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2008's Rhino-issued Jackpot: The Best Bette was the Grammy-winning vocalist and Emmy-winning actress' first career-spanning compilation since 1993, and it served as an excellent window into her often eclectic career, touching on nearly all of her stylistic forays. 2015's Gift of Love is a more myopic take on the greatest-hits package, offering up an amorous 18-track set devoted entirely to Midler's love for balladry. As the humble love song has served as the legendary diva's bread and butter since the '70s, it should hardly come as a surprise that Gift of Love is well stocked with hits. Any proper Midler collection would be incomplete without the holy trinity of last-call karaoke balladry that is "The Rose," "Wind Beneath My Wings," and "From a Distance," and Gift of Love doesn't disappoint, delivering those modern standards early on in the proceedings. It also serves up some less ubiquitous gems, like her spirited 1983 cover of Marshall Crenshaw's "My Favorite Waste of Time" and her sultry, jazzy rendering of the Marvelettes' Smoky Robinson-penned "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game." For the most part, Gift of Love sticks with the benchmarks, with the aforementioned triple threat, "Every Road Leads Back to You" (from For the Boys), and 1995's "It's Too Late" and "As Dreams Go By," the latter two of which appeared on the platinum-selling Bette of Roses leading the charge. Fans looking for a more diversified retrospective should probably check out Jackpot (also a Rhino release), but as the perfect soundtrack for a campy romantic evening or a boozy post-breakup meltdown, one would be hard-pressed to find anything better.
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Brock Walsh, Electric Guitar, AssociateProducer - Mark Goldenberg, Guitar - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Don Smith, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Marshall Crenshaw, Writer - Waddy Wachtel, Electric Guitar - Robert Irving, Synthesizer - Greg Anderson, AssistantEngineer - Chuck Plotkin, Producer - Danny Goldberg, ExecutiveProducer - Dave Demare, Guitar - David Logerman, Drums, Percussion - Laura Allan, Backing Vocals - Lisa Garber, Backing Vocals - Philip Kennard, Backing Vocals - Phillip Kennard, Electric Guitar - Bonnie Bruckheimer, AssociateProducer - Dave Pearce, AssistantEngineer - Debbie Gold, Production - Julian Stoll, AssistantEngineer - Dave Denmore, AssistantEngineer - Steve Brix, AssistantEngineer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1984 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Reid, Writer - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Arif Mardin, Producer, Arranger - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Jack Joseph Puig, AdditionalEngineer - Michael O'Reilly, Engineer, RemixingEngineer - Luis Quine, AssistantEngineer - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - Allen Shambin, Writer - Joe Mardin, Drums - Robbie Kondor, Arranger, Keyboards, Programmer, Synthesizer - ANDY GRASSI, AssistantEngineer - Buzzy Feiten, AssociateProducer, CoProducer - Jay Militscher, AssistantEngineer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Dean Parks, Guitar - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Robbie Buchanan, Arranger, Keyboards, Programmer - Maria Vidal, Backing Vocals - Arif Mardin, Producer, Arranger - Andrew Gold, Guitar - Carlos Vega, Drums - Billy Steinberg, Writer - TOM KELLY, Backing Vocals, Writer, VocalArranger - Michael Boddicker, Synthesizer - Neil Stubenhaus, Bass Guitar - MARC SHAIMAN, AssociateProducer - Jack Joseph Puig, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Suzanna Hoffs, Writer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Dean Parks, Guitar - Steve Skinner, Arranger, Keyboards, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Bette Midler, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Arif Mardin, Producer, Arranger - Jay Dee Maness, Steel Guitar - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Jack Joseph Puig, AdditionalEngineer - Michael O'Reilly, Guitar, RemixingEngineer - Luis Quine, AssistantEngineer - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - James A Johnson, Drums - ANDY GRASSI, AssistantEngineer - Buzzy Feiten, AssociateProducer, CoProducer - Daniel Jacob, String Arranger - Tony Beard, Drums - Bonnie M. Hayes, Writer - Jay Militscher, AssistantEngineer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation
