Search - Dionne Warwick :: Very Dionne

Quality & Quantity

Howard Wexler | White Plains, NY United States | 08/04/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The wonderful liner notes on this CD talk about "Very Dionne" being a swan song, her last on Scepter Records. It also talks about there being only 3 new Bachrach/David songs on it. Warwick is quoted as saying one of them, "Check Out Time" did not fit her personality.



Yet despite all that, the hodge-podge is incredibly listenable. You get her take on standards as Yesterday, Here's That Rainy Day and We've Only Just Begun. The last 10 cuts were taken from a live performance, some of her greatest hits.



I have a couple of personal favorites on this CD, Walk The Way You Talk and Paper Mache.



The CD is full of interesting things, typical of the unique style of Bacharach of those days. Listen to the sound of the triangle on the chorus of Paper Mache, the trumpet/flugelhorn on Check Out Time. This is stuff that is NEVER seen in pop music today.



What a graceful voice and what incredible talent of the lady. This CD does her justice."

Only Dionne

grooverider | Toluca Lake LA | 07/20/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Only Ms. Dionne Warwick could have done this album, and she did it so majestically. Her tour de force on "Check out Time" is worth the price itself, but there is much more. Why was "Who Gets the Guy" not a HIT?! That tune will not leave your brain! While it's great to hear Ms. Warwick and B. J. Thomas duet on two songs, a whole album would have been the real treat. She works with arrangers Marty Paich and Larry Wilcox, in addition to Burt Bacharach. The added tracks are from a live concert in New Jersey. Another classic Warwick, Bacharach & David collaboration."

Almost thought Dionne was beside me singing!

Melissa Calderon | 02/28/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

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The cd Very Dionne is one cd all Dionne lovers MUST possess. For those who honestly love the Dionne Warwick and all her songs, this is the one. You would feel the young Dionne sing without doubt that music is indeed in her blood.



The cd neatly sent by Amazon made me sink deeper into who Dionne Warwick really is and what quality of voice she actually has. Warwick lovers .... grab your copies too. Thanks for the fast shipment, Amazon!



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