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| 1. Just A Little Lovin' | |||
| 2. So Much Love | |||
| 3. Son Of A Preacher Man | |||
| 4. I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore | |||
| 5. Don't Forget About Me | |||
| 6. Breakfast In Bed | |||
| 7. Just One Smile | |||
| 8. The Windmills Of Your Mind | |||
| 9. In The Land Of Make Believe | |||
| 10. No Easy Way Down | |||
| 11. I Can't Make It Alone | |||
| 12. What Do You Do When Love Dies (bonus track) | |||
| 13. Willie & Laura Mae Jones (bonus track) | |||
| 14. That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) (bonus track) | |||
| 15. Cherished | |||
| 16. Goodbye | |||
| 17. Make It With You | |||
| 18. Love Shine Down | |||
| 19. Live Here With You | |||
| 20. Natchez Trace | |||
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The songs on this album are fantastic, and Dusty Springfield had one of the greatest voices to ever grace American pop music. Her voice is so soft and mellow, yet can grab and just galvanize you. She knows exactly when and how to emote, something today's pop singers seem completely clueless about. So warm and loving--wow. When she sings "I've got so much love", well, heck, you can feel it.
But I don't want to overemphasize Dusty, though. The arrangements and song selection on this record are as important as Dusty's gorgeous voice. It's really amazing that this stuff passed as mainstream pop music; it beats the pants off of anything ever put out by Celine, Whitney, etc. etc. etc. This is the kind of record they DREAM of having their names on (and always miss it by a huge longshot). Did we really have to drop horns and real instruments in order to make songs consumable to the general public nowadays??? It's so sad! But I digress...
Don't even think of buying anything less than the "Deluxe Edition" of this album!! A lot of re-releases these days include bonus tracks, but the bonus tracks here are not to be taken lightly.
... Read more ›But this album hung on. I kept hearing musicians I had a lot of respect for cite it as one of the masterpieces of the 60s, and thought I must be hearing wrong. Dusty Springfield? The girl with the big hair and inch-thick eyeliner?
Yeah. Dusty Springfield. I don't know if there's anybody left who still thinks of her as a lightweight pop singer, but if there is, give them this album. Among the 11 tracks that make up the original album are songs with some of the deepest, most soulful singing you've ever heard this side of Aretha Franklin. (Dusty's version of "Son of a Preacher Man" is even BETTER than Aretha's!) Not just "Preacher Man," but "So Much Love," "Don't Forget About Me," "No Easy Way Down" and "I Can't Make It Alone" are just pure, classic Memphis soul. And even when she takes on a song that couldn't really be described as "soul" like Randy Newman's moving ballad, "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore," or the sly and sexy "Breakfast In Bed" she brings a soulfulness to them that they wouldn't have if anyone else did them.
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