A Girl Called Dusty

Good singer, but way too 60's sounding for me.

Not my personal style and after a few songs I moved on.

I enjoyed this more than I expected to, but I just couldn’t shake the feeling that this was all music pillaged from previous black artists.

This sure is a collection of songs. I don’t believe Dusty’s adding anything particularly noteworthy to these tracks that warrant a cover. Meaning the entire album is unwarranted. Some (a lot) of the covers are easily worse than the original so this album essential works to weaken her image. I don’t know why anyone thought it was a good idea to make this album and also to put on this list. Nothing here is egregiously offensive, just insanely and textbook derivative. I love her voice and suppose it isn’t the worst album for a debuting artist. 2/5

Not much to say. Didn't excite me, was boring. Favorite Track - My Colouring Book

A Girl Called Dusty I didn’t think this was particularly good. Obviously Dusty has a superb voice and I guess it must have been pretty unusual for a British female singer to sing in such a clearly soul influenced way in 1964. Clearly this was first step away from the Springfields to the more R’n’B style of later albums. And despite her voice never being less than great she feels a bit tentative and unsure throughout, and it lacks the control and subtlety and maturity of the Dusty in Memphis stuff a few years later. There are some good song choices on here, Mama Said, You Don’t Own Me, Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa, Anyone Who Had a Heart, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and Within’ & Hopin’ and some really not very good song choices at all, like Do Re Mi, My Colouring Book, Mockingbird and Nothing. Despite doing a good job on those good songs none of them approach anything like a definitive version, of which you feel she should be capable. However the big problem with all of it is the band, the arrangements and the production & sound all being uniformly bad. It sounds awful, thin and dull with that particularly distracting tom-tom sound. You realise how lucky the Beatles were to have George Martin and the engineers at Abbey Raod, and how good their early records sound compared to stuff like this (as well as the early Stones, Kinks etc records, which have some great songs but don’t sound anywhere as near as good as say A Hard Day’s Night or Beatles for Sale). I couldn’t find out much about the band but it’s the worst kind of early 60s BBC Light Jazz Lounge Pops band sound and playing, and it really doesn’t serve her or the songs well in any way. The saccharine string arrangements and insipid parping horns really are poor. I’m not that familiar with Definitely Dusty or Dusty in Memphis, apart from the well known songs, but I had a brief listen to a couple of tracks and it’s night and day in terms of playing, sound and also maturity in Dusty’s approach. Feel bad giving it 2 bearing in mind Dusty’s voice, but this is not a great record and she can’t rescue it from it’s musical mediocrity. ⭐⭐️

There's a couple recognizable songs on here, which were fun to listen to and get a 'face to the name' moment ('Mama Said', 'You Don't Own Me', 'Mockingbird' cover, 'Wishin' and Hopin''). Decent, fun early rock and roll but not something I'm likely to go back to with a few spots that failed to keep me engaged. 2/5

Generic '60s cover album. She's a good singer, but nothing outstanding here. Why is this here? I should keep track of how many times I've asked myself this, probably 10+ times so far. 2* for not being terrible.

ummmmmm nah im good

Solid R&B/soul mixed with pop standard vibes. Dusty’s take on some classic tunes doesn’t necessarily make them all her own, but her husky voice adds her own special blend of soul that contends with the best versions. Out of print and cobbled together on a Spotify playlist, I really wish there was a stereo mix of this, the mono tracks sound so flat. Mama Said, You Don’t Own Me, and Wishin’ and Hopin’ are such great songs, but they really don’t sound as punchy as they should be in mono. This album could be so much more if someone would give it a proper remastering.

Eh.

Definitely sounds aged these days but decent for its time. High 2.

Great songs and fine on its own, but it just made me want to listen to the versions of these songs that I like more

I’m happy I listened to it bc I’ve seen it referenced a ton but it’s not really my cup of tea

There were a few songs I liked but generally I’m not huge on 60s pop

Eh, all the covers are better as originals

A basic ass cover album? Don't think I've heard a bad version of You Don't own me before. Did the guy who wrote the book have a crush on the woman or what?

Great sound, a little vocal powerhouse

Springfield Springfield, it’s a hell of a gal!

Lovely tunes and vocals. Originally thought it was from the 50s but I found out it was from the 60s and they are covers.

Good to know

Didn't care for this one

Familiar with some of the songs, liked that they were short. Album was long though.

