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Just a Little Lovin' [Vinyl] | ![Just a Little Lovin' [Vinyl]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YC1CZkInL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Artist: Shelby Lynne
Label: Lost Highway
Category: Music
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Rating:  100 reviews
Sales Rank: 36013
Media: LP Record
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 12.1 x 0.2
UPC: 602517514263
EAN: 0602517514263
ASIN: B0011WMIKQ
Release Date: January 29, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Just a Little Lovin' - Shelby Lynne, Mann, Barry | | • | Anyone Who Had a Heart - Shelby Lynne, Bacharach, Burt | | • | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Shelby Lynne, Donaggio, Guiseppe | | • | I Only Want to Be with You - Shelby Lynne, Hawker, Michael Edw | | • | The Look of Love - Shelby Lynne, Bacharach, Burt | | • | Breakfast in Bed - Shelby Lynne, Fritts, Donnie | | • | Willie and Laura Mae Jones - Shelby Lynne, White, Tony Joe | | • | I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore - Shelby Lynne, Newman, Randy | | • | Pretend - Shelby Lynne, Lynne, Shelby | | • | How Can I Be Sure - Shelby Lynne, Brigati, Eddie |
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Amazon.com
Though Shelby Lynne has already reinvented herself more than once, never has her musical transformation seemed more inspired than on this release that finds the maverick Nashville artist channeling Dusty Springfield. While much of the material comes from the classic Dusty in Memphis (where the British pop singer reinvented herself with a dash of Southern soul), Lynne has recorded more than another collection of covers. With the sparest of arrangements and superb production by Phil Ramone, she inhabits these songs from the inside out, frequently offering transformations that provide revelations on both the material and Lynne's artistry. Throughout, she embodies the wistfulness of the worldly-wise other woman; one who is willing to settle for what she needs. There's a heart-stopping intimacy to the album-opening title cut, and the acappella intro renews the familiar "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me." She recasts Springfield's earlier "I Only Want to Be with You" from jangly teeny-bop into a sultry and sophisticated ballad with a Brazilian lilt. In addition to material from such master tunesmiths as Burt Bacharach ("Anyone Who Has a Heart," a particularly seductive "The Look of Love") and Randy Newman ("I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore"), Lynne offers her own "Pretend" as a hit that Springfield could have had. The yearning rendition of the Rascals' "How Can I Be Sure" provides the perfect cap for an album that establishes Lynne as a superb interpretive stylist. --Don McLeese
Amazon.com
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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Album Description
UK edition of her 2008 album includes one bonus track: 'Wishin' And Hopin''. Just A Little Lovin' is a collection of songs originally recorded by Dusty Springfield that were close to Shelby's heart. She had wanted to do this record for a long time and she realizes the fruition with this 11 song set. Standouts include 'Anyone Who Had A Heart', 'The Book of Love', and 'Breakfast in Bed'. Universal.
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Gorgeous vocals and a sureness of touch. November 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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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 Love it! November 23, 2008
I buy a lot of cd's each year. I consider this to be one of my favorite purchases. I never heard of Shelby Lynne until a few months ago when I heard a cut on XM Cafe.
Great songs,great voice & an acoustic guitar in the right hands can produce an amazing final product.
Many of the songs on this album are her rendition of songs done by others. I played this cd once & then again & again...its that good!
Don't take my word for it. Listen to the samples, I think you'll agree.
She's Made These Songs Her Own November 17, 2008
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 November 17, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed the soothing sound of her music. I would buy other CDs
Just a Little Lovin' November 17, 2008
I liked a couple of the songs but would have liked a few more on the CD. She has a very lovely voice.
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