Back to Bacharach

Artist: Steve Tyrell
Manufacturer: Koch Records
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Editorial Review:

Steve Tyrell, whose appearances in the two "Father Of The Bride" movies, and whose albums "A New Standard" and "Standard Time" established him as a premier contemporary interpreter of the Great American Songbook, now turns his attention to one of the legendary composers in all of pop music: Burt Bacharach.

Steve has a personal stake in these classic songs. As a young man breaking into the record business in the 1960s, he became head of A&R and Promotion at Scepter Records, the history-making independent label that released the famous hits written by Bacharach and his lyricist partner Hal David, and recorded by the great Dionne Warwick. Tyrell was present at the creation of standards like "Walk On By," "Alfie," "I Say A Little Prayer," and many others. Moreover, he produced B.J. Thomas' Oscar-winning recording of Bacharach-David's "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head."

One can only categorize Tyrell's performances on "Back To Bacharach" as definitive. His supporting cast includes the top session players on two coasts, as well as guest collaborators Herb Alpert, Patti Austin, Dionne Warwick, James Taylor, Rod Stewart, and Martina McBride. Steve's own singular vocal style, drenched in the Texas tones of his sophisticated R&B approach, is perfectly suited to these great hits. He sings the songs exactly the way everyone wants to hear them. To top it all of, Maestro Bacharach himself appears on three tracks as a performer and two as co-producer.

Steve Tyrell's "Back To Bacharach" makes the case for adding Burt Bacharach to the roster of all-time great creators of the previous generation of American Songbook immortals---Porter, Gershwin, Berlin, Kern, and Ellington. And it does so with supreme style, taste, and expertise.

Tracks:

Walk On By
The Look Of Love
This Guy's In Love (featuring HERB ALPERT)
What The World Needs Now (featuring ROD STEWART, JAMES TAYLOR, MARTINA MC BRIDE, DIONNE WARWICK, and BURT BACHARACH)
Reach Out For Me
One Less Bell To Answer
I Say A Little Prayer (with PATTI AUSTIN)
I Just Don't know What To Do With Myself (featuring BURT BACHARACH)
Always Something There To Remind Me
Don't Make Me Over (featuring PATTI AUSTIN)
Close To You
A House Is Not A Home
Alfie
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

Customer Reviews:

classic music

this was also a gift to a steve tyrell fan and a bacharach fan and she was very happy.

2009-01-07

the best of the best!

this album was my introduction to steve tyrell and may I say a very interesting and informative one .. this is one of the better albums i have and have become a great steve tyrell fan! the information of his early exposure to bacharach and hal bavid were very informative!

2008-12-26

Sapphire

I absolutly loved this cd. The way it's put together and the music is so much like Burt Barcharch was doing this himself. I love the collection of songs he chose for this cd they to me are the ones that stand out the most when I think of Burt Barcharch music. I listen to this many times in a day at work. It's the perfect music to work by and enjoy the soft sounds in the back round of the music.I reccomend this to any Barcharch admirers.

2008-10-14

great

I have all of his CDs - this one is just as good as the others.

2008-10-03

Not as good

Not as good as previous albums. Maybe tunes not a good match for him.

2008-09-22

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