Rating: 1.6

My first impression was, wow Dusty is one of the greatest songwriters ever, but no, these are all covers. However, they are very good covers. Still we can’t be having cover albums on this list. It’s a nice, pleasant album 4.5/10

This starts off really strong, "Mama Said" is an absolute banger, and "You Don't Own Me" is great as well, but despite how fabulous of a voice Dusty has she can't save this from falling off a cliff. The middle section is a big nothing burger. Her cover version of "Will you Love Me Tomorrow" is miles away from the original, and there's just not much else to latch onto for me.

played it all day and it got kind of annoying

I started tuning it out after the first couple of songs. Did not keep me interested.

Recognizable tunes. Deserves to be on the list, but not my style.

Maybe exciting when it came out but all the same tbh

Songs were a little too on the nose. Good voice but all the songs were "I'm so sad because I (lost, don't have, want) a man"

Oh well, this isn’t on any US streaming services. I had to cobble this together from her first 2 US releases. Hope there wasn’t any changes on the tracks. I was gonna go through each song like I did my other review, but I’m not really fucking qualified to review this shit. It’s a fine album I guess, but I’m perplexed why I should care. Dusty Springfield sings some Motown hits. Ok. Whatever. Why is this on the list? 2/5

Pretty classic 60s pop. Dusty is an amazing singer. Suffers from all the classic 60s issues: it's a bunch of songs that were covered or written for other people, many of the songs feel incomplete (couple of choruses and hit the fade out), and just generally that in the early 60s an 'album' was just a bunch of songs to fill two sides of an LP. It's short though!

1/8/24. Good sampling of the 60s bluesy sound/British Invasion.

Not bad, just not for me

Not for me. It seemed pretty corny but I did like her voice.

Oisin luullut, että tää on 50-luvulta. Ihan kiva oli fiilistellä pari biisiä, mutta koko levyllistä ei kantanut.

Jee brittipopin kuningatar 60-luvulta jee jee wuu. Ei tietenkään listalla brittivinouman takia. 2/5

Some good 60s radio songs, but listening to it as an album has repetitive sounds and lyrics. Favorite songs: Mama said, When the love light starts shining through his eyes, Summer is Over 2/5

Its okay

AJ: amazing voice. “I just don’t know what to do with myself” is on a white stripes album. Very different here lol.

It succeeds as a group of short songs of a specific style of a certain decade, and she has the chops when it comes to performing impressive and pleasing pieces. The song structure and lyrical content are as expected of '60s radio music so it has enough content to entertain and is easy to listen to. Cool to hear how this might have influenced singers of later decades. As someone who grew up separate from music like this and is not particularly a fan, there is only a small range of songs that have a catchy melody or rhythm that suits my tastes. 5/10

Not my kind of music. Not terrible? But nah.

Pretty cute

Some 60s pop stuff. Not terrible but kinda boring.

if shitposting existed in the 60's people would be calling this white girl music

Sånn, då har eg hørt da og

Bot old fashioned

"Crayons ready? Very well, begin to colour me." I wasn't expecting to know any of these songs based off of the artist's name and the album, but I knew both of the first tracks! T1 - "Mama Said" Which is good, if not a little bit annoying when someone else can't help but to sing it, and T2- "You don't own me" which is a classic anthem for women's empowerment (playlist track). The rest of the album was a bit of a slog for me to get through, but nowhere near as bad as some of these other albums have proven to be. I will admit that my spotify version doesn't have all of the songs off of the album, and is missing T8, T12, T13, and T14. But i'm not really mad about their exclusion from the album. I can see why it was included in this list, I'm just not a huge fan. 2/5

A few songs almost got there, but overall nothing that moved the needle.

If you are going to force me to listen to an hour of a white woman singing mostly black covers her name better be Linda Ronstadt. This, with a few exceptions, just sucked.

1.6. Total meh for me.

Was ok. I would have to be listening while cleaning I guess. Still a classic.

It's a cover album, which is well done, but I don't know if it needs to be on this list.

not for me

Nr. 6/1001 Mama Said 3/5 You Don't Own Me 3/5 Do Re Mi 2/5 When The Love Light Starts Shining Through 2/5 My Colouring Book 2/5 Mockingbird 2/5 Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 2/5 Nothing 2/5 Anyone Who Had Heart 2/5 Will You Love Me Tomorrow 3/5 Wishin' and Hopin' 4/5 Don't You Know 2/5 I Only Wanna Be With You 3/5 He's Got Something 2/5 Everyday I Cry 2/5 Can I Get A Witness 2/5 All Cried Out 2/5 I Wish I'd Never Loved You 2/5 Once Upon A Time 2/5 Summer Is Over 2/5 Average: 2,3 Nice background music for a relaxed sunday afternoon

Did not absolutely hate this, but hearing this album once is enough

classics i didnt know i knew... but also oldey showtuney not really an hours worth of listening (post listening, iconic woman with iconic songs not on this album)

Apesar de bom, achei bem chatinho.

