Dusty Definitely [Import, Original recording remastered]

Dusty Springfield | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Spectrum Audio UK
• ASIN: B00005NOTD
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,115 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone

2. Take Another Little Piece Of Mt Heart

3. Another Night

4. Mr Dream Merchant

5. I Cant Give Back The Love I Feel For You

6. Love Power

7. This Girls In Love With You

8. I Only Wanna Laugh

9. Who (Will Take My Place)

10. I Think Its Gonna Rain Today

11. Morning (Bom Dia)

12. Second Time Around

13. No Stranger Am I (Remix) (Bonus Track)

14. Meditation (Remix) (Bonus Track)

15. The Colour Of Your Eyes (Remix) (Bonus Track)

16. Spooky (Bonus Track)

Editorial Reviews

Out of print in the U.S.! Import reissue of Dusty's 1968 album including four bonus tracks, 'No Stranger Am I' (Remix), 'Meditation' (Remix), 'The Colour Of Your Eyes' (Remix) and 'Spooky'. Recorded just prior to her now-classic Dusty In Memphis, this album features a strong mix of Rock, Soul and Easy Listening tracks including a cover of French singer/songwriter Charles Aznavour's 'Who (Will Take My Place)', Randy Newman's 'I Think It's Going To Rain Today' and her version of 'Piece Of My Heart', later a hit for Janis Joplin. Universal. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DUSTY THE STYLE QUEEN WITHOUT EQUAL, June 3, 2006

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Steve Sleeve "Steve" (Waikanae New Zealand) - See all my reviews

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Dusty Definitely was released in Britain about a year after the sublime Dusty in Memphis. It reached the lower reaches of the British charts and was not released at that time in the United States. The two albums are as stylistically removed from one another as if they were by two very different singers which is more evidence that Dusty is quite simply the best female singer to have come out of the British Isles. Dusty Definitely has been obscured by the deserved high praise lavished upon Dusty in Memphis, but Dusty Definitely is an astonishingly varied and accomplished set of songs in its own right: From the rousing Tamla-Motownish opener "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone", the clatteringly ear-splitting beat of "Love Power", the husky-toned "This Girl's In Love With You", the spine-tingling sadness of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" to the album's warm closer, the sultry "Second Time Around", Dusty Defintely is a maddeningly beautiful set. The CD includes four bonus tracks which perfectly fit the closing reflective mood of the album.
We know that this album - like all good Dusty Springfield albums - was made under very, very trying conditions - with more than some of those trying conditions attributable to Dusty's never-satisfied, exhausting perfectionism. Whatever the pain surrounding the making of Dusty Definitely, the end result more than justifies it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dusty at her soulful heart breaking best, September 14, 2005

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Ward J. Lamb (slate hill, new york United States) - See all my reviews
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This cd harkens back to the Dusty who could sing a ballad to break a heart.Her version of "The second time around" is haunting and beautiful.Her lush back-ups seem to place the lp in a lounge type of mood,contrary to her soul inspired outings.
Two other cuts stand out. The muted version of "I only wanna laugh",and her sultry pining "Mr. Dream Merchant". The added tracks are nice but this collection was perfect as it was. "I think it's gonna rain today " should be one of Randy Newmans' biggest compliments as a song-writer.Dusty's haunted ballad singing defines a new depth in her reading of this chestnut.
Bacharach's "This girls in love with you" is another positive,airy turn for the song-writer.Dusty is a singers' singer,and a romantic one,and that is a fact! This lp was one of the finest of her colorful career.
ROMANTIC! Bravo!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dusty's last album before Memphis, May 8, 2008

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dusty Definitely (Audio CD)

Originally released in time for Christmas 1968, this album doesn't contain any hit singles. That isn't really surprising, because in those days singles were often released separately. Everything changed in the seventies, when album sales became much more important and singles became a marketing tool to sell albums. Don't be deceived by the absence of any of those classic Dusty hits, because this is a great album that is generally overlooked by most people.

There are some songs here that should be instantly recognizable to fans of late sixties and early seventies pop music. Piece of my my heart, originally recorded by Erma Franklin but most famously covered by Janis Joplin, has been covered by plenty of other singers down the years including Bonnie Tyler and Faith Hill. Another oft-recorded song is the Bacharach / David classic, This girl's in love with you. Those are the two most famous songs here, but many of the other songs are also covers include I think it's gonna rain today (Randy Newman), Spooky (McCoys), Second time around (Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen), I only wanna laugh (from an obscure Broadway musical), Who will take my place (originally a French song by Charles Aznavour), Morning (originally a Brazillian song) and an obscure Bacharach / David song (Another night). Ain't no sun since you've been gone (the opening track) and I can't give back the love I feel for you (another excellent track) are covers of Motown songs.

The overall sound of the album is typical of what one expected to hear from Dusty in the mid to late sixties, except that this album rocks a little harder than its predecessors. My faforite tracks? On an album of such a consistently high quality, it would be pointless to pick out favorites. I've seen several reviews of this album and I notice that where people pick out favorites, they differ widely in their choices. That's often a sign of a really solid album with no obvious weakness - and that's exactly what this is.

Dusty went on to much greater success with her Memphis album, but if you're a serious fan of Dusty's music, you'll love this album too.