Guardian Review of ATT

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Burt Bacharach, At This Time

Dorian Lynskey
Friday October 21, 2005
The Guardian

At first glance, At This Time seems like a radical departure for the permatanned king of immaculate pop: protest lyrics set to beats from Dr Dre and D12's Kon Artis. Could this be the Fuck Tha Police of easy listening? Not really. Few of the rhythm loops betray their hip-hop origins and the political message rarely cuts deeper than the 1960s hit to which the lyrics of Please Explain glancingly refer: What The World Needs Now Is Love. George Bush's presidency seems likely to weather this particular storm.

But it's still a strange brew of beautifully orchestrated nocturnal instrumentals, at once tense and mellifluous, out of which voices, including Bacharach's own, loom like faces in the fog. Who Are These People? isn't Bacharach's reaction upon encountering D12, but an elegant bit of politician-bashing crooned by Elvis Costello, while Go Ask Shakespeare demonstrates that Rufus Wainwright was born to sing Bacharach. A quietly impressive, unexpectedly relevant record.

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Thanks!

[Nicolas chelly]

At this time is a genuine Bacharach album with nowadays influences.
Ths stings, the flugelhorns and the oboe are burt signature.
I love Neil Stubenhaus bass sound creamy.......
The voices are great, it's not a revolution but Bacharch gem

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