Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
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Free Music Review: The only one who could ever reach me
Hit: 5 Stars
This album has been "hyped" a lot recently, especially with its high ranking in the Rolling Stone list of Top 500 albums of all time, and if it hadn't been for all the hype, I never would have heard of it. So thanks, Rolling Stone, it really was a great discovery. Of course anyone who knows Dusty at all knows the very Memphis-sounding "Son of a Preacher Man". It is the best song on the album, the best I ever heard from her. Dusty shines as a soul singer, languorous and sexy, not brassy and bold like fellow "Preacher" singer Aretha Franklin. But only "Preacher" and a few other tracks truly fit into the Memphis/Muscle Shoals style of soul. (One of them, "Willie and Laura Mae Jones" was written by Tony Joe White, who brought us the swamp-rock classic "Polk Salad Annie" and also wrote "Rainy Night in Georgia".) Most other tracks are from another world entirely, melodic LA/New York pop written by ace songwriters like Randy Newman, Carole King/Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil and Burt Bacharach, and set more to strings than to horns. But Dusty herself - not the music per se - is what transforms this from a pop to a soul album. Unlike today's "soul" singers who dish out pre-programmed vocal acrobatics at 110 decibels, Dusty just sings it the way the writer wrote it, putting her own sensitivity into every word - and she sends chills right down your spine, song after song after song. Just listen, and you will feel as if she is the only one who could ever reach you.Free Music Review: BEST...
Hit: 5 Stars
This is probably one of my all time favorite Dusty albums as this has practically given out her most in terms of talent and just sheer emotions not just on one song but in almost all tracks. To start with, Just a Little Lovin describes how simple things make somebody's day. She sings it in such a hushed voice you think she was indeed, in love. So Much Love just shouts to the world what love can do to a person and Dusty delivered it with graceful gusto. Another highlight for me is Breakfast in Bed, such an invitation for a guy having a clandestine relationship but again Dusty, gets away with it fine. In Just One Smile, Dusty was being true to her feelings, in a very passionate way as well. Now let's go to her classic rendition of a classic - Windmills of Your Mind, I'm out of words here,...fabulous voice and a very grand arrangement of the song. Oh well it is just so unfair because there's not a bad track here and u'll thank urself if you buy the Memphis with Extra Tracks superbly crafted by Rhino. Dusty is definitely one of those singers whom when u play their records or discs u'll get goosebumps coz it's as if she was just singing beside you. If ur just curious about her, this is the album to start with and it's most likely that u'll end up devouring the rest of her releases. Oh Dusty...since u went away, i've been hanging around...been wondering why i'm feeling down...Free Music Review: AGES LIKE A FINE WINE
Hit: 5 Stars
This will be short and sweet. Dusty in Memphis is a milestone in Dusty's career. Dusty has a vulnerabilty and sensitivity that just penetrates your soul.She can be cool but there's always that feeling that its all a mask to cover up her pain.
Ballads such as the heartbreaking"I don't want to hear it" and the sexy strut of "Breakfast in bed" showcase splendidly her emotional fragility along with her effortless vocal technique.
Dusty also had a unique erotic sexiness that she brought to her songs as featured in the sizzling take of "Son of a preacher man"and "Just a little lovin".
Dusty is a soul singer who can reach your soul without resorting to screaming or vocal vulgarities.
She is a singer of taste and class.
Just listen to "I can't make it alone" as she begs"Please help me" and try not to be moved.
Very few singers can touch you the way Dusty does.
This is just a beautiful album that must be owned by anyone who loves wonderful heartfelt soul.
My only gripe with this edition is that the cd is put in the carton container with no sleeve which makes it easy to mark up the cd every time you take it out.
This set up is no different than buying a record without the protective sleeve.
It just makes no sense and it should be repackaged.
Hopefully rhino will get it right.
Happy listening!!!
o.f.
Free Music Review: Style and Vision
Hit: 5 Stars
Dusty In Memphis is probably one of the most important 100 albums in popular music, and in the top-10 for female artists. I'd prefer not to call it a "masterpiece," but the album's influence is undeniable. Consider 1969. Berry Gordy, Jr. of Motown shaped and molded his girl groups to make them acceptable for mass audiences. Phil Specter's girl groups were a "studio" creation. And country music had no patience for any female singer other than the standard "stand-by-your-man" variety.Enter Dusty Springfield. The Londoner with a passion for soul music goes to Memphis to record an album. She's production savvy, and has a clear vision of the way that she wants her music to sound. At a time when females were barely tolerated as performers, Dusty has her way in the studio, and the result is "Dusty's sound," and not the work the Memphis producers. In other words, Dusty in Memphis moved control of the musical creative process from the "hit makers" to the performer. Initially, the album sold poorly. It wasn't until years later that critics and fans were ready to take female vocalists seriously. Dusty In Memphis showcases a women who established her own sense of style and followed her own musical vision. The music of Dusty Springfield is hers and hers alone. And in the history of popular music - that's a milestone.
Free Music Review: Sublime
Hit: 5 Stars
As a Brit who commutes to London I'm struggling to come to terms with the horific bombings of 7/7/2005. They say music speak louder than words and how true it is. Dusty Springfield was the greatest singer Britain ever produced, she had the ability to wring every emotion out of a song. Dusty In Memphis is one of the all time classic albums. I'm not going to analyse every song but,the first track, Just A Little Loving just floors you, what a way to start and in true Dusty form, makes you long for more. So Much Love is a fantastic love song and is followed by the funky Son Of A Preacherman, one of Dusty's most popular tracks. For me the pinnacle song on this album is I Dont Want To Hear It Anymore, a woman's heartbreak all to apparent to gossiping neighbours.The gay iconic Breakfast In Bed is wonderfully seductice and sexy. There not one four letter word in it, unlike the rap stars of today who think a string of obscenties is artistic and with it. The musicians and backing singers were of the ilk Dusty always longed to work with and in fact she was so in awe she almost found it impossible to sing.When she does though it's sublime. Buy this, you will not be disappointed. I've found great comfort in this album over the last week or so. Thank you Dusty.