David Lasley, Backing Vocals - Steve Skinner, Arranger - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Robbie Buchanan, Keyboards - Arif Mardin, Producer, Arranger - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - Carlos Vega, Drums - John West, Backing Vocals - Cissy Houston, Backing Vocals - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - Michael Landau, Guitar - Neil Stubenhaus, Bass Guitar - MARC SHAIMAN, VocalArranger - Jack Joseph Puig, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Julie Gold, Writer - Eugene Van Buren, Backing Vocals - Joann Harris, Backing Vocals - Radio Choir Of New Hope Baptist Church, Backing Vocals
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Arif Mardin, Producer - Jack Joseph Puig, RecordingEngineer - Larry Henley, Writer - Joey Wolpert, RecordingEngineer - Jeff Silbar, Writer - Doug Stax, MasteringEngineer - Teri Schwartz, ExecutiveProducer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1988 Atlantic Recording Corporation
David Lasley, Backing Vocals - Don Murray, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Bette Midler, Vocals, MainArtist - Robbie Buchanan, Keyboards - Lorraine Feather, Backing Vocals - Arif Mardin, Producer, Arranger - John West, Backing Vocals - Johnny Mercer, Writer - Randy Kerber, Keyboards - Mike Lang, Keyboards - Harold Arlen, Writer - Jack Sheldon, Trumpet - Arnold McCuller, Backing Vocals - MARC SHAIMAN, Arranger, Keyboards - Jack Joseph Puig, RecordingEngineer - Michael O'Reilly, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Randy Crenshaw, Backing Vocals - Carmen Twillie, Backing Vocals - Claude Gaudette, Synthesizer - Dave Grusin, Keyboards - Joey Wolpert, RecordingEngineer - Joe Mardin, Synthesizer - Eugene Van Buren, Backing Vocals - Kevin Dorsey, Backing Vocals - Joann Harris, Backing Vocals - Jon Joyce, Backing Vocals - James Caan, Vocals - Lisa Maldonado, Co-ordinator Production - Don Shelton, Backing Vocals - MorganAmes, Backing Vocals - Bob Schaper, RecordingEngineer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1991 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Robbie Buchanan, Keyboards - Steve Hunter, Guitar - Mark Leonard, Bass Guitar - Jerry Jumonville, Saxophone - BILL CHAMPLIN, Backing Vocals - Norton Buffalo, Trombone, Backing Vocals - Whitey Glan, Drums - Amanda McBroom, Backing Vocals, Writer - Donny Gerrard, Backing Vocals - Danny Weis, Guitar - Roger Mayer, Engineer - Bill Gazecki, Engineer, AssociateProducer, RemixingEngineer - Mark Underwood, Trumpet - John Neal, Engineer - Lincoln Mayorga, Piano - Stuart Taylor, Engineer - Paul A. Rothchild, Producer, Arranger, RemixingEngineer - Bob Leonard, Engineer - Ed Lever, Engineer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1979 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Peter Sinfield, Writer - Steve Skinner, Arranger, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Andy Hill, Writer - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Jerry Barnes, Backing Vocals - Reggie Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Arranger - Mike Baird, Drums - Bobby Lyle, Arranger, Piano - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Rachele Cappelli, Backing Vocals - Lani Groves, Backing Vocals - Jack Joseph Puig, AdditionalEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Michael O'Reilly, RemixingEngineer - Luis Quine, AssistantEngineer - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - Joe Mardin, Backing Vocals - ANDY GRASSI, AssistantEngineer - Buzzy Feiten, Arranger, Contributor, Guitar, AssociateProducer, CoProducer - Ula Hedwig, Backing Vocals - Daniel Jacob, Arranger, Guitar - Angela Cappelli, Backing Vocals - Larry J. Cohen, Arranger, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Jay Militscher, AssistantEngineer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bob Thiele Jr., Writer - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Jerry