Dusty In Memphis

Meh.

As a child of the late 70s and 80s, this strain of popular music always makes me think of those scenes in TV shows where they show the protagonist walking through an urban landscape in a montage. Or Sesame Street. There was always music like this on Sesame Street - I'm guessing they weren't always getting the latest, greatest acts. There's nothing wrong with it, but it's what you'd expect to hear in a smoky, slightly run-down supper club or on a variety show (Lawrence Welk, anyone?). I am aware that the supper club and variety show acts were copying these more popular, innovative acts, so it's not really a fair evaluation, But I just can't get past it. "Son of a Preacher Man" is impressive - Dusty can belt it out, no doubt - but overall? I don't need to hear this again

Whiney americana not my thing

Possibly everyone knows “Son of a Preacher Man”. Other than that the album isn’t really memorable imo. A lot of slow songs that neatly blend into each other. Favorite Song(s): “Son of a Preacher Man”, “No Easy Way Down”

Gracias a esta lista ya escuché otro disco suyo. Aquí está "Son of a preacher man" y en general hay buenas canciones aunque el sonido no termina de ser muy bueno, se intuye que podría brillar más con una grabación más moderna. Las versiones mono solo cómo curiosidad. Se escucha pero no lo veo como un disco histórico aunque sí con un par de grandísimas canciones.

Meh, not really into "Blue-eyed soul". It's kind of like English food is to actual soul food. Know what I mean?

Starting off an album with a tune about wake up sex is kind of special. There are a few great songs on here along with a fair amount of garbage. She has a very good, but not brilliant, voice in my opinion. No Easy Way Down is so good. But now I don’t need to hear any of this again. Except maybe when Jan sings Son of a Preacher Man at the baby shower on the The Office.

This album has one good song and the rest is completely forgettable and sometimes not even good. but Son of a Preacher Man is really good.

jaja fin sång inget speciellt

Bof. Je suis un grand fan de « Son of a preacher man » parce que ça groove en sale. J’aime bien aussi comment elle chante sur la toune semie-brésilienne. À part ça, elle n’a pas l’air d’avoir le goût d’être là et c’est pas très intéressant. C’est un peu matante comme album.

Yeah, this is fine. Won’t be chasing it down, but happy I listened, Dusty is just not My Thing™️. 2.5

just not for me. Son of a Preacher Man can't rescue the rest of this for me.

The sound was more Paris than Memphis. Is she singing to her French lover who is beckoning her across the shag carpet to the pedal covered bed? The album cover has her in lace and I can't help but wonder... is this her slip? Are we already in her bedroom? Her voice is seductive and a couple of songs really stood beyond that general sultry (Son of a Preacher Man) nature. But that energy is stuck in the transition from the 60's to the 70's--leaving a modern listener feeling that it is Mrs. Robinson's mother pulling you into the bedroom and no longer the free love of the youth.

I really enjoyed "The Windmills of Your Mind" and nothing else ever came close. Great singer/voice, just didn't care for most of the songs.

Meh. 5/10

1001 songs you have to hear before you die, sure, I'll give you that for "Son Of A Preacher Man". If the albums was "Dusty Springfield and a ton of songwriters and a bunch of studio musicians In Memphis", then I might be more inclined to appreciate the album on the whole. But the album is "Dusty In Memphis", and if all we're talking about is what Dusty brings to these tracks, I don't see it as something that merits being in this top 1001.

Une bonne chanson

It was fine. I liked the positive, 'spread the love' attitude of the album, but couldn't get into many of the songs, especially in the second half. 4/10

Mukavasti soi taustalla vaikkei kyllä suuria tunteita heränny

Album full of love ballads isnt my thing. Son of a preacher man saves it a bit though

The mostly short songs contribute to the listenability of this album. The bass beats create tempo and fill in the voids of her vocals.

Tak jakbym gdzies to juz slyszal, no tak kolejny material wyspiarsko hamerykanskiej ikony muzyki popularnej, czyli pani Dusty, a tak wlasciwie Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, skad okreslenie wyspiarsko hamerykanska, z mojego poprzedniego spotkania na liscie wiem, ze pani zaczynala kariere na wyspach gdzie nagrywala swoje pierwsze 4 albumy, a jak wiadomo jak sie zrobi kariere to sie jedzie za wode, tak samo bylo w tym wypadku, jak nawet sam tytul wskazuje piaty album to wyjazd zamorski i nowy poczatek w karierze, ale nadal oparty na tym samym typie tworczosci, tworzeniu popowych hitow opartych na charakterystycznym glosie pani Dusty, tym razem na plycie jest wiecej trakow swiezych, jesli tak mozna powiedziec, bo jest to ich pierwsze nagranie a nie covery jak na debiutanckim materiale, ktory zawieral jedynie kompozycje ktore byly standardy gatunku, ale jednak jest to material stricte popowy, wiec glowny motywem przewodnim bedzie oczywiscie milowanie, szczesliwe, nieszczesliwe, ckliwe, popowe, ale to nie jest muzyka ktorej slucha sie dla kontentu lirycznego, glowna atrakcja jest glos pani dusty, czyli mezzo, dodatkowo plyta stoi na wyzszym poziomie jesli chodzi o zangazowanych muzykow studyjnych, a moze to zasluga produkcji, bo sporo nazwisk sie przewija na producenckiej liscie, no bo to przeciez plyta atlantika, wiec w tej kwesti kompromisow nie moze byc, spotifaj uraczyl tym razem wersja sterero i prawie pelna mono, bo tylko 8 trakow, ale w tym wypadku wersje mono wypadaja o wiele biedniej pod wzgledem brzmienia niz stereo, na plejke dodam jedyny trak ktory kojarzylem juz skads wczesniej, a bedzieto son of a preacher man, pewnie z jakiegos filmu, chociaz u cypress hilla byl on tez samplowany w traku hits from the bong, no i nowych wu tangach z 2k14, z ciekawostek album za swoje zaslugi w rozwoju feministycznej czesci muzyki popularnej dostal sie do biblioteki kongresu, co jeszcze ciekawe pani dusty mogla byc dobra wrozka dla led zeppelinow, bo to prawdopodobnie z jej polecenia dostali rekord dila od atlantika juz na swoj debiutancki material, dobry kawalek trivii

