Track Listing

1. I only want to be with you
2. In private
3. I just don't know what to do with myself
4. Give me time
5. Some of your lovin'
6. Goin'back
7. You don't have to say you love me
8. What have I done to deserve this? (feat. Pet shop boys)
9. I close my eyes and count to ten
10. Wishin' and hopin'
11. Little by little
12. Stay a while
13. All I see is you
14. Nothing has been proved
15. Losing you
16. Twenty four hours from tulsa
17. In the middle of nowhere
18. Son of a preacher man
19. Anyone who had a heart
20. If you go away
21. I'll try anything
22. How can I be sure?
23. Wherever would I be?
24. The look of love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16998 in Music
• Released on: 1999-06-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

Strong compilation full of quality
This compilation includes many of Dusty’s sixties hits, plus some of her eighties comeback hits. However, it does not include any of her Springfield hits (Island of dreams in the UK, Silver threads and golden needles in the USA), nor does it include any of her seventies music, so it cannot be described as a career-spanning retrospective.

The set opens with Dusty’s first solo hit, the classic I only want to be with you, although the songs are not presented in any particular order, least of all chronological – indeed, the second song, In private, was Dusty’s last British top twenty hit (at least during her lifetime – you never know if there will be another on the back of a commercial or a movie).

Other classics here include I just don’t know what to do with myself, Some of your loving, Going back, You don’t have to say you love me, I close my eyes and count to ten, Losing you, In the middle of nowhere and Son of a preacher man, all of which reached the top ten in sixties Britain. Dusty’s chart record was very different in America – Wishing and hoping, also included here, was a top twenty American hit but was never released as a single in Britain. Many lesser hits are also included.

Three notable covers are also here – Twenty-four hours from Tulsa, Anyone who had a heart and If you go away. Dusty recorded many covers, but these are among the best and certainly the equal of the original versions of these songs, perhaps even better.

The eighties are represented by In private, What have I done to deserve this (with the Pet shop boys) and Nothing has been proved, but the most recent song here is Wherever would I be, recorded in 1995.

There have been many Dusty compilations, but this is one of the strongest.

Fantastic album covering the absolute finest songs produced.
If you have to buy one album with nothing but the finest songs that Dusty Springfield ever sang!, then this is it. It has to be appreciated purely for 'The Look Of Love' because it is simply the most sensitive and beautiful song ever performed.

Ashley Barker

Dusty Springfield Greatest Hits
Whilst I love The Very Best of Dusty and love her material that is included on this Cd, I can't help but feel a little manipulated by the hype that surrounded her death and resulted in several Cd releases that didn't include her best songs. Whilst this is the best of the lot, and does include most of her better known material, it does not show her at her greatest. A lot of her greatest songs have been foresaken for her most commercial hits; unlike the album: "Dusty Springfield: Greatest Hits" released in 1983.