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Dionne Warwick Album - Very Dionne [Expanded]
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Release Date:2005-04-19
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:R&B, Lullaby Tunes, Greatest Pop Ballads
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Label:Warner Special Products
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:081227516963
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Review - AMG :
Dionne Warwick concluded an eight-year run on Scepter Records with 1970's Very Dionne. The album's wide variety of styles summed up much of what made Warwick's back catalog so universally appealing. In addition to a handful of new Burt Bacharach and Hal David sides, the platter boasts tasteful reworkings of pop music staples. As Bacharach and David were ensconced in their own careers -- together and separately -- Warwick, along with her other arrangers, concocted an interesting mix of classic and familiar contemporary tunes, including a live take of "Make It Easy On Yourself," a cut she initially recorded for her first Scepter long-player, 1963's Presenting Dionne Warwick. Although the singer would subsequently state that "Check Out Time" was one of her least favorite Bacharach/David compositions, she opens Very Dionne with an emotive and slightly angst-filled intonation. The mood is immediately contrasted by the pensive and reflective nature of Marty Paich's score on "Yesterday," which Warwick duly matches by way of her generous and soulful interpretation. Larry Wilcox's treatment of the Jimmy Van Heusen standard "Here Comes That Rainy Day" is a perfect example of the vocalist's significant middle-of-the-road allure. This carries over to the decidedly more modern "Going Out of My Head" and "We've Only Just Begun." One unmitigated zenith is "I Got Love" from the Ossie Davis Broadway production Purlie. Once again, Warwick -- under Paich's direction -- equals if not surpasses Melba Moore's stage presentation. In 2004, an expanded edition of Very Dionne increased the running order by 16 selections, highlighted by a ten-song mini-concert held July 23, 1970, at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ, the same show that had yielded "Make It Easy On Yourself" on the original LP. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music GuideReview :
This expanded edition of 1970's {^Very Dionne} serves up a whopping 16 supplementary sides, including a ten-song mini-concert on July 23, 1970, at {~the Garden State Arts Center} in Holmdel, NJ -- the same show that yielded {&"Make It Easy On Yourself"} on the original LP. After {$Warwick}'s hugely successful eight-year run with the New York-based independent {@Scepter Records}, {^Very Dionne} was her final release of new material. That said, they continued to cash in with a variety of compilations during the ensuing years. The collection's wide variety provides an apt cross section of the styles that the artist had become best known for over the course of her preceding platters. {$Burt Bacharach} and {$Hal David} supplied several noteworthy compositions, such as the evocative opener, {&"Check Out Time,"} a number {$Warwick} later revealed to have been one of her least favorites, although listeners would never know it when hearing her commanding lead. Decidedly lighter is {&"Walk the Way You Talk,"} which is full of {$Bacharach}'s trademark breezy rhythms and syncopated score. The vocalist worked with a few other notable arranger/conductors on the project as well. Among them was the legendary {$Marty Paich}, whose direction fits comfortably with the middle-of-the-road treatment that {$Warwick}'s recent efforts had been given. Her reading of {$the Beatles}' {&"Yesterday"} is refined and soulfully enigmatic, contrasting the emotive rendering of {&"I Got Love"} from the {$Ossie Davis} Broadway production {+Purlie}. {$Larry Wilcox} teams up with {$Warwick} for a jazzy treatment of {$Jimmy Van Heusen}'s {&"Here Comes That Rainy Day,"} further asserting her MOR leanings. For hardcore collectors and enthusiasts, the bonus tracks on the expanded edition of {^Very Dionne} may prove to be as considerable as the actual album. The additional selections are highlighted by never before available live versions of {&"You've Made Me So Very Happy"} alongside {&"Walk On By,"} {&"Paper Mache,"} {&"Do You Know the Way to San Jose?,"} {&"I Say a Little Prayer,"} {&"Going Out of My Head"} (a tune initially offered as part of the {^Very Dionne} studio running order), {&"The Look of Love,"} and {"What the World Needs Now."} The remaining extras are culled from hard to find odds and sods that {@Scepter} doled out after {$Warwick} had departed. There are also a pair of duets with labelmate {$B.J. Thomas} on {&"Make It Easy On Yourself"} and {&"They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes,"} the latter also presented as a {$Warwick} solo outing on the seminal pressings of {^Very Dionne}. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide
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Check Out Time |
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Yesterday |
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We've Only Just Begun |
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Here's That Rainy Day |
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Green Grass Starts to Grow |
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They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes |
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Walk the Way You Talk |
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Going Out of My Head |
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I Got Love |
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Make It Easy On Yourself [#] |
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They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes [#] |
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California [#] |
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Who Gets The Guy |
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If I Ruled the World |
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Let It Be Me |
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Only Love Can Break a Heart |
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You've Made Me So Very Happy [Live][#] |
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Do You Know the Way to San Jose [Live][#] |
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This Girl's in Love With You [Live] |
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Going Out of My Head [Live][#] |
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Walk On By [Live][#] |
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Paper Maché [Live] |
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I Say a Little Prayer [Live][#] |
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Make It Easy On Yourself [Live] |
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Look of Love [Live][#] |
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What the World Needs Now [Live][#] |
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