The Silver Collection
is a selection of 24
Dusty Springfield
tracks recorded between 1963 and 1970. It contains all ten of her Top Ten singles from the '60s, including her biggest smash
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
from 1966, as well as
"Son of a Preacher Man,"
from 1969 off the
Dusty in Memphis
record; her first single, (
"I Only Want to be With You"
); and
"Brand New Me,"
from 1970. The recordings here are not grouped chronologically, giving the set a kind of untrackable feel, but on repeated listening, making perfect sense. There are the
Bacharach
/
David
songs written especially for her such as
"Wishin' and Hopin,'"
"24 Hours From Tulsa,"
"I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself,"
and, of course,
"The Look of Love"
from 1967, as well as
"Anyone Who Had a Heart,"
and
Randy Newman
's
"Just One Smile."
The
Goffin
King
singles,
"Goin' Back"
"Some of Your Lovin'"
are also here. What it all adds up to is perhaps the most telling portrait yet of the late
Ms. Springfield
's diversity as a
pop
singer and the enduring popularity of her classic vocal style. While many of
's album recordings are worth owning, and the
Rhino
anthology is very stately indeed, for the price, this collection simply cannot be beat. ~ Thom Jurek