CASINO ROYALE
Back to Back Bacharach (Double Play)
Reviewed by Jason Thornberry

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I looooove Burt Bacharach. Love him. I saw him live at the performing arts center by my house. I own a couple of his instrumental cd's, and his very, very excellent boxed-set, which brings me to Casino Royale. Casting imitation as the grandest form of flattery aside, this is basically a tribute album. Translations of "(There's) Always Something "There To Remind Me", "I say A Little Prayer", "What The World Needs Now Is Love", and "Walk On By", (etcetera), are spot-on, but tired. Like a wedding band on the loose. Why revive what's still alive and well? An excellent artist to focus on (Hal David too), but how many similar CDs are out there? Would you wanna buy this, or the big collection I have, which has the radio hit versions of these same songs. And is three times longer. This is very, very, good, and maybe Burt'll phone this group up to record some of his new material. Then they'd be onto something...

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