Not my style

Great voice, shit songs.

Not terrible but this album has no business being on this list

Not my cup of tea, hard to listen to while driving to work the artistic quality was ok just not something for a drive to work.

all right background music but it wasn't good

Actually a lot better than I thought it would be! She has a great ageless voice and style (much better than the ridiculous belters we have today such as Adele and Florid Florence; who will sound dated very soon). 3 great songs; You Don't Own Me, Anyone Who Had A Heart and When Will You Love Me Tomorrow. 1960's pop at its best. (what is the matter with me?) A high 2.

A bit on the boring obvious side. Nothing really reaches out and grabs me. Just kinda standard pop fair from the 60s. 2.5 stars

Basic 50s style oldies, covered in basic 60s style pop, with a voice that seems interchangeable. Good listen while cooking dinner with my 6yo

2.5 So… why is this an album I need to hear before I die? Yeah, Dusty has a nice voice and all, but this sounds like a really generic slice of the era - if not already a tad dated for 1964. And she didn’t even write any of the songs here, they’re all covers. I know that kind of thing wasn’t uncommon for the time, but my point being that I really couldn’t pinpoint any one thing here that I would consider particularly monumental or influential. I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but this album helped me develop a smidge of respect for The Beatles. Even though I still don’t care for it, Rubber Soul released just a year after this and is not only made up of all original compositions, but its pacing and structure is lightyears ahead, almost to a modern degree - once again, making this album feel particularly dated, even from a contemporary perspective. And I totally get that some albums are just intended to be fun and not some kind of artistic masterpiece, and this album mostly succeeds in that regard - hence why I’m still going to rate this just a touch higher than Rubber Soul - but even then I wouldn’t call it overly enjoyable by any means. The only song that really jumped out to me was Every Day I Have to Cry (even though it’s hella dated), but I guess that track is a bonus track and wasn’t on the initial release, so I can’t really use it to the album’s credit here. As a whole, I feel like this exact kind of music exists in other, better forms - or at the very least, on albums that don’t require you to partially assemble the tracklist on Spotify because they didn’t get an official US release. One of the more forgettable albums for me on this list so far.

Some promising tracks, but overall not a super enjoyable listen.

I like her. Pretty decent album I knew a couple of songs.

Dated but impressive.

2.5

Prima, niet mijn stijl dus kon mijn concentratie er niet bij houden

Sounded so dated, moreso than 1964. Recognised quite a few songs. Much preferred the Dusty in Memphis album we've had on this list. Didn't mind this, won't be going back, but inoffensive enough. Not really my thing

It was fine. Seems to just be good looking girl sings some elses songs...

Dne

Prima zang, maar cover album

Sorry not for me, it just sounds so dated

I was not able to find this record on Apple Music, so I played her 1966 record, "You don't have to say you love me." I listened to one song. Yeah, not my thing.

Well sung but remarkable album of covers. I know that was the standard for a lot of singers in the 60's breaking into the industry, but it still doesn't feel important in any way. Also, Mockingbird will always make me laugh because of Dumb & Dumber. 2/5

Fine. Early 60s big band brit pop.

Not my thing. Nothing too catchy.

One of those that probably sounded great in its day, but now seems a little too quaint to my ears. I love Dusty’s voice and personality that comes out in these songs, it’s definitely a step up from any bubble gum pop of the era, but there wasn’t anything in particular that made me feel like I’d return to it either.

Ok. So, four reasons I didn't make it to the end of this. 1) I'd heard enough, I took an educated guess there's not likely to be any songs that break the mould from what I'd heard. 2) I wasn't really enjoying it 3) I have a problem with 60s recordings of vocals, I think they all sound a bit shrill. Especially female voices, they just sound bad. And finally 4) the song from my grans funeral came on. She'd have loved this. I thought it was it was tedious though.

It’s alright, I just don’t find the voice particularly charming, and the music and sound is not unique for its era.

