The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits

by Dionne Warwick

Overview

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. ~ Steve Huey

Product Details

Release Date:	05/27/2022
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0194399927816
Rank:	36444

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dionne Warwick   Primary Artist,Vocals
Burt Bacharach   Conductor

Technical Credits

Andre Previn   Composer
Bill Inglot   Remixing,Digital Transfers,Digital Preparation
Keith Diamond   Composer
Ken Perry   Digital Transfers,Digital Preparation
John Strother   Remixing
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Lonnie Donegan   Composer
Jim Currie   Composer
Anthony Smith   Composer
Burt Bacharach   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Larry Wilcox   Arranger
Donna Summer   Composer
Donna Wyant   Composer
Anthony Newley   Composer
Hal David   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Ken Barnes   Project Assistant
Dory Previn   Composer
David McLees   Project Assistant
Paul Grein   Project Assistant
Don Snowden   Liner Notes
Monster X   Design
Geoff Gans   Art Direction
Mike McDowell   Project Assistant
Ellis Widner   Liner Notes
Paul Rutner   Project Assistant