The Very Best of Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 23, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00004SW9S
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,868 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Make Me Over

2. Anyone Who Had a Heart

3. Walk on By

4. Reach Out for Me

5. Are You There (With Another Girl)

6. Message to Michael

7. Trains and Boats and Planes

8. Alfie

9. Windows of the World

10. Theme from Valley of the Dolls

11. I Say a Little Prayer

12. Do You Know the Way to San Jose?

13. Promises, Promises

14. This Girl's in Love With You

15. I'll Never Fall in Love Again

16. Then Came You - The Spinners, Dionne Warwick

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Golden Voice of Burt Bacharach & Hal David, May 28, 2000

By	Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This new anthology from Rhino is in direct competition with the best single-disc collection of Dionne Warwick's Sixties and early-Seventies work. Suprisingly, it is also put out by Rhino: 1989's The Dionne Warwick Collection. So what's going on? Here are a few things to consider when deciding between the two:

1.) The Very Best Of is considerably cheaper. (And who doesn't want to save a few bucks?)

2.) The Very Best Of still contains 16 songs, including every song to hit the Top 20. (Collection has twenty tracks and includes some lesser hits: "You'll Never Get To Heaven, "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself," "The April Fools," and a handful of album tracks.)

3.) Very Best of includes her chart-topping million selling collaboration with The Spinners, "Then Came You," from 1974. Surprisingly, it was her only No. 1 record. (This song is not included on Collection.)

Except for the theme from "Valley of the Dolls" and "Then Came You," each of these hits are from the songwriting team of Bacharach and David. And Warwick's voice wraps around these melodies with authority and conviction. Sixties pop never sounded so good. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the Best Pop Music of the 60s, June 6, 2000

By	Mark Devey "misterd40" (Murrieta, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This CD contains some of the best adult, pop music of the 1960s. This music is "adult" in the best sense-sophisticated, subtle, and captivating. Every song here is a jewel. A young Dionne Warwick, at the dawn of her career, sings "Don't Make Me Over" as both a plea and a warning. Warwick perfectly captures the dream-like quality in "(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls." She even touches on social themes, like the Vietnam War, in "The Windows of the World." This CD is also packed with all of Warwick's top ten hits from the 60s-"Walk On By," "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," and "I Say a Little Prayer." Next to Dusty Springfield's "Dusty in Memphis" these are the best female pop music recordings of the 1960s. I can unequivocally recommend this CD!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, September 26, 2001

By	"endofthegame" (Atlanta, Ga. United States) - See all my reviews

Listening to this music reminds me of being a young child again. Dionne Warwick's classic pop sensibilities are simply superb and draw me back to sweet memories of yesteryear.

The greatest element to this music is its simplicity. Few artists nowadays can achieve this, where this is Ms. Warwick's strong suite.

"Alfie" is my favorite tune as it begs answers to the questions of life and searches for meaning in it all. Almost anyone can identify with this sentiment. "Promises,Promises" and "This Girls in Love with You" are equal standouts.

Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwich are musical soulmates. Thanks to their partnership the world of music is that much richer.