Track Listing

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. Son Of A Preacher Man
13. Just A Little Lovin'
14. Don't Forget About Me
15. Breakfast In Bed
16. I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore
17. The Windmills Of Your Mind
18. In The Land Of Make Believe
19. So Much Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3128 in Music
• Released on: 2002-09-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 56 minutes

CD Description
Not only is this Dusty's finest work, it is unanimously acknowledged as one of the great soul albums. The secret is in the production. Jerry Wexler, Tommy Dowd, and Arif Mardin enlisted the Sweet Inspirations and the best Memphis session boys for vocal support. Dusty's selection of material is exemplary, choosing songs by Randy Newman, Mann/Weill, Goffin/King, and Bacharach/David. This should have made her an international megastar; instead it scraped the US Top 100, failed to chart in the UK, and started her slow decline. It is a faultless record on which we have, thankfully, now recognised she was far too ahead of her time for her own good.

Customer Reviews

Utter perfection
If you think soul singing is about wailing up and down the scales (as seems to be the current trend), just listen to this album. Her voice embraces and caresses each song. Just one listen will convince you that Dusty was the best female singer the UK ever produced. Not only that, here she is backed by the cream of 60s Atlantic R&B players. The typically modest Dusty didn't believe she deserved to be in such company. As another great female artist once said, "You don't know what you've got till it's gone". Your collection isn't complete without 'Dusty In Memphis'.

Dusty's masterpiece
No matter how many times I listen to this album, and it has to be once a week to check that my own soul is still functioning, I feel a special glow inside me knowing that this music will endure. There are some pieces of music that take on the element of autobiography. You can remember where you were the first time you heard Dusty's take on Son of a Preacherman etc Knowing that this classic album has now taken on iconic status and is being listened to by an ever increasing new fanbase must have the great lady smiling sweetly down on us. Thanks Dusty

Classic album with improved sound
If you haven't heard this album and perhaps mainly associate Dusty Springfield with "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" and "I Only Want To Be With You", do buy it.

Nobody is disappointed by "Dusty in Memphis", and it comes as a revelation to most.

For Dusty fans, who probably already own at least one version of this album on CD, is it worth buying this issue? In my opinion, it is. If you have a good stereo system, you will notice that the sound is cleaner and less hissy, even better than the excellent US Rhino re-issues. On top of this, the essays by Elvis Costello, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin are interesting and perceptive.

The mono versions of the tracks issued in single form do not add much: the mixes sound almost identical to the stereo ones to my ears (apart from being in mono of course). On "Son of a Preacher Man", Dusty's vocal is slightly further forward in the mix.

It would have been more sensible to include the later 'Memphis' tracks ('Willie & Laura Mae Jones','Hi de Ho','What Do You Do When Love Dies') as on previous re-issues. There is certainly enough room on the CD for them to be included.