The Windows of the World/Valley of the Dolls [Limited Edition]

Dionne Warwick | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 8, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Rhino Handmade
• ASIN: B0002235IA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,324 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Say a Little Prayer

2. Walk Little Dolly

3. The Beginning of Loneliness

4. Another Night

5. The Windows of the World

6. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me

7. Somewhere

8. You're Gonna Hear from Me

9. Love

10. What's Good About Goodbye

11. Taking a Chance on Love [#]

12. As Long as There's an Apple Tree

13. Up, Up and Away

14. You're My World

15. (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls

16. Silent Voices

17. Do You Know the Way to San José

18. For the Rest of My Life

19. Let Me Be Lonely

20. Where Would I Go

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem!, March 18, 2006

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This review is from: The Windows of the World/Valley of the Dolls (Audio CD)

This twofer collection is as excellent as all Rhino remasters of Ms. Warwick's work. These two forgotten albums are alive and well. Just splendid.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best recorded vocals of Warwick, January 7, 2007

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M. Bell "Boycott 54th Grammys. JILL SCOTT GOT... (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Windows of the World/Valley of the Dolls (Audio CD)

My diva of divas, Dionne Warwick was the muse for Bacharach-David. This combo CD is the best of what that team recorded in the studio with her.
Yeah, the theme of "Valley..." was done with Previn. The rest is done with Bacharach! Write the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland to finally acknowledge the musical legacy of Dionne Warwick. It is long overdue!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Splendorous Dionne in two of her best albums, January 2, 2007

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Carlos from Rio "Carlos from Rio" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Windows of the World/Valley of the Dolls (Audio CD)

One of the most original voices and smartest phrasings I have ever heard on popular music. Her repertoire takes the best and the worst from Bacharach & David team along with some other authors.

Surely the title song of 'Valley of The Dolls' pairs her best renditions, an impressive and strong performance I have never forgotten.

Two interesting Bacharach-David originals also come from this album: 'As Long as There's an Apple Tree' and 'Do You Know the Way to San José'. Also features an alternative version of Jimmy Webb's 'Up Up and Away'.

Finally, this album offers one interesting song which Ms. Warwick sang in the San Remo Festival (Italy): it is 'Silent Voices'. It's a pity that the Rhino Records team did not have the good idea to include the original 'La Voce del Silenzio' also sung by Ms. Warwick in Italian.

The other album in the package is 'The Windows of The World' and the title song is a must, one of the most inspired by the Bacharach-David team. Well I'm sorry to say that 'I Say a Little Prayer' is one of those worst lyrics penned by Hal David. Other smash hit was 'Always Something There to Remind Me'.

Some non-Bacharach-David include 'Somewhere' from 'West Side Story', the beautiful André Previn's 'You're Gonna Hear from Me', and the standard 'Taking a Chance on Love'.