Dionne Warwick - Definitive Collection

Poorly mastered...

The problem with this CD is that whoever did the mastering didn't know how to insert track-markings. If you are scanning through the disc, you might think that the introductions of many songs have been cut off. What has happened is that [...] Arista placed most of the track markings AFTER songs have started (You have to back-up and listen to the end of a previous track in order to hear the beginning of the next one).

Naturally, if you play the CD from start to finish, you'll never notice this problem.

This is really sad because the quality of the sound is very good, and the CD is probably the best representation of Warwick's work. But I wouldn't recommend this disc because of the technical flaw. May 14, 2008

Nice walk down memory lane.

I purchased this CD because I loved D. Warwick growning up. I liked the songs on the CD and it brought back pleasant memories. A good sing along type grouping. August 23, 2007

Classic Dionne Warwick

I purchased this CD for a "picture to DVD" project and
had forgotten how many great hits Dionne Warwick has.
This CD has the best of her collection. You will know
every song and they all are awesome! November 5, 2006

The velvet and expressive voice!

Mrs Warwick is a living legend. Her presence in the musical stages was never more expected, because somehow she filled a visible void in this wide sector of the market.

She represented the kind, expressive, romantic and charm voice inside the varied universe of musical genres. The white voices were literally complete; there were quite a lot number of options: Petula Clark, Brenda Lee, Peggy Lee, Tammy Wynette, Connie Francis, Bobbie Gentry, Dusty Springfield, but the Black voices lacked of someone like her. Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin filled the soul spirit, but hardly you would be able to watch just a spectacle under moonlight with such music.

The best evidence in this sense was the fact composer of the artistic level Burt Bacharach composed a part of his unforgettable creations for her. Do you know the way to San Jose? or This guy 's in love with you are irrefutable testimonies that seem to valid this statement

Go for this album that will reward you over and over again.
January 7, 2006

Excellent Compilation Ruined

The Definitive Collection should have been one of the best compilations of the great Dionne Warwick's career yet. The song selection leaves out some of Dionne's' older '60s hits, but does encompass the full range of her successful career.

The remastering job sounds superb, and that is the top criteria I look for in CDs these days. They've applied 20-bit digital mastering from the original master tapes.

Unfortunately, and this is a real problem, on several of the tracks the first few seconds of the song have been truncated. Cutting off the first few notes of a song simply ruins it. It's unforgivable that professionals at a major label can publish something flawed this badly and no one notice. Yet I notice the screw ups the first time I listen to this CD.

The flawed tracks are: Alfie, Do You Know The Way To San Jose, Don't Make Me Over, I Say A Little Prayer, Message To Michael, Walk On By, The Windows Of The World, Deja Vu, After You, Love Power, That's What Friends Are For. The intro was truncated on practically EVERY single track. It's possible that I just received a bad CD, but that's not very likely.

Despite the great promise of this otherwise wonderful CD, cutting off the intros renders the CD unusable for listening - and a waste of money, unless you plan to just sample from it. October 7, 2005

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