Barnes, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer - Tonio K, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Jack Joseph Puig, AdditionalEngineer - Michael O'Reilly, Engineer, RemixingEngineer - Luis Quine, AssistantEngineer - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - Robbie Kondor, Arranger, Keyboards, Synthesizer - ANDY GRASSI, AdditionalEngineer, AssistantEngineer - Buzzy Feiten, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, AssociateProducer, CoProducer - Bonnie Hayes, Writer - Jay Militscher, AdditionalEngineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bobby Martin, Synthesizer - Brock Walsh, AssociateProducer - Mark Goldenberg, Guitar, Synthesizer - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Don Smith, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Ricky Lawson, Drums - Barry Mann, Writer - Tom Snow, Writer - Cynthia Weil, Writer - Bobby Lyle, Piano - Greg Anderson, AssistantEngineer - Chuck Plotkin, Producer - Danny Goldberg, ExecutiveProducer - Pops Popswell, Bass Guitar - Laura Allan, Backing Vocals - Lisa Garber, Backing Vocals - Janis Cercone, Backing Vocals - Buzzy Feiten, Guitar - Bonnie Bruckheimer, AssociateProducer - Dave Pearce, AssistantEngineer - Debbie Gold, Production - Julian Stoll, AssistantEngineer - Dave Denmore, AssistantEngineer - Steve Brix, AssistantEngineer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1983 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Harvey Mason, Drums - Jeff Porcaro, Drums - David Lasley, Backing Vocals - Don Murray, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Bette Midler, Vocals, MainArtist - Robbie Buchanan, Keyboards - Lorraine Feather, Backing Vocals - Arif Mardin, Producer - Diane Warren, Writer - John West, Backing Vocals - Randy Kerber, Keyboards - Mike Lang, Keyboards - Frank Capp, Drums - Jack Sheldon, Trumpet - Arnold McCuller, Backing Vocals - MARC SHAIMAN, Keyboards - Jack Joseph Puig, RecordingEngineer - Michael O'Reilly, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Artie Kane, AssistantConductor - Chuck Domanico, Bass Guitar - Randy Crenshaw, Backing Vocals - Carmen Twillie, Backing Vocals - Chuck Berghofer, Bass Guitar - Claude Gaudette, Synthesizer - Dave Grusin, Keyboards - Joey Wolpert, RecordingEngineer - Joe Mardin, Arranger, Synthesizer - Eugene Van Buren, Backing Vocals - Kevin Dorsey, Backing Vocals - Joann Harris, Backing Vocals - Jon Joyce, Backing Vocals - Joey Sill, Producer - Lisa Maldonado, Co-ordinator Production - Don Shelton, Backing Vocals - MorganAmes, Backing Vocals - Alvin Stoller, Drums - Bob Schaper, RecordingEngineer - Vinny Colaiuta, Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1991 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Dwight Sills, Guitar - Tim Pierce, Guitar - Paul Richmond, Writer - Dean Parks, Guitar - Don Was, Producer - David Lasley, Background Vocals - Mark Goldenberg, Guitar - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Jerry Hey, Trumpet - Wayne Rodrigues, Tenor Saxophone - Reggie Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Maria Vidal, Background Vocals - Jamie Muhoberac, Keyboards - Abraham Laboriel, Bass Guitar - Lenny Castro, Percussion - Darrell Leonard, Trumpet - Plas Johnson, Tenor Saxophone - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Bobby Lyle, Hammond Organ, Piano, Fender Rhodes Keyboards - Paul Jackson Jr., Guitar - Arnold McCuller, Background Vocals - Dan Higgins, Tenor Saxophone - MARC SHAIMAN, Arranger, Keyboards, Additional Producer - Shari Sutcliffe, Co-ordinator Production - Sonny Emory, Drums - Charles Judge, Programmer - Gary Herbig, Baritone Saxophone - Ed Cherney, Engineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Gary Grant, Trumpet - Howard McCrary, Background Vocals - Mark Isham, Trumpet - Nikki Harris, Background Vocals - Jerry Vivino, Tenor Saxophone - Jimmy Vivino, Arranger - Carlos Cuevas , Background Vocals - Joe Sublett, Tenor Saxophone - Cynthia Bass, Background Vocals - LEO GRAHAM JR., Writer - Donna De Lory, Background Vocals - Larry Cohn, Keyboards, Piano - Melanie Taylor, Background Vocals - Rick Knowles, Keyboards, Additional Producer - Mike Miller, Guitar
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2000 Warner Records Inc.
