Very Best Of Burt Bacharach The GHBurt BacharachGenre: PopDescription: Burt Bacharach's definitive single-disc collection! Includes Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head B.J. Thomas; Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) Christopher Cross; That's What Friends Are For Dionne & Friends and more! Just a one-disc sampling of Bacharach's definitive three-CD box The Look of Love this collection nonetheless captures some of the most essential of his writing collaborations with lyricist Hal David. Among them are a half-dozen of the greatest singles the two conjured for Dionne Warwick in the '60s; from the sorrowful Anyone Who Had a Heart to the bittersweet Do You Know the Way to San Jose and the savvy I'll Never Fall in Love Again they're among the best examples of postwar pop. The A-1 quality only flags on the final three lugubrious tracks. The Very Best is a mostly appealing selection but it's hard not to feel that the title should instead appear on a full platter of Warwick classics. --Rickey Wright