Listened Before? N This one was okay. Not really my cup of tea but it wasn't awful. I see that this was for the British release but in the US we only have the later US version with (according to wiki) a different track listing. Hopefully it's similar but I don't know. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: All Cried Out

This was quite a ride, because I had heard a lot of the songs in different arenas over the years, but never all on the one album and in a setting where I 'had' to listen to it as a result of this journey. "Mama Said", "All Cried Out", "He's Got Something"... all are songs I've heard. the you have the ones that have appeared in movies, like "Wishin' and Hopin'" and "You Don't Own Me" and of course the wonderful version by Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in 'Dumb and Dumber' of "Mockingbird". In no way is this an album I would have listened to without this project. And it just isn't me, and the music and songs are not for me. But it was an interesting hour all the same.

1. Mama Said: pretty nice song, great vocals, upbeat instrumentals. 6/10 2. You Don't Own Me: alright song, good melody 7/10 3. Do Re Mi: cheesy song, this one aint it 3/10 4. WTLLSSTHE: vibey. Her vocals save it. 7/10 5. My Colouring Book: very nice song. Still cheesy but very chill. 7/10 6. Mockingbird: backing vocal ruins it. Bit too cheesy. 4/10 7. Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa: mwah bit indifferent bout this one, definitely has good parts. 5.5/10 8. Nothing: vocally very strong, best one so far. 7.5/10 9. Anyone Who Had A Heart: liked this one. 6.5/10. 10. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow: pretty generic song, vocally strong. 5.5/10 11. Wishin' And Hopin': not particularly interesting. 5/10. 12. Don't You Know: nice vibe, great instrumentals. 7/10 13. I Only Want To Be With You: decent track allround. 6/10 14. He's Got Something: bland song. 3/10 15. Every Day I Have To Cry: nice ending, liked this one. 7/10 16. Can I Get A Witness: great vocals. Good song. 7.5/10 17. All Cried Out: alright song, not too special. 5.5/10 18. I Wish I'd Never Loved You: good parts but nothing crazy. 6/10. 19. Once Upon A Time: again not great per se. 4.5/10 20. Summer Is Over: instrumentally really nice just not great overall. 5/10

Lovely voice, but dated covers

Blue-eyed soul has always kinda left a sour taste in my mouth. She’s obviously a talented singer, and the songs are good, but she’s doing the same thing that a lot of black groups were doing at the time, only she’s doing it worse imo. Give me a Motown record any day over this.

This was a pretty boring album. Nothing stood out between songs. Vocals sounded good but didn't keep my attention.

Fucking hell this is dated. It's actually a bit of a struggle, an hour of these super-oldies drudgefests was not what I needed this morning. 2/5.

Throughout the 1001, I've been trying to figure out "what is an album?". There's no doubt she's a great singer, but I do doubt this album constitutes a body of work.

Dusty is a great performer, but this selection of popular r&b and pop songs from the really sixties feels unremarkable from a modern standpoint.

..

No memorable songs.

Not my thing at all

Not my cup of tea

Not real big on covers. Unless it’s rare and amazing, like a Guns and Roses’ cover of Dylan. She has a nice voice and I really enjoyed I Only Want To Be With You and Summer Is Over. 2

Thought this was gonna be some country cause dusty is a real country like word but nah man it’s this… two stars

Very nostalgic of "oldies" that I've listened to. Never heard of her though. Different times I know, but girl sing about something other than men.

She certainly had a great voice, but this style was being done by plenty of others at the time. There are better, more creative examples with much better production.

Perusralleja aikakaudeltaan. Hyväntuulista, mut ei mitenkään sukkia pyörittelevää

great voice, songs are not worthy of it

voi vittu... pari ekaa kuulosti hyvältä... sitten laatu meni alas... ja joka ikinen vitun biisi kuulostaa samalta.... ja lyriikat... pippeli mielessä kirjoitettu joka vitun biisi ja samoja saatanan vitun vitutu VITUN PASKAA:.................. VITTU ALL MY HOMIES VIHAA DUSTY..."I conjure you Sathan, Lucifer, Dentalion, that you go, now, unto [your subject's name], and that you do not let him (or her) to be at rest any manner of ways; neither sleeping, nor waking, nor eating, nor drinking, standing, nor sitting or dreaming... but that you cause his heart always, and in all places, to be fixed on my love." 😈😈😏 MITÄH VITTUA TU OEDES TARKOITTA??????????? VITTU kaksi tähteä... ihan hyvän kuuloisia... you dont own me....paras...

