Dusty in Memphis - Reviews and Rankings

Reviews and Rankings

• Rolling Stone (1969): "Most white female singers in today's music are still searching for music they can call their own. Dusty is not searching—she just shows up, and she, and we, are better for it."
• Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p. 146): Ranked #89 in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" "...the result was blazing soul and sexual honesty...that transcended both race and geography."
• Rolling Stone (4/11/02, p. 106): Ranked #9 in Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Records". "...London's fabbest pop starlet takes her big voice and fire-hazard bouffant to Memphis and becomes a born-again soul diva..."
• Rolling Stone (10/31/02, p. 135): Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's "Women In Rock: The 50 Essential Albums" "... British soul masterpiece..."
• VH1: Ranked #58 in VH1's "100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll": "...Not only is this Dusty's finest work, it is unanimously acknowledged as one of the great soul albums...a faultless record on which we have, thankfully, now recognized she was far too ahead of her time for her own good..."
• Entertainment Weekly (3/12/99, p. 71): "...It's her shining moment and just might be one of the all-time great pop albums." - Rating: A
• New Musical Express (10/2/93, p. 29): Ranked #54 in its list of the "Greatest Albums Of All Time."
• Dusty In Memphis was ranked 87th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.
• Mojo (1995): Ranked #92 in Mojo's 100 Greatest Albums of All Time.
• The album appears in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.