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Publisher: Lost Highway

Shelby's new album, Just A Little Lovin', was inspired by one of her favorite singers, Dusty Springfield. The album features nine clasic songs associated with Dusty and one stunning original written by Shelby, inspired by Dusty.

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It's a risky move for any singer to attempt a direct ascent on the towering peaks of Dusty Springfield's evergreen legacy. (Rolling Stone once called Dusty in Memphis the third most "essential" rock album by a woman.) Just a Little Lovin' achieves the unlikely: a tribute to an immortal artist which both glorifies its subject and elevates the worshipper kneeling at her altar. Lynne's 2001 breakthrough, I Am Shelby Lynne, was both utterly fresh and nostalgically infused with a Memphis-like spirit. Much of Just a Little Lovin' is as familiar as an old pair of shoes. Lynne's original contribution, "Pretend," fits snugly between the classics, but it's the loose, practically improvised vibe of this recording that breathes new life into Bacharach and David's "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and, especially, Randy Newman's "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore." Genius producer Phil Ramone lends the entire collection the kind of intimacy he brought to Paul Simon and Billy Joel's most atmospheric 1970s recordings. Restrained instrumentation--often simply guitar, upright bass, a sprinkling of piano, and light percussion--turn even the teenage bubble-gum anthem "I Only Want to Be with You" into a sultry meditation. It's hard to imagine another recent album more successful in melding retro-reverence with contemporary moderation. The result arouses emotion even as it enchantingly relaxes. --Ben Heege


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Gorgeous vocals and a sureness of touch.
Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 
This is a meticulous record, each note weighed and measured, where Lynne and producer Phil Ramone favour the standards.
Thankfully, at its heart is a singer who has already demonstrated - on I Am Shelby Lynne and Identity Crisis - that she instinctively understands how to communicate emotion.
She has carefully harvested some of the hallowed singer's deepest, and often saddest, material, investing it with captivating sparsity.
In general, she adopts a 'less-is-more' approach and casts a hush of melancholy over everything. On "I Only Want to Be With You" this means ditching the endearing, parping cheesiness of the original for soft, sultry bossa nova, unsure whether to relish or resent her surrender; on "Breakfast in Bed" it simply means teasing out the real desperation in the lyrics.
This approach is not flawless.
"Just A Little Lovin'" would benefit from the occasional upward gear change - Tony Joe White's swampy "Willie and Laura Mae Jones" is the only real mover.
Shelby brings a new original composition to the table but the rather presumptuous interjection of "Pretend" is an unnecessary bump on the Dusty Springdfield road.
Such minor mis-steps are a fair trade-off for an album that doesn't simply doff its cap in tribute.
The strength of "Just a Little Lovin'" lies in its refusal to jump through hoops; the emphasis throughout is on an under-expressed sadness that owes far more to Lynne's interpretative gifts than to Dusty Springfield.
Shelby doesn't do big or showy, no Mariah Carey or Selline Dion whoops and soars, but certainly displays great vocals and a sureness of touch.

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Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 
I like Dusty Springfield. I like Shelby Lynne. I love Shelby Lynne singing songs that used to be condsidered to be "Dusty's." And I say "used to be considered" meaning to use those words.

It was funny a few years ago when some kid asked his father about Paul McCartney, who was then singing with Wings, "Dad, didn't he used to be in another band?" Well, a similar question might now be asked about these songs, "Did someone else sing that song years ago?" I do not mean to diminish Miss Springfield and would not be able to do so even if that were my intent. I mean only to say that these songs in Miss Lynne's capable hands have an emotional appeal on an entirely different level than that of Miss Springfield. I believe that Miss Lynne's treatment of these songs accurately conveys the emotions meant to be conveyed by the words themselves. And, that is better done with only the accompaniment of a piano or with no accompaniment at all than with that of an orchestra in the context of a "production."

This is a record for the ages. If you buy it, you'll listen to it over and over. You may as well not put it back on the shelf because it won't be long until you pull it out again, and again.

Just a little lovin
Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 
I thoroughly enjoyed the soothing sound of her music. I would buy other CDs

Just a Little Lovin'
Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 
I liked a couple of the songs but would have liked a few more on the CD. She has a very lovely voice.

just a little lovin'
Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 
Not too many white females can claim the privilige of achingly romantic blues renditions done in their OWN way.
i do think this album not only does that but her unique voice and style tell a story not only her own but that of her audience; don't listen to it unless you are prepared.


Tracks:          

  • Just A Little Lovin'
  • Anyone Who Had A Heart
  • You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
  • I Only Want To Be With You
  • The Look Of Love
  • Breakfast In Bed
  • Willie And Lauramae Jones
  • I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore
  • Pretend
  • How Can I Be Sure



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