The one hundred fifty-first album: #151 Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
We return to Dusty Springfield's vocals about a hundred albums after the previous one. It's a lovely pop album, with some soul influences, giving us some influential songs but also a general sound that really works - the orchestra adds enough swing but Dusty Springfield's voice holds up well on its own and it's worked great a music to work to. Son of a Preacherman, of course, stands out as the big song, a clear soul song that sounds a bit more subdued here than it normally does, but it works well in its original context.
In the previous write up, I mentioned that album really starting to feel like pop, and I feel that's set up more here - no big focus on country, no rock elements, and while there are some clear R&B songs as well, on the whole there's a sound that works on its own.