she didn’t write a single one and still picked bad songs. some of these songs have annoying ass lyrics, and the second half is just the same bland “oh no we broke up” song over and over. for a style with sick ass instrumentation (and that is the aspect of this album that is pretty consistently good - the band is nice af) that’s only purpose is to serve the singer you’d expect the singing to acc say something. i liked 24h from tulsa, anyone who had a heart and summer is over. the other ones i liked i just knew alr from better versions. this album says nothing and her voice gets kinda whiny at times (eg i only wanna be w you and once upon a time) like solid 2 tbh

Ei oo töitä tehty.. miehistä ja itkemisestä kertoo.. pahoja liberaali vaikutteita.. erityisesti naisille.. ihan hyvä oli meikä kuuntelemassa.. mies.. meikäläinen.. Paras meolodia, trumpetit toitottaa.. Albumin vika kappale.. uskomaton.. "Summer is over".. Kult wibat trumpeteista.. Vahva 2 tähteä

On here Dusty does adequate justice to 12 cover songs. I have nothing negative to say, her voice is good, the arrangements are fine, there's just nothing extraordinary about the album as a whole, and even the book doesn't really clarify what about this is essential listening. Also, Harry and Lloyd's version of "Mockingbird" is superior. Fight me!

meh, some good songs but not my cup of tea

Just early 60s pop. Simple (and sometimes quite dumb) lyrics. Her voice is ok, if she got the right song.

Not very good, quite annoying, difficult to get through.

Meh

Sånn, då har eg hørt da og

60s soft pop really isn’t my thing and kinda made me feel like I was listening with my grandmother. Nothing really stood out for me sadly

Retro vibes. Not bad but I can't really see myself coming back to this. It's pretty chill and inoffensive, it just didn't grab me at all. Overall, this is the sort of stuff that I wouldn't mind as background music; there just weren't any hooks to make me want to seek this album out again.

old school country Surprisingly good for 1964 2.5

Dusty has a natural voice for these old tunes. Some good songs, some not so good. This is perfectly fine.

Meh.

Dusty had a great voice and some great hits but I think there are a lot of fillers here. It's ok to listen to but not really inspirational.

beautiful voice, just not my type of music

goddamn so boring I almost fell asleep; only positive aspect of the album is actually the voice of Ms. Springfield; all of the songs are very similiar to each other, typical pop music in a bad way

- Completamente esquecível

Not my type of music

It's ok. 5/10

A Girl Called Dusty is essentially a time capsule from 1964, covering the latest hits and singing originals from the best composers of the time. While Dusty is a great vocalist and I did enjoy a couple of the songs like 24 Hours From Tusla, it hasn't aged well today. Not something I would willingly listen to all again unless having a party with a Swinging Sixties theme. I was also heavily distracted when some of the songs were ingrained in my brain from pop culture like You Don't Own Me (Suicide Squad) and Mockingbird (Dumb and Dumber), which I was temporarily excited to find their sources, only to find out they were mostly covers.

A series of pop covers with strong vocals and a backing orchestra. Unfortunately, there isn't a single cover that I prefer to the original. I feel they lack composition, a disconnection between Dusty and her orchestra. Dusty definitely does give an impressive performance, but she doesn't sound as excited as the people she covers. The orchestra only serves to support Dusty... it doesn't work with her as it should. The back vocals also feel a little too artificial, not working with Dusty, and only serving to try to copy the covers. The two redeeming qualities are the two pop hits that I grew up with: "Wishin and Hopin" and "I Only Want to Be With You." It's not just bias, in "Wishin and Hopin", there is much better production sound and harmony between Dusty and her back vocals and orchestra, but still suffers from the same problems. "I Only Want to Be With You" is a perfect pop song with none of these issues, bringing forth Dusty to the limelight in a fast-paced powerful dance hit.

the album is just called dusy in spotify. thats weird. the year is right. its very very 60s though bleh.

Wasn’t on Spotify so didn’t listen

"You Don't Own Me" is a classic, despite the way Rush Limbaugh tried to ruin it. I can do without the rest of the album, though.

Well. Its popular and catchy and I knew a few songs. - Makes me want to buy a 60th Chevelle or a BelAir and cruise down Hollywood Boulevard. But I won't remember it tomorrow. What I do remember is her collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys in "What have I done to deserve this" Top 1001 Album? Maybe not for me.

