What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was released on the Verve label in 1968.^[1][2]

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The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell stated "this isn't one of Getz's better gigs; his tone is not in the best of shape, and he sounds bored with some of the tunes".^[3]

All compositions by Burt Bacharach and Hal David except where noted.

1. "Wives and Lovers" - 3:36
2. "The Windows of the World" - 2:43
3. "The Look of Love" - 2:39
4. "Any Old Time of Day" - 3:33
5. "Alfie" - 2:51
6. "In Times Like These" - 2:44
7. "A House Is Not a Home" - 4:13
8. "Trains and Boats and Planes" - 3:01
9. "What the World Needs Now Is Love" - 2:58
10. "In Between the Heartaches" [edited master take] - 2:17
11. "Walk on By" - 3:32
12. "A House Is Not a Home" [alternate take] - 4:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
13. "In Between the Heartaches" [partial alternate take] - 2:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "My Own True Love" (Max Steiner, Mack David) - 2:29 Bonus track on CD reissue
15. "Tara's Theme" (Max Steiner) - 2:36 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 2, 1966 (tracks 3, 14 & 15), at Ter-Mar Recording Studio in Chicago, Illinois on August 30 & 31, 1967 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11 & 12), and A&R Recording Studio, New York City (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13)

• Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
• Jim Buffington - French horn (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13)
• Jerome Richardson - woodwinds (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13)
• Chick Corea (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11 & 12), Herbie Hancock (tracks 3, 5, 9, 10 & 13-15) - piano
• Kenny Burrell (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13), Jim Hall (tracks: 3, 14 & 15), Phil Upchurch (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11 & 12) - guitar
• Gloria Agostini - harp (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13)
• Walter Booker (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11 & 12), Ron Carter (tracks 3, 5, 9, 10 & 13-15) - bass
• David Carey - vibraphone (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13)
• Bill Horwath - cimbalom (tracks 3, 14 & 15)
• Roy Haynes (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11 & 12), Grady Tate (tracks 3, 5, 9, 10 & 13-15) - drums
• Artie Butler, Bobby Rosengarden - percussion (tracks 3, 14 & 15)
• Paul Gershman, David Mankovitz, David Nadien, Gerald Tarack - violin (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13)
• Bernard Zaslav - viola (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13)
• Charles McCracken - cello (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13)
• Additional unidentified brass, strings and chorus arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman (tracks 3, 14 & 15) and Richard Evans (tracks 1, 2 & 4-13)