- Audio CD (1 Jun 1998)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Commercial Marketing
- ASIN: B000005S0X
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,962 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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This compilation includes many of Dusty's British and American hits, from her early folk-pop music as lead singer of the Springfields to her comeback in the late eighties, helped by the Pet shop boys. Some people will be disappointed that the tracks are not in chronological order but I've yet to see another collection that is as hit-laden as this one.
The Springfields had several UK hits, two of which (Island of dreams, Say I won't be there) made the top five. Silver threads and golden needles, an American top twenty hit, somehow missed the UK charts altogether but its American success has inspired a number of cover versions, notably by Linda Ronstadt, so some British listeners will be familiar with the song anyway. Those three songs are included here but three lesser UK hits (Bambino, Breakaway and Come on home) are omitted.
Dusty became much more successful when she went solo. All her classic British and American sixties hits are here. I only want to be with you, 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, All I see is you and Son of a preacher man, all reached the top ten in sixties Britain. Stay awhile, Little by little and I'll try anything made the UK top twenty.
Wishing and hoping, which opens this set, was a top twenty American hit but was not a hit in Britain although the song was a UK hit for the Merseybeats. All cried out, Look of love and Windmills of your mind are other American hits that missed the UK charts but are included here.
Some lesser American hits (What's it gonna be, A brand new me) and some lesser British hits (Your hurting kind of love, Give me time, Am I the same girl, How can I be sure) are missing, but there isn't room for everything on a single CD that covers the sixties and the eighties.
The eighties are represented by In private, What have I done to deserve this (with the Pet shop boys), Reputation and Nothing has been proved.
If you are looking for a single CD covering Dusty's whole career, this is the strongest you will find. If you are just looking for her sixties solo music but you want all the hits, however minor, I recommend the Dutch double CD, Singles. If you want the other Springfields hits, you'll have to buy a Springfields compilation although none are in print as I write this.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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The thing is with Dusty Springfield you know that any C D is quality and this is no exception. By far our greatest ever Female vocalist with only Petula Clark challenging her, this is an interesting collection which features her work with The Springfields as well as the big ones from her solo career. This is well worth a buy if you have no greatest hits collections but really you can buy any of her albums [ Dusty In Memphis and A Girl Called Dusty spring to mind as classics] and you will not be let down.
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Fabulous Dusty
Put her in your collection . . . a timeless artist. Any doubt whether you should add her . . . check her out on YouTube first. Impossible to be disappointed.
Published 1 month ago by Mike S
From The Early 1960s Dusty's Class Shines Out.
25 tracks, certainly some I did not know, for example as a member of The Springfields, well there's much to admire and virtually nothing to skip hearing. Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Thompson
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I bought the wrong CD I had heard it before and thought not a good recording meant to buy the Hits Collection.
Published 10 months ago by oscar
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A fab collection of songs that prove what a great loss this superb artist is.A great trip down memory lane.
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