I appreciate the talent, but no my cup of tea at all.

mid

A half-decent covers album, but no more than that

When I was first listening to this album, I was really about it. But going through it, that "tickle in your brain when you have heard a song before" started going off...and I looked up the tracklist to realize that ALL but ONE of these songs are covers: Mama Said - The Shirelles You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore Do Re Mi - Lee Dorsey When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes - The Supremes My Coloring Book - Sandy Stewart Mockingbird - Inez & Charlie Foxx Twenty Four Hours From Tesla - Gene Pitney Nothing - seemingly an original Anyone Who Had a Heart - Dionne Warwick Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles Wishin' and Hopin' - Dionne Warwick Don't You Know - Ray Charles Now I understand that covering all the same soul and pop songs was the thing to do prior to the 70's. Hell, The Beatles did it with their first few albums. It just feels a little disingenuous knowing that these songs were pretty well done their first time around (majority by black artists) but Dusty Springfield gets to claim them because they charted higher for her. She does a good job with them, and she has a hell of a voice, so for that I'll give her credit. I just don't think this is the album to put on 1001 Albums You MUST Hear Before You Die. Give the OG artists their due and list their versions. Favorite Song: Nothing (as it is the only original) Least Favorite: Mockingbird

An album with covers of songs that were for the most part performed by black artists earlier. That is not a problem or a crime, but the versions on album do not add anything.

It was an okay album, but nothing caught or grabbed my attention.

Not available on iTunes. Got through most of a related playlist.

Meh

Musicalgedüdel

Some smash hits surrounded by formulaic pop songs.

boring zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Well, it's just really boring. Also very dated. But I'm pretty sure it was already boring when it was still brand new...

never heard Mockingbird before - that sticks out as an interesting track. 24 Hours and Will You Love Me Tomorrow are the big, famous sounds

Sympa, mais un peu lassant. 2 chansons: You don't own me Can I get a witness

Maybe this was exciting 60 years ago but it really doesnt stand up today

Well, not my kind of music. Too old and too frivolic. Good for Tarentino movies but not for me.

Gave it a go, but it's not for me!

4

lots of famous songs, but they are almost all covers

Not for me

Doo-wop sounding and Mockingbird is in this lol. Good singing but not my thing. 3/10.

Decent, just not what I would listen to again.

What a load of crap

I had high expectations but was very disappointed.

Helt OK, klassiskt gammalt. Wishin' And Hopin' riktig klassiker. Och ja, det är fin musik, mysigt lixom. En del nice jazzigt. Förstår varför det är på 1001 albums, men mja, kanske inte för mig. Eller kanske inte helt rätt för läget idag bara. Säkert bättre "laga mat inför helgen"-musik än "sitta på kontoret en mörk tisdag i januari"-musik . Har också kommit på att 2/5 inte är ett superdåligt betyg, det betyder lixom OK. Skulle behöva ändra FKA twigs till 1/5, som jag verkligen inte gillade, men resten känns fortfarande rätt. Det här albumet får alltså en tvåa, men det är inte dåligt, det är verkligen helt OK.

Kind of fun, but not super interesting. Showtunes and a good voice, but the arrangements and lyrics are a bit stale.

It was alright. She's got a lovely voice, but the music isn't really my style.

Couple of good songs and she has a lovely voice but not one to go on regular play for me.

Meh

Dusty? More like rusty! Just kidding, that lady is alright!

An album full of covers, most of which don't improve on the original and/or were covered better by others. Best track: Don't You Know

Dusty has always been a favorite of mine. Soulful white women, go figure? For a debut this ticks a lot of the boxes of what people often associate with her but with no hits compared to the way the album was reconfigured in the US. I prefer later Dusty, specifically Dusty in Memphis and her contribution to the Pet Shop Boys, but there is no denying the catchiness of her early singles that thrusted her into the limelight when she was lumped into the "british invasion" of the mid 60s. Johnny Franz' production work is basically the British Phil Spector but without all the threatening and murdering. He would later produce Scott Walkers' first 4 solo records to masterful results. He delivers as much as would be expected of a pretty straightfoward commercial album to promote Dusty but this is very much a filler standards record that isn't cushioned by any of the classics Dusty would be known for.

Some bangers but not for me. 1/5

Not my style

Girl called boring.

Eh, one Dusty was enough for me... DNF

A karaoke album! I'm really not a fan of the 50's/60's orchestra-backed singers So a pass for me

Boring... very boring.

