2007 Trijntje Oosterhuis & Metropole Orchestra – Who’ll Speak For Love (Burt Bacharach Songbook II)

After the successful first release of The Look Of Love (Burt Bacharach Songbook), Trijntje Oosterhuis follows up with her second interpretation of Burt Bacharach standards; Who’ll Speak For Love (Burt Bacharach Songbook II). On this album she teamed up again with Burt Bacharach and performs 15 undisputed evergreens such as “This Girl’s In Love”, “What The World Needs Now” and “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head”, but also the title track that Bacharach selected for Trijntje personally. The Metropole Orkest provides the solid backing and is conducted by Vince Mendoza.

Tracks

1  Any Day Now (Burt Bacharach; Bob Hilliard) 04:00
2  Love Is Still The Answer (Burt Bacharach; Steve Krikorian) 04:14
3  What The World Needs Now (Burt Bacharach; Hal David) 04:00
4  One Less Bell To Answer (Burt Bacharach; Hal David) 03:36
5  In Between Heartaches (Burt Bacharach; Hal David) 03:38
6  This Girl’s In Love (Burt Bacharach; Hal David) 04:12
7  God Give Me Strength (Burt Bacharach; Elvis Costello) 06:35
8  Who’ll Speak For Love (Burt Bacharach; Tim Rice) 04:06
9  Stronger Than Before (Burt Bacharach; Bruce Roberts) 03:54
10  I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (Burt Bacharach; Hal David) 02:54
11  Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Burt Bacharach; Hal David) 02:54
12  Don’t Make Me Over (Burt Bacharach; Hal David) 03:37
13  Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (Burt Bacharach; Hal David) 04:39
14  Painted From Memory (Burt Bacharach; Elvis Costello) 05:09
15  On My Own (Burt Bacharach; Carole Bayer Sager) 04:33

Musicians

OrchestraMetropole Orchestra
BassAram Kersbergen
DrumsMartijn Vink
GuitarPeter Tiehuis
PianoHans Vroomans
FlugelhornRuud Breuls
Background VocalsLodewijk van Gorp
Background VocalsJasmin Tusjadia
Background VocalsDedre Twiss
VocalsTrijntje Oosterhuis

Other Musicians

5 In Between The Heartaches

PianoBurt Bacharach


8 Who’ll Speak For Love

PianoBurt Bacharach
HarmonicaToots Tielemans


10 I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself

PianoBurt Bacharach


14 Painted From Memory

HarpJoke Schonewille


15 On My Own

Acoustic GuitarPeter Tiehuis

Liner Notes

Producer – Patrick Williams
Arranged By – Patrick Williams
Arranged By – Vince Mendoza (Tracks 2, 7, 9, 14)
Arranged By – Peter Tiehuis (Track 15)
Recorded By – Al Schmitt
Engineer (Assistent) – Frank Mathijssen, Dirk Overeem
Engineer (Assistent) Ghian Wright (Tracks 5, 8, 10)
Mastered By – Sander Van Der Heide
Mixed By – Al Schmitt
Recorded By – Christine Verschorren (Harmonica on Track 8)

Graphic Design – Sander Schaper
Photography – Carin Verbruggen

Mastered At Polyhymnia International
Mixed At MCO, Hilversum
Recorded At MCO, Hilversum
Recorded At Studio Caraïbes, Brussels (Harmonica on Track 8)
Recorded At The Village Recorder (Piano on Tracks 5,8,10)
Phonographic Copyright EMI Music Netherlands BV
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