Dusty Springfield’s Untold Story: The Rise and Fall of a Repressed Pop Icon

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An interesting choice of words for this title considering her bipolar diagnosis, but regardless of that, the album wasn’t well received. It was a collection of recordings from different times and studios, and it could be because of that that it wasn’t well-received. Many critics and fans have said that it sounds much better when you listen to one track at a time.

Dusty Springfield at the London Palladium in the ‘60s.

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Nothing seemed related in that album, with so many different sounds and styles going on. It’s possible that it was seen as a bit too strange for an American audience. Her next album, Cameo, failed to make a splash on either side of the Atlantic. It turns out that it took many years for Dusty to find herself back in the spotlight.