What a dumb set of songs. The songs and performances are so immature that they can’t be taken seriously.

beach bop americana 50s slop

Don't super care about this album but its nice to see where so many samples come from!

White lady tries to do rb/soul/Motown is only successful because it's 64 and she is white as fuck. It's nothing special. She didn't even write much of it. Very short. Unimaginative.

Not my vibe :(

Dusty Springfield but even more basic and even worse.

Grauenhaft - schon damals unerträglich doof

hated it

Nice voice. Terrible songs

Too old even for me

Sehr alte Songs. Nicht so mein Fall

Good vocalist but pretty shitty most of this album are covers. Particularly from black artists, in the 60s you can assume that was done intentionally for not so cool reasons. Lame. Dumb album. Outdated.

Zu alt für mich. Nicht mein Geschmack

Never heard for her. Music was okay for covers. Why is this important to be included on this list?

Eh

Wtf. Shitty covers. No Son of Preacher Man? No thanks. In what world would you ever listen to this version of Will You Love Me Tomorrow over the Shirelles version? I’m listening to the Carole King (writer) version right now. James Taylor and Joni Mitchell are singing back up!!!

the first song is okay its not that bad the voice is alr

Bedste sang på albummet er et cover, resten er ikke værd at høre

👎🏻

She has a great voice but it’s not my kinda music whatsoever

Not my style 😴

Ok

1. mama - 1 2. me - 1.5 3. do - 1 4. light - 1 5. book - 1.5 6. bird - 1 7. tulza - 1 8. nothing - 1 9. heart - 0 10. tomorrouu - 1 11. hoping - 1 12. knouu - 1 13. uuant - 1.5 14. zomething - 1 15. cry - 1 16. uuitnezz - 1 17 cried - 1.5 18. uuizh - 2 19. time - 1 20. zummer - 1.5

Não gostei, muito bubblegum

No

Earghesplitten

I did not like it

Listened to two songs and gave up, yet another wasted spot on the list

An artist I've never really heard before, apart from the big songs. Not for me really. I found listening to the whole album meant the songs all blended together. Sounded too similar

Okay, so here's an album that combines every song that I hated from the era but had no idea who that was that sang all these songs. Really great that they are all packaged up together on one album so that I'll never step on this musical landmine again.

Not for me

Langweilig, sehr alt

Maybe not in the mood

no.

2/10

Does not deserve 5. 1/5

bleagh

Não deixou nenhuma recordação.

I listened to this and imagined someone like Amy Winehouse singing it instead. Now that would have been a great album. Too many of these old timers put no emotion into their music, this is flat and sleep inducing.

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I liked the songs, but the misappropriation made me feel icky. I was like is this a female Elvis?

colonizer

why in the world are there MULTIPLE Dusty albums on this list? the most remarkable thing about this album is how mediocre it is. it's relatively rare that a song cover is interesting enough to be worth releasing, and that is definitely not the case here. nothing I would ever want or need to hear again.

Every boomer is drooling over this one. It's covers from a bygone era with tons of cultural appropriation. The reality of this is that it's a frozen dinner served on a TV tray. And why is every song a fade out? It's so annoying.

She's got a pretty good voice...that's where the compliments for this one end. When you compare her to a lot of contemporaries in the genre she's missing that added dimension of soul. Large parts of this album felt disingenuous- I got the feeling that recording this album was just a 9-5 for her and she was trying to get home on time. I didn't think the backing band was all that creative either. A couple of interesting songs, mostly pretty boring. The back up singers sounded like Alvin and the Chipmunks half the time. If hell were the cabaret on a cruise ship, this would surely be the headliner.

#4 Great voice, nice collection of songs. Summer Is Over is the standout but it's a bit of a snooze fest to get that far through the album. 1/5

old lady music (carly probably loves it)

Now I have to clean out my speakers- very sticky music 1 star

just ot my yhinh

Most songs are pretty bad but a few known songs in there. Too bad for those.

Bit boring, not my favourite album ever. Meh.

No comment

I prefer silence.

I was already gonna give it a 1 cuz I found it pretty bad, but then I found out none of this shit is even written by her. Nobody needs to hear this before they die, they'll be ok. Will I listen to again: 0%

This was bad. The only thing that I kind of liked were some of the instrumentals in the background, but they were also just on repeat, so even that got boring.

Not for me

Noch so ein alter Schinken… ich merke direkt, dass das nichts für mich ist. Ich hör noch den Song mit den meisten Klickst („Whishin’ and Hopin’“) - kenne ich sogar. Ne, das ist nicht meins.

