Burt Bacharach, genius or hack?

[okr]

Genius, what else.

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=howEAqstkzQ (Raindrops from Butch Cassidy)

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=D3181kl8UHA (Gateway from Butc Cassidy)

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=a28kY1-s-Vc&feature=related (The Look of Love, Dusty Springfield)

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz29mKraaMQ (Walk On By, Dionne Warwick)

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=U5tqAbrZeX0&feature=related (Walk On By, Isaac Hayes)

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=yxjjfgoYn2w&feature=related (I say a Little Prayer, Aretha Franklin)

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO4Ubg0dD4A (Close to You, The Carpenters)

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=k2z0KmhK95Q (One Less Bell to Answer, The Fifth Dimension)

 

Album recommendation for Bacharach "beginners".