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jason-cobb
This album is pretty much the blueprint for the many great, strong females records in recent years. You can hear how influential it's been on Adele, Duffy, even Amy in attitude. The horns and the Sweet Inspirations bring out the best of Dusty's voice. You can see why Elvis was so keen to get them on board. Breakfast in Bed is a bit of a tear jerker.
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boombox-generation
A lot of these songs were new to me. A classic of sweeping soul: the vocals, the band and the arrangements all work together beautifully. A proper album, eg a suite of songs that all work together, and both tell one big story and are individual vignettes. Not one I would play all of the time, but still an amazing piece of work.
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