A great companion to the 1st Rhino set

Warwick is an elegant, wistful singer with a flexible voice and an expansive sensibility. Some of her finest performances are captured on this set. Her original versions of "Close To You" and "Wishin'and Hopin'" are great and stand up next to more famous versions by Dusty Springfield and The Carpenters.

Her creamy voice also brings out the romantic essence of familiat pop classics "In The Land of Make Believe", "The Look of Love" and "This Girl's In Love With You".

Rarities like "I Smiled Yesterday" and "Unlucky" are just as interesting as her biggest hits managing to be both melodically adventurous and lyrically interesting. "Slaves" is a charged performance and "This Little Light of Mine" is delightful. A few of the songs have a generic girl-group sound--but hey that was the sound of the times.

I would purchase her All Time Greatest Hits Colelciton (issued by Rhin oin 1989) because that gives you her best. This is an excellent companion giving a fuller picture of her impressive artistry. File her next to Aretha, Dusty, Janis, Nina, Brenda Lee, Laura, Jackie, Barbra and Joni as an essential '60s female voice.

Why is "Odds & Ends" not on this colelction?

This cd has forgotten hits, but where is her little known hit "Odds & Ends???" I remember hearing Dionne's version of Bacharach's Odds & Ends while getting my teeth worked on at my dentists office, playing in the background in the late 60's. It was a small hit, but a great songs. Why is it not on thsi

Wonderful songs

Dionne was, and always will be, the best interpreter of Bacharach/David 's music. These songs are MUST-HAVES for any Dionne or BB fan. The album is worth getting, if only for the songs "Let Me Be Lonely" and "Who Is Gonna Love Me", which are just brilliant. This album proves that even Burt's "throwaway" or "album filler" songs are brilliant, memorable tour-de-forces in themselves. May I also add that Rhino's album design for this anthology is gorgeous, too. The only time I ever did drag was in Halloween, 1994: and I was Dionne as she appears on this CD cover... Enjoy!