I think of Dusty as a "one hit wonder". Before listening to the album, my view was that Son of a Preacher Man was good enough to get a 3 no matter what the rest of the album was like. I changed my mind after listening. The soulful songs So Much Love and Don't Forget About Me are good tunes but I found the rest of them painful. Breakfast in Bed is also OK but only if you hear the voice but don't listen to the words. When you pay attention to the words, you realize how lame these songs are. There is no doubt that her voice is superb but I really can't get into her using her lovely gift to sing soap opera lyrics over insipid orchestration It's just a little too white for this white guy.

Yawwn

It's ok if you really like the 60s ballads

Pretty straightforward "blue-eyed soul". Hard to tell if I liked Son of a Preacher Man because it's especially good, or if it's just familiar.

ive no idea what to expect. OH nice start. second song meh. third song is/was popular apparently, lyrics are fun lol. 'i dont want to hear it anymore' im here for this sad song tbh. most songs end pretty abruptly. okay im done after the mess of different versions at the end anddd theres some okay tracks, ive saved two, i dont think im coming back to this even though it wasnt unpleasnt or anything.

Dos álbumes seguidos de Dusty. Entiendo la emoción, pero hasta ahí.

do you like swooping strings? well you're gonna love dusty springfield. son of a preacher man - huge windmills of your mind - big + lots of filler.

Not a unique enough voice for me to class this album as a standout. The tracks are equally as mundane. 2 Stars!

If nothing else, this is a very good SOUNDING album, well produced. The music sounds good, but is a bit one note. For someone who thought Dusty Springfield was a one hit wonder this is a pleasant surprise. Sounds almost like a female Isaac Hayes (or he like her) the orchestration, the back up singers and horns. The hook on Son of a Preacher man is undeniable. Awesome drum sound throughout, especially the first few songs. Love the guitar noodling on track 5. Track 7 has a great crescendo. I like it when the end of the album goes a bit more boho and experimental, sitars, Spanish guitar, chimes, interesting word play—I kind of like the Jefferson starship leanings here better than the R&B sex ballads. Track 8 almost gets to a 007 intro, epic vibe. Overall, fun to explore the album, sounded nice, but ultimate background more music.

It's not bad, but it's not my kind of music, so i kind of have to give a lower rating to distinguish from the other albums so far.

Bij de vorige Dusty vond ik al dat het niet mijn muziek was. "Too old and too frivolic", schreef ik. Dat bekruipt me nu ook. Best leuke liedjes, maar niet voor mij.

Wasn’t popular at the time....proved more popular with rappers

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Two great songs, Son of a preacher man and The windmills of your mind.

This one worked better for me on the more uptempo songs.

Powerhouse voice, a little slow and old timey

not really my type of music. also, why does every song just fade out, instead of having an end?

Hát, Dusty nem az én stílusom, azért becsülettel végighallgattam. De nem fogom még egyszer, max a Windmillst. Oké, meg a Preacher Mant, de az más.

Some good ones on here but most compositions were a bit overlong/not varied enough to hold my interest. An interesting genre mix though

Trae una de pulp fiction

2.5

Had the OG Windmills of your mind

eh.

Son of a Preacher Man is a good song, but otherwise this album and genre (blue-eyed soul) fall short for me.

Dusty is the correct adjective

1. little - 2 2. love - 1 3. preacher - 2 4. hear - 1 5. forget - 0 6. bed - 1 7. zmile - 2 8. mind - 3 9. believe - 1 10. eazy - 1

Not my genre although Son of a Preacher Man is a great tune.

What

Pretty bland. Unless it marked a particular moment in history, I am not sure why it's on this 1001 list.

BORING.

Just non

Not my type of music. She's got a pretty voice and son of a preacher Man is pretty good. But I don't care

Nope. Except for Son of a Preacher Man. Otherwise, this is a big fat no. 02-09-2026

not for me

nope. 02/02/2026

Not for me

Didn’t listen.

