1977 and loved it from the first time I heard it. When I saw that it was available from Amazon on CD, I ordered it immediately. The sound quality is excellent-even outshining the LP.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Dionne & Piano, April 6, 2000

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Lee Eng Kong "Terence Lee" (George Town, Penang Malaysia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love at First Sight (Audio CD)

The ballad "Since You Stayed Here" alone is worth the price of this CD. It is just Dionne & a piano. This recording was made 2 years before she joined Arista. So she is in very fine voice throughout. I love the 2 marvellous color photos as well.The sound is audiophile-quality. You'll use this CD to test your system & impress your friends!

Highly recommended!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dionne Warwick - Love at First Sight, August 16, 2007

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Robert Rumbaugh "Robespierre" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Love at First Sight (Audio CD)

I was so happy to see the release of the recordings Dionne Warwick did while at Warner Brothers.
Without Bacharach and David, Warwick discovered a wonderful contemporary arena of music to lend her pipes to.
70's soul was made for her. Unfortunately, she did not get the support or promotion from the label.
I think everyone underestimates the quality of the work done at WB.
I think its the funkiest, and most soulful music she ever recorded.
NOW, if we can only convince Arista to release ALL her work at that label.