DIONNE WARWICK - The Windows Of The World (1967-2013) RM | Serie : Burt Bacharach 85th Birth Anniversary & Dionne Warwick Debut 50th Anniversary | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Dionne Warwick followed up the lukewarm reception for On Stage and in the Movies (1967) with her ninth long player for Scepter Records in less than four years. Conversely, Windows of the World (1967) would garner a favorable impression thanks in part to "Say a Little Prayer" and the hauntingly poignant and politically-tinged title song, "Windows of the World." Both are timeless illustrations of the pop perfection found in Warwick's interpretations of Burt Bacharach and Hal David classics. The same is true of "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me," "The Beginning of Loneliness" and the irresistibly groovy "Another Night," all of which were minor hits. The team also provided the secondary (read: filler) "Walk Little Dolly," sporting a gliding waltz arrangement that is custom-fit to Warwick's lilting and expressive vocal. As on earlier collections, she expands beyond the Bacharach/David songbook on a few show tunes, forecasting her impending success on André Previn's "(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls." Another Previn composition, "You're Gonna Hear from Me" -- from Inside Daisy Clover -- is included here in an impressive Peter Matz score. Warwick's deep gospel roots are drawn upon as she unleashes one of the most striking performances of her career. Matz gives West Side Story's "Somewhere" a jazzy and fully orchestrated reading that takes advantage of Warwick's innate timing and commanding pipes -- especially when holding that final "...someway..." that lasts over ten seconds. On the lighter side, O.B. Massingill and Warwick collaborated on the camped up rendition of Nat King Cole and Bert Kaempfert's "Love." Lindsay Planer  
Tracklist :
1     I Say a Little Prayer 3:08
Burt Bacharach / Hal David    
2     Walk Little Dolly 3:25
Burt Bacharach / Hal David    
3     Beginning of Loneliness 3:24
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
4     Another Night 2:28
Burt Bacharach / Hal David    
5     The Windows of the World 3:22
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
6     (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me 3:01
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
7     Somewhere 4:19
Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim
8     You're Gonna Hear from Me 4:25
André Previn / Dory Previn
9     Love 2:48
Milt Gabler / Bert Kaempfert    
10     What's Good About Good-Bye 2:45
Harold Arlen / Leo Robin
- BONUS TRACKS -
11    Taking A Chance On Love
12    I Say A Little Prayer
13    Walk Little Dolly
14    Beginning Of Loneliness
15    Another Night
16    The Windows Of The World
17    (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
18    Somewhere
19    You're Gonna Hear From Me
20    Love
21    What's Good About Good-bye
Notas.
Tracks 1-11 stereo
tracks 12-21 mono
track 11 is a bonus