Didn’t listen

I found this pretty boring. Stopped about half way through and probably not gonna push through and finish for the sake of completion

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9th album with group. This is a repeat album, and I’ve decided this just isn’t as good on a second listen. It’s just too pop for me. Good Songs - Son of a Preacher Man, Breakfast in Bed, and In the Land of Make Believe. Bad Songs - Just a Little Lovin’, So Much Love, I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore, Don’t Forget About Me, Just One Smile, The Windmills of Your Mind, No Easy Way Down, and I Can’t Make It Alone.

• christmas vibe irgendwie • nicht so meins

Just one great song!?

Go fish

Bem chato, sem nada muito atraente ou novo 2/10

I was too forgiving with the last Dusty album. I thought it would be the only one on the list. Silly me.

i listened to the first song on this album and immediately hated the singers voice. i was thinking about giving it another chance but honestly i don’t like this guys name

really was not doing it for me today

Not my favorite album, especially since at least in the recordings I listen to there was high pitched ringing in the background. Certainly an album, but compared to some of the other albums I've heard on this list, not an incredible cut. My favorite track was No Easy Way Down.

i did a poopy in my pants

I can’t believe there are at least two Dusty Springfield albums on this list. This one does have a lot of good song writers, just no good music.

The great vocals can’t make up for how incredibly boring this album is.

It's wild that this type of music was still being made the same year that Abbey Road, Led Zeppelin, Tommy and The Stooges were released. This album is so whitebread and lame.

Insipid blue-eyed soul from a singer performing songs written by other people and performed better by other artists. The silver lining was that a little research saved me from listening to the entire offering on Spotify, as the original album was only a shade over 30 minutes long, not the closer to an hour endurance test that Spotify offered up to me. There's a peculiar mix, from southern soul to straight up pop music, all of it bland and the musical equivalent of cold and well-used dirty dishwater. Dusty does this thing where she goes all breathy, which I assume is to cover up for the fact that she doesn't have a very powerful voice. The backing singers are more interesting vocally than she is herself. The epitome of a one star album.

I love her debut "A Girl Called Dusty , had it pop up on this list a few days ago, but this album is boring in comparison.

Sounds like a shitty vacation.

Well produced for the time, but the songs do not stand out, this album just blends together

There are so many albums in the world. Surely there is something out there that could replace this one. I get that son of a preacher man was a hit but that doesn’t mean it was important. It’s a bad song, all the other songs on here are mediocre at best.

If Carol King and Joni Mitchell had a boring-ass baby.

No sir, not my type

OK for what it is but there was a lot more interesting stuff going on in 1969.

WHOMP this was a dull album outside of Son of Preacher Man

I'm sure she's iconic, but wouldn't listen again.

Not my music, sorry

Gefällt mir nicht.

Dusty Springfield? Pop. She has a nice voice. Not enough material for a double album- stretched thin. One star

Oof, not my style.

It has not aged well. Too much classical. Eurovision winner vibes.

Again, I can see how there are people who like this album, but it's not my genre at all. Just vocals about how sad the singer is to be alone; the instrumentation feels pretty dated to me.

I really dislike the genre of fat women singing

As silky as Dustsy is, just not that into stringy ballads. To much lovin on this album. She must have had an impact during her time cause I can't see making the list for ine hit song.

Meh. Couldn't help but tune out a couple songs in. Really didn't do anything to pull me back in. I assume Dusty has enough of a legacy to show up on this list. I'm obviously completely out of the loop as I just realized Dusty Springfield wasn't a man by listening to this album. 0.60 stars

No, just no I cant see how, even for it’s time, this was an influential album. Take away Son of a Preacher Man and you have a listless, drab album.

Un bodrio, no se si llego a escucharlo entero. Bonus point por tener Son of a preacher man, lo unico rescatable. 1/5

Nice background music.

Like it's fine, but it's not for me.

Not for me

Son of a Preacher Man will always be a banger...but the rest of the album... sorry Dusty

Ohhh okay Son Of A Preacher Man? I know this chorus. Instrumentation is really nice, and the mix is interesting too. Drums hard right, strings, guitars and bass in the left. One ear listening allows for completely different experiences. The pickup in Windmills was the first thing that perked my ears up a bit. Oh, Randy Newman and Burt Bacharach are credited writers on this album. Burt died like two days ago. This album nearly put me to sleep, honestly. She's got a good voice, the instrumentation and orchestration were nice but man was it slow and tiresome. The whole album is the same song. Notable Songs - The Windmills Of Your Mind 2/10

Shallow by the lack of sincerity of the signer. We don’t believe her. Bad interpretation. Music is very boring.

Surly my mom's jams

it sucked!

Avoid

Not for me

Snooooooozzzzzeeeee. I bet some truly great albums got left off because of this mediocre album 🤦‍♀️

This was the first album I just couldn't listen to.

Nope

+ve: korte sanger -ve: mange sanger

fyfaen så jøvlig dårlig

"So Much Love" - This is a good song! Sounds like a classic love song but I like it. "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" and "Don't Forget About Me" - Both songs make me feel like I am in the movie Now & Then. Two songs that make me feel nostalgic. "In the Land of Make Believe" - very chill