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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
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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.
No me ha gustado casi nada, y creo que ha sido sobre todo por su voz, que no me resulta especialmente agradable.
i couldnt get through this album, i don’t like it’s genre plus it felt weird, minstrelsy is the word i’d use. this was a 1/10 album
not super engaging, not my style. Knowing these are all covers also doesnt help which I learned from reading other reviews. Jury still out on how I feel about reading other reviews before making my own. 1.
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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
шляпа
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