Steve Skinner, Arranger, Keyboards, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Bette Midler, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Reggie Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Arranger - Maria McKee, Writer - Bobby Lyle, Piano - Chris Botti, Trumpet - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Jack Joseph Puig, AdditionalEngineer - Michael O'Reilly, RecordingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Luis Quine, AssistantEngineer - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - Joe Mardin, Drums - ANDY GRASSI, AssistantEngineer - Buzzy Feiten, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, AssociateProducer, CoProducer - Daniel Jacob, Guitar - Shelley A. Woodworth, Oboe - Jay Militscher, AssistantEngineer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Roxanne Seeman, Writer - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Billie Hughes, Arranger, Writer - Arif Mardin, Arranger, AssociateProducer - MARC SHAIMAN, CoProducer - Jack Joseph Puig, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Joe Mardin, Arranger, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocals
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Frank Wolf, RecordingEngineer - MARC SHAIMAN, Producer - Ed Cherney, RecordingEngineer - Kate McGarrigle, Writer - Ghazi Hourani, AssistantEngineer - Marcus Johnson, AssistantEngineer - Jake Gorski, AssistantEngineer - Chandler Harrod, AssistantEngineer - Rob Cohen, AssistantEngineer - Scott M. Riesett, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jett Galindo, MasteringEngineer - Billy Hickey, AssistantEngineer - Matthew Brownlie, AssistantEngineer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2014 East West Records, a division of Warner Music UK Limited
Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Frank Wolf, RecordingEngineer - MARC SHAIMAN, Producer - Ed Cherney, RecordingEngineer - Ghazi Hourani, AssistantEngineer - Marcus Johnson, AssistantEngineer - Jake Gorski, AssistantEngineer - Chandler Harrod, AssistantEngineer - Rob Cohen, AssistantEngineer - Scott M. Riesett, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jett Galindo, MasteringEngineer - Billy Hickey, AssistantEngineer - Matthew Brownlie, AssistantEngineer - Smoket Robinson, Writer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2014 East West Records, a division of Warner Music UK Limited
Rick Derringer, Pedal Steel Guitar - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - John Siegler, Bass Guitar - Ralph Schuckett, Organ, Piano, Harmonium - John Wilcox, Drums - David Spinozza, Guitar - Randy Brecker, Solo Trumpet - Jerry Blatt, Writer - Jack Malken, Engineer - Jan Rathbun, Engineer - Moogy Klingman, Producer, Arranger, Contributor, Piano, Writer - Tod Rundgren, Backing Vocals
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1976 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Albumbeschreibung
2008's Rhino-issued Jackpot: The Best Bette was the Grammy-winning vocalist and Emmy-winning actress' first career-spanning compilation since 1993, and it served as an excellent window into her often eclectic career, touching on nearly all of her stylistic forays. 2015's Gift of Love is a more myopic take on the greatest-hits package, offering up an amorous 18-track set devoted entirely to Midler's love for balladry. As the humble love song has served as the legendary diva's bread and butter since the '70s, it should hardly come as a surprise that Gift of Love is well stocked with hits. Any proper Midler collection would be incomplete without the holy trinity of last-call karaoke balladry that is "The Rose," "Wind Beneath My Wings," and "From a Distance," and Gift of Love doesn't disappoint, delivering those modern standards early on in the proceedings. It also serves up some less ubiquitous gems, like her spirited 1983 cover of Marshall Crenshaw's "My Favorite Waste of Time" and her sultry, jazzy rendering of the Marvelettes' Smoky Robinson-penned "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game." For the most part, Gift of Love sticks with the benchmarks, with the aforementioned triple threat, "Every Road Leads Back to You" (from For the Boys), and 1995's "It's Too Late" and "As Dreams Go By," the latter two of which appeared on the platinum-selling Bette of Roses leading the charge. Fans looking for a more diversified retrospective should probably check out Jackpot (also a Rhino release), but as the perfect soundtrack for a campy romantic evening or a boozy post-breakup meltdown, one would be hard-pressed to find anything better.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:28
- Main artists: Bette Midler
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company.
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