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- A1 Lost 2:29
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- A2 Bad Case of the Blues 2:03
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- A3 Never Love Again 3:24
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- A4 Let Me Get in Your Way 2:48
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- A5 Let's Get Together Soon 2:45
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- B1 Brand New Me 2:29
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- B2 Joe 2:22
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- B3 Silly, Silly, Fool 2:33
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- B4 The Star of My Show 2:30
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- B5 Let's Talk It Over 2:29
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- Total length: 25:52
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From Dusty ... With Love [p] 33 rpm
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A Brand New Me 33 rpm, Promo
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A Brand New Me 33 rpm
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A Brand New Me: The Complete Philadelphia Sessions Bonus Tracks, Remastered
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On which two career trajectories meet; Dusty on her way into the Wilderness Years, Gamble & Huff working towards the sound that would conquer the world in the first half of the 70’s in the shape of Philly Soul.
And you know what? Though far less acclaimed than Dusty in Memphis, From Dusty with Love is a fine record in its own right. The Gamble & Huff sound is much smoother than anything in Dusty’s catalogue up to that point, and you could argue that this reduces Dusty to “just another” soul singer, or that it gives her the opportunity to turn in a more subtle vocal performance all round. My own feeling is that the more laid back sound suits Dusty well, allowing her to take off when the lyric requires it, but releasing her from the need to battle the instruments, as all too often happened in the past.
I would go so far as to claim that From Dusty with Love is actually more soulful than its predecessor, and on any given day I might prefer either one over the other. The songs on Dusty in Memphis are more obviously differentiated, but the overall feel of From Dusty… is more to my liking. Top picks for me would be “Let Me Get in Your Way” and “Let’s Talk It Over”, but singling out tracks is a bit daft, since this is an LP made to sweep you off your feet.
And you know what? Though far less acclaimed than Dusty in Memphis, From Dusty with Love is a fine record in its own right. The Gamble & Huff sound is much smoother than anything in Dusty’s catalogue up to that point, and you could argue that this reduces Dusty to “just another” soul singer, or that it gives her the opportunity to turn in a more subtle vocal performance all round. My own feeling is that the more laid back sound suits Dusty well, allowing her to take off when the lyric requires it, but releasing her from the need to battle the instruments, as all too often happened in the past.
I would go so far as to claim that From Dusty with Love is actually more soulful than its predecessor, and on any given day I might prefer either one over the other. The songs on Dusty in Memphis are more obviously differentiated, but the overall feel of From Dusty… is more to my liking. Top picks for me would be “Let Me Get in Your Way” and “Let’s Talk It Over”, but singling out tracks is a bit daft, since this is an LP made to sweep you off your feet.
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A1
Lost
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A2
Bad Case of the Blues
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A3
Never Love Again
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A4
Let Me Get in Your Way
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A5
Let's Get Together Soon
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B1
Brand New Me
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B2
Joe
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B3
Silly, Silly, Fool
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B4
The Star of My Show
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B5
Let's Talk It Over
#2944 Best Album of All Time (acclaimedmusic.net)
The bouncy and glittery production is not as complimentary to Dusty Springfield's voice as some of her previous recordings. Nevertheless, From Dusty ... With Love is among her strongest albums, as it contains among some of her catchier soul pop tracks. Be thankful for these shamefully cheesy tracks, as it's the only thing keeping this album from falling into complete obscurity. There is a line however which this album unfortunately crosses - particularly where things get too contrived like on the cringe-inducing 'Silly, Silly Fool'. The slower tracks like 'Never Love Again' and 'Joe' are dull and bore me to tears. Finally the crippling factor which shouldn't be considered, but is oh-so-difficult-not-to-consider is just how under-par this album is in comparison to Dusty in Memphis. It unfortunately leaves From Dusty ... With Love feeling completely obsolete. But there are a few gems on this thing, the utterly beautiful "Let Me Get in Your Way" is almost good enough to be on her previous seminal album and the poppy "Bad Case of the Blues" is fun. Notice how I've not mention Dusty's voice in this review yet? Well what is there to say which hasn't been said countless times already. The alluring silky vocals which made Dusty Springfield a star to begin with are all here and she is on top-form like she always is. Despite her anxiety, she seems noticeably more confident here than on her previous recordings - perhaps that has more to do with the choice of material. The Philadelphia sound and selecting Gamble and Huff as her sole writers was a a risk which in my opinion didn't totally pay off. It comes down to the fact that Dusty's voice is too good to have it smothered in lush instrumentation. Album Rating: 61/100
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After the memphis album dusty headed to sigma sound philadelphia to work with producers writers gamble/huff and arranger thom bell. The architects of the philly sound.
The results should have been as spectacular as "dusty in memphis" but they arent sadly . Its well written and arranged mid tempo soul pop but dusty rarely sounds as engaged with the songs as she did on the memphis record .
It does have its moments and is a pleasant enough listen. "never love again" "brand new me" and "let me get in your way" ensure pass marks but i'm not not a great fan of this one.
The results should have been as spectacular as "dusty in memphis" but they arent sadly . Its well written and arranged mid tempo soul pop but dusty rarely sounds as engaged with the songs as she did on the memphis record .
It does have its moments and is a pleasant enough listen. "never love again" "brand new me" and "let me get in your way" ensure pass marks but i'm not not a great fan of this one.
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After dipping a toe into Memphis R&B with the _Dusty in Memphis_ album, Dusty Springfield dives into R&B - this time Philadelphia style with soon-to-be-legendary producer Thom Bell. Most of the tunes were penned by Bell and his cohorts Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. It was a change in direction indeed for Dusty (the album wasn't called _A Brand New Me_ for nothing). Her commercial fortunes were sagging a bit at the time (only one hit from _Memphis_) and she went ahead with the project in spite of some reservations. The tunes that Bell and company wrote were good indeed but were probably, in the main, better suited for artists of a strict R&B orientation. Dusty had more a white British spin on R&B and was equally adept at the straight American pop of Carole King, Bacharach/David and others of that ilk. Tracks of that nature _are_ included on the reissued CD as bonus tracks, mostly from other sessions produced by Jeff Barry.
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R2-71036 CD (1992)
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Compared to Dusty in Memphis, this album of Philly Soul is syrupy and lite.
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Dusty goes Philly, produced by Gamble & Huff, arranged by Thom Bell (3, 6, 7 and 9), Roland Chambers (2, 4 and 8) and Bobby Martin (10). Sounds promising, but it is only forgettable pop, IMO.
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846 251-2 CD (1990)
The 3 bonus tracks from the 2001 reissue are forgettable.
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538231 CD (2001)
Could have been titled Gamble and Huff Revisit the Jerry Butler Mercury LPs Using Dusty as Their Soul Singer, with three of the songs used for those sessions also appearing here, and the production values virtually identical. And what a great session to reprise. It never rises to the transcendence of either the Butler LPs or Dusty in Memphis, but it is a fine set of songs. My favorites are:
Never Love Again
Title track
Joe
Silly, Silly Fool
I Wanna Be A Free Girl
Never Love Again
Title track
Joe
Silly, Silly Fool
I Wanna Be A Free Girl
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SD 8249 Vinyl LP (1970)
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