Puh

Meh

Not really a fan of this. It's not that she's a bad singer, it just doesn't work for me. I struggled to finish this. 1.5/5

I hated it. Wishin' And Hopin' is a cute song but that's it

It’s a big fat no from me chief.

Awful, just terrible, dated, of its time music that I would rather have not had to listen to. I derived zero enjoyment from listening to this rather dull collection of drab songs. I almost had to stop when I endured Dusty wailing away during Mockingbird, an unpleasant experience. I was also disturbed to learn this must have been a double album, as the listening time was too long for a single LP. Truly a test of endurance to make it all the way to the end, like having the worst radio station ever on for an hour.

Its okay, not really for me

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Really boring

So dull. Just no enjoyable features.

Meh

Meh

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Awful

Dusty's Karaoke Album. Seriously, these are all covers and they're not particularly good ones. What makes this a must hear? Her voice is not as great as people seem to think and the string additions are awful.

no

... Je comprends pas la sélection, c' est quoi l'idée d'écouter cet album? Pop yéyé début 60s qui ne révolutionne rien... préfèrerais écouter les albums qu'elle copie... You don't own me est bonne... Le mix est ultra roomy, ça a son charme mais somme toute assez générique tout ça

nope

Didn’t like

soulful garbage

Not for me. Could not finish.

Felt pretty boring to me. I don't really have anything else to say.

buen disco muy pop 60s grata sorpresa de una canción

not on spotify, ignore the rating

Yeehaw

Dumpster fire.

No i drugi albumik dla, gatunek ten sam bo pop w najczystszym tego slowa znaczeniu, tak samo jak beatelsy rodem z wysp siejac standardy hamerykanskiej muzyki, nie moglo sie chyba gorzej wylosowac, ze slucham te dwa albumy jeden za drugim, bo cieszko doszukac sie w tych niedociagnieciaciach, jakichkolwiek dociagniec majac jeszcze w uszach produkcje beatelsow, wiem ze nie jest to dokladnie ten sam rocznik plytowy i ze w dwa lata sporo sie moglo zmienic w muzyce, ale fakt pozostaje faktem, ze ta plyta jest zbiorem najbardziej standardowych hamerykanskich trakow up to date zaspiewanych przez brytyjska wokalistke w aranzacjach wszelakich, bo nawet dlugosc obu materialow jest podobna, 34 minuty na 12 trakow w podstawowej wersji, a jak tragiczna jest to wersja, nie wiem kto sadzil, ze dobrym pomyslem na spotifaju bedzie wrzucic mixa w postaci jeden trak mono, kolejny stereo, nie mowie nawet o jakosci pomiedzy tymi dwoma typami trakow, ale o sam dyskomfort sluchania tak zmieniajacego sie dzwieku, orkiestra ktora akomponiuje pani dusty rowniez w tym nie pomaga, bo nie wiem czy to roznice w ilosci czanelow, czy w roznych sesjach nagrywana byla plyta z mocno zmienionym skladem orkiestrowym, a moze panie z breakaway, czyli trio wokalnego ktore robi harmonie dla pani dusty, kawalki jak my colouring book brzmia jakby wokalowi brakowalo przeibicia, podbijanie na glosnosci nic nie daje, a juz nastepny mockingbird jest juz sluchalny, nawet z o wiele bardziej skomplikowanymi wokalnymi zabiegami, wystepuja dwa wokale ktore prowadza dialog lub sie uzupelniaja, nie ma co nawet sie rozpisywac czy o czyms jest ta plyta, jesli na trakliscie pojawia sie nawet do re mi fasola, najlepszym elementem tego nagrania jest sam wokal pani dusty, ktory pewnie skads znam, bo skoro plyta sie tu znalazla, to pewnie jest to gwiazda popowej muzyki, skoro nawet taki szrot znalazl miejsce na liscie, a co do plejlistowej listy, to dodam otwierajacy mama said w wersji mono, ktory najbardziej komplementuje wokalistke i dobrze utylizuje chorki, ale ocena taka a nie inna glownie poprzez kontrast revolverowy i spotifajowa wersje tego albumu, a raczej pseudo wersje, bo czegos takiego jeszcze nie widzialem jak slucham od 10 lat na spoti

Not my style :(

Don't like white soul, don't like oldie music that much, or simply I was not in the mood...

didnt listen cause its late and i already know dusty