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Brand New Me ReviewDusty Springfield can sing. No question about that. WHAT she sings is a different story altogether. For years, this icon of music has tried on every hat in the business. From Country to Italian Ballads to R & B to Funk to Techno and even Showtunes...if you can dream up a musical style, Dusty has sung in it.
This LP, A BRAND NEW ME (1970), is particularly interesting because, when originally released, it was meant to usher in a "new" Dusty, void of the big panda-eyed make-up and the bouffant wigs. For the only time in her career, Dusty sang 10 songs (the original tracks, not including the bonus CD tracks), all written by the same composers, the Gamble & Huff team from Philadelphia that after this album would make the "Philly Sound" a hit. As always, Dusty was there first.
Her rendtions of "Never Love Again", "Lost" "Let Me In Your Way", "Bad Case of The Blues", "Silly Silly Fool" an! d "A Brand New Me" are unparalleled by any other vocalist, black or white.
The only problem with this LP is that Dusty has always been frenetically eclectic, and the music on this LP, while well assembled, is far too mundane and single minded for an artist of her range.
Here is where the bonus tracks, taken from later sessions really spice up the CD and make it a MUST buy.` All 9 bonus tracks are special and make the CD completely worthwile. Especially outstanding among them is the fervent "What Do You Do When Love Dies?" and the gusto-filled "What Good Is I Love You?". She even tries her hand at some Ashford & Simpson with "I Can't Give Back The Love" (track title incorrect on AMAZON's listing) and she succeeds at making A & S sound less sappy than most, even A & S themselves.
All in all, when I listen to this CD, I play the last 9 tracks more than anything else.
If for no other reason, this CD should be purchased ! for Dusty's rendering of "A Brand New Me" which r! eached #24 in the top 40 Billboard charts when released. Aretha Franklin later recorded the song, after hearing Dusty's version. Her version did not chart. (the same occurred with the famous "Son of A Preacher Man") When a white woman outsings the Queen of Soul, it's time to sit up and listen.Brand New Me Overview

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