Sings the Music of Bacharach & Kaempfert (Expanded Edition)

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Audio Remasterer: Mike Piacentini. Liner Note Author: Burt Bacharach. The 1970 double LP Johnny Mathis Sings the Music of Bacharach & Kaempfert paired an LP of new recordings of Bert Kaempfert songs with a compilation of Burt Bacharach songs Mathis recorded between 1959 and 1969. Combining old material with new had the net effect of making Sings the Music of Bacharach & Kaempfert seem stuffier than its 1970 companion, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, which concentrated on recent charting hits that had been quickly adopted as modern standards. Certainly, a number of songs on this 26-track LP were also heavily covered during the late '60s and early '70s -- Bacharach held the edge on frequency, although "Danke Schoen" and "Strangers in the Night" showed up a lot, too -- but the sensibility of the package is firmly a throwback to the sound and feel of Mathis' earliest hits. It's all pleasant enough -- and the ease of Mathis remains impressive -- but as a collective experience, it's a tad sleepy. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine