Dionne Warwicke - Dionne (1972) [2005, 24-bit Digitally Remastered Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle
Date: Jan. 10, 2021

Dionne Warwicke - Dionne (1972) [2005, 24-bit Digitally Remastered Reissue]
R&B, Soul, Pop/Rock | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 36:46 | 371,36 Mb
Label: Warner Bros. Records/Spy Records (USA) | Cat.# SPY 45007-2 | Released: 2005-10-04 (1972)

Dionne Warwick's first album for Warner Bros. in 1971 didn't seem to change much. She was still working with Burt Bacharach and Hal David and still cranking out sophisticated ballads with the trademark orchestrated Bacharach sound. The only thing missing on Dionne is some kind of chart action. "If We Only Have Love" reached only #84 on the single charts, the album itself didn't rise above the mid-'50s. Maybe it was the less-than-enchanting cover art, maybe the buying public were tired of Warwick and her sound. They missed out on half of a really good record with some beautiful songs like "If You Never Say Goodbye," a hip, elevator pop swinger with a swooning chorus, "My First Night Without You," a very soulful ballad with very expressive strings and a brutally honest vocal from Warwick, and "The Balance of Nature," a romantic and dramatic ballad that would be perfect in an Audrey Hepburn movie. The record is only half good because half of the record is not arranged and produced by Bacharach. Instead, the chores are (mis)handled by Bob James and Don Sebesky, both of whom imitate the lush and sweeping sound of Bacharach but with none of his subtlety, wit or grace. The covers of "Close to You" and "One Less Bell to Answer" are drippy and obvious, the Mort Shuman/Jacques Brel song "If We Only Have Love" is overblown and plastic-sounding, and the only song that comes off well is "Love Song," as Sebesky scales back the schmaltz and casts Warwick as a folk-pop singer complete with acoustic guitars, wood flute, and lush vocal harmonies. It is good enough to really make you ponder what it would have been like had Warwick pursued this direction. She didn't, but she also didn't work with Bacharach and David again as a team until many years later as that duo broke up right after the recording of Dionne and Warwick ended up suing them for millions of dollars and a share of the future rights of the songs they recorded together. Still, the half of this record that features them is a fittingly wonderful final testament to the glory days of the trio, and if you are a fan of their classic sound you will want to seek out this album.
~Review by Tim Sendra






Release of the album: 1972, January [LP Warner Bros. Records (USA), Cat.# BS 2585, USA]
Release of this CD: 2005, October, 4 [CD Warner Bros. Records/Spy Records (USA), Cat.# SPY 45007-2 / UPC: 644244500720]
℗ 2005 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
© 2005 Spy Records, a division of Spy Communications, Inc.
Produced under license from Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Manufactured by Rhino Entertainment Company.
Made in the U.S.A.

Credits:

Arranged By – Bob James (tracks: 4, 8, 10), Burt Bacharach (tracks: 1 to 3, 6), Don Sebesky (tracks: 5, 7, 9)
Artwork By [Direction], Photography [Front] – Ed Trasher
Creative Director – Rich Kamerman
Engineer [Recording] – Phil Ramone
Photography [Back] – Bill King
Producer – Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Reissue Producer – David Nathan, Paul Tarnopol

Tracklist:

01. I Just Have To Breathe (03:56)
(B. Bacharach - H. David)
02. The Balance Of Nature (03:32)
(B. Bacharach - H. David)
03. If You Never Say Goodbye (03:15)
(B. Bacharach - H. David)
04. Close To You (02:54)
(B. Bacharach - H. David)
05. My First Night Alone Without You (02:58)
(Kin Vassy)
06. Be Aware (04:35)
(B. Bacharach - H. David)
07. Love Song (03:06)
(Lesley Duncan)
08. One Less Bell To Answer (04:41)
(B. Bacharach - H. David)
09. If We Only Have Love (04:19)
(E. Blau, J. Brel, M. Shuman)
10. Hasbrook Heights (03:31)
(B. Bacharach - H. David)

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 20. May 2012, 22:28

Dionne Warwicke / Dionne

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Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo


TOC of the extracted CD

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Analyzed: Dionne Warwicke / Dionne
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -2.69 dB -19.66 dB 3:56 01-I Just Have To Breathe
DR11 -1.76 dB -18.30 dB 3:32 02-The Balance Of Nature
DR11 -2.02 dB -16.31 dB 3:15 03-If You Never Say Goodbye
DR10 -1.35 dB -16.83 dB 2:54 04-Close To You
DR12 -2.39 dB -18.47 dB 2:58 05-My First Night Alone Without You
DR11 -0.81 dB -17.89 dB 4:35 06-Be Aware
DR12 -4.95 dB -20.28 dB 3:06 07-Love Song
DR10 -1.61 dB -15.83 dB 4:41 08-One Less Bell To Answer
DR10 -1.12 dB -16.45 dB 4:19 09-If We Only Have Love
DR12 -1.92 dB -16.95 dB 3:31 10-Hasbrook Heights
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 701 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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