Dusty Springfield Another Little Piece Of My Heart: The Love Songs CD

It's a well-proven fact that there are more Dusty Springfield greatest-hits compilations than there are proper releases. This time around, Another Little Piece of My Heart: The Love Songs is an 18-song sampler tracing the Brit-pop diva's softer, more romantic side. It's not a thorough greatest-hits disc by any stretch, but what is supplied here comes close to the mark, especially with "The Look of Love," "I Only Want to Be with You," and "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" leading the charge. Most fans will already have the majority, if not all of this material from other releases, but those looking for a concise survey featuring some of her best work would be well served in adding this to the collection. ~ Rob Theakston

18 track compilation by Britain's greatest pop diva. Dusty Springfield was also the finest white soul singer of her era, a performer of remarkable emotional resonance whose body of work spans the decades and their attendant musical transformations with a consistency and purity unmatched by any of her contemporaries; though a camp icon of glamorous excess in her towering beehive hairdo and panda-eye black mascara, the sultry intimacy and heartbreaking urgency of Springfield's voice transcended image and fashion, embracing everything from lushly orchestrated pop to gritty R&B to disco with unparalleled sophistication and depth. Includes the hit songs 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me', 'The Look Of Love' and 'All Cried Out'. Spectrum. 2006.