DIONNE WARWICK - Promises, Promises (1968-2013) RM | Serie : Burt Bacharach 85th Birth Anniversary & Dionne Warwick Debut 50th Anniversary | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Dionne Warwick's 12th long-player since 1962 was the follow-up to her first Top Ten album, 1968's acclaimed Valley of the Dolls. Similarly, the same year's Promises, Promises was highlighted by its lead composition. In this instance, Promises, Promises was Neil Simon's adaptation of Billy Wilder's screenplay for the film The Apartment. Although Warwick herself was never cast in the co-lead role of Fran Kubelik, she popularized a handful of selections from the Burt Bacharach/Hal David score. In fact, her upbeat rendering of the title track became the LP's highest-charting cut, placing within the Top 20 during November of 1968. The show additionally yielded a pair of ballads in the intimately yearning "Whoever You Are, I Love You" and "Wanting Things," a haunting languid waltz that is arguably one of the most underappreciated collaborations between the vocalist and composers. Interestingly, the latter is arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky rather than Bacharach, who had likewise directed Warwick on her interpretation of the aforementioned pieces from Promises, Promises. Bacharach and David also supplied the definitive "This Girl's in Love with You," which reached number seven in February of 1969, and the midtempo "Who Is Gonna Love Me?" Others worthy of mention are Peter Matz's arrangement of "Little Green Apples" and "Where Am I Going" from the play Sweet Charity. Lindsay Planer  
Tracklist :
1    Promises, Promises 3'02
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
Conductor – Burt Bacharach
2    This Girl's In Love With You 4'22
 Burt Bacharach / Hal David
Conductor – Don Sebesky
3    Little Green Apples 3'55
 Bobby Russell
Conductor – Peter Matz
4    Where Is Love 2'55
 Cy Coleman / Dorothy Fields
Conductor – Don Sebesky
5    Who Is Gonna Love Me 3'13
 Burt Bacharach / Hal David
Conductor – Burt Bacharach
6    Whoever You Are, I Love You 4'20
 Burt Bacharach / Hal David
Conductor – Burt Bacharach
7    Where Am I Going 3'08
Cy Coleman / Dorothy Fields
Conductor – Peter Matz
8    Wanting Things 2'55
 Burt Bacharach / Hal David
Conductor – Don Sebesky
9    Lonely In My Heart 2'56
Written-By – D. Williams, P. Matz
Conductor – Peter Matz
10    Yesterday I Heard The Rain 2'47
Gene Lees / Armando Manzanero
Conductor – Peter Matz
- BONUS TRACKS -    
11    Dream Sweet Dreamer
12    Odds And Ends
13    Who Is Gonna Love Me (Single Mono Version)
14    Promises, Promises (Single Mono Version)
15    Whoever You Are, I Love You (Single Mono Version)
16    This Girl's In Love With You (Single Mono Version)
17    Dream Sweet Dreamer (Single Mono Version)
18    Odds And Ends (Single Mono Version)
Tracks 1-12 stereo
tracks 13-18 mono