Reputation (album)
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Reputation is the thirteenth studio album by British singer Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...

, and twelfth released. Issued on the Parlophone Records label in the UK and the rest of Europe in June 1990, Reputation was not only Springfield's first studio album in eight years at the time but in fact also the first album to be released in her native country since 1979's Living Without Your Love
Living Without Your Love
Living Without Your Love is the eleventh studio album recorded by singer Dusty Springfield, and tenth released. The album was recorded in summer 1978 and released in early 1979....

. After a string of commercially overlooked albums through the late 1970s and early 1980s Reputation finally managed to resurrect Springfield's career and belatedly resulted in her being re-evaluated and recognised by both music critics and the general public as Britain's foremost 'blue-eyed soul
Blue-eyed soul
Blue-eyed soul is a media term that was used to describe rhythm and blues and soul music performed by white artists, with a strong pop music influence. The term was first used in the mid-1960s to describe white artists who performed soul and R&B that was similar to the music of the Motown and...

' singer. Mainly produced by Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....

 and Julian Mendelsohn
Julian Mendelsohn
Julian Mendelsohn is a British record producer, audio engineer and mixer. Records bearing his work have been featured on English top ten charts...

 and recorded in the UK over a period of some eighteen months, Reputation became her highest charting and best-selling album in Britain since 1970's From Dusty with Love, peaking at #18 and selling 60,000 copies within two weeks of its release.

Background

In 1987, Springfield was beginning to look back towards the UK as a source of recording work, due in large part to her collaboration with Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....

 on their single "What Have I Done to Deserve This?". Pet Shop Boys had contacted Springfield's manager to ask if Springfield would perform guest vocals on the duet. Being a fan of their work, Springfield accepted the offer and the song became a massive hit all over the world, peaking at #2 in both the UK and the United States, which proved to be the biggest hit of her career in the US. This renewed Springfield's confidence in recording, as well as interest in her work from the general public, and led to another hit single "Nothing Has Been Proved
Nothing Has Been Proved
"Nothing Has Been Proved" is a song and a single release by British singer Dusty Springfield, produced by the Pet Shop Boys. The song was the second collaboration between Springfield and Pet Shop Boys, following their UK #2 and US #2 hit duet "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in 1987...

", also written by Pet Shop Boys with Springfield in mind. The song was written for the movie Scandal, an account of the so called Profumo Affair
Profumo Affair
The Profumo Affair was a 1963 British political scandal named after John Profumo, Secretary of State for War. His affair with Christine Keeler, the reputed mistress of an alleged Russian spy, followed by lying in the House of Commons when he was questioned about it, forced the resignation of...

 of 1963, starring Joanne Whalley
Joanne Whalley
-Early life:Whalley was born in Salford but brought up in Stockport where she studied at the Braeside School of Speech and Drama, Marple.Whalley first appeared as a child in How We Used To Live and bit parts in soap operas, especially Coronation Street and Emmerdale...

 and John Hurt
John Hurt
John Vincent Hurt, CBE is an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal, Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and An Englishman in New York...

. "Nothing Has Been Proved" made the Top 20 in Britain, and led to yet another hit single, "In Private
In Private
"In Private" was the third single in a row to be a charting success for British singer Dusty Springfield, after nearly two decades of little chart success. Both "In Private" and Springfield's previous single, "Nothing Has Been Proved" were produced by Pet Shop Boys, who helped return Springfield to...

", which peaked at #14 on the British charts. Despite the fact that "In Private" never was commercially released in the US it managed to become a massive dance-floor hit in the States as well, peaking at #14 on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

s Hot Dance Club Play chart in early 1990. Both singles were included on Reputation, and Pet Shop Boys collaborated with Springfield on half the album's tracks, which made up side B of the original vinyl edition. Side A included tracks produced by the Pet Shop Boys' longtime collaborator Andy Richards, Swing Out Sister
Swing Out Sister
Swing Out Sister are a British "sophisti-pop" group best known worldwide for their 1986 song "Breakout". Other hits include "Surrender", "Twilight World", "Waiting Game" and a remake of "Am I the Same Girl?" Though album sales in the U.S. and Europe have levelled off since the early 1990s, the...

 producer Paul Staveley O'Duffy
Paul Staveley O'Duffy
Paul O’Duffy is a British record producer, composer, mixer. He is best known for producing Swing Out Sister's Grammy-nominated multi-platinum debut album, for his BMI nomination as 'Producer of the Year' in 1987, and work with John Barry and other film score producing...

 and the late Dan Hartman
Dan Hartman
Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...

. Three of these titles were also mixed by the Pet Shop Boys' co-producer Julian Mendelsohn. Critics gave Reputation very favourable reviews, saying it was a long overdue return to form for Springfield, and the album spawned two further single releases, the title track "Reputation" and the ballad "Arrested By You", written by Rupert Hine
Rupert Hine
Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician, songwriter and prolific record producer, having produced albums for artists including Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, and ...

 and Jeanette Obstoj.

The Reputation album was in late 1990 followed by the video collection Reputation - The Videos, released on VHS in the UK and Europe by EMI's subsidiary Picture Music International, including the promo videos for "Nothing Has Been Proved", "In Private", "Reputation", "Arrested By You", interviews with Springfield, as well as a fifth animated promo video for the album track "I Want to Stay Here". Reputation - The Videos remains unreleased on DVD.

The Reputation album was first released in the US in 1997, then under the title Reputation and Rarities
Reputation and Rarities
Reputation and Rarities is the name of a repackaged/re-released version of British singer Dusty Springfield's studio album, Reputation....

.

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Reputation" (Brian Spence) - 4:13
  2. "Send It to Me" (Allee Willis
    Allee Willis
    Allee Willis is an American songwriter, artist, set designer, multimedia artist, writer, collector and director.-Overview:...

    , Lauren Wood
    Lauren Wood
    Lauren Wood is an American singer-songwriter, voice-over artist and producer. She is most notable for the 1989 single, "Fallen," which was used in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman, and "Please Don't Leave," a duet with singer Michael McDonald in 1980...

    ) - 3:56
  3. "Arrested by You" (Rupert Hine
    Rupert Hine
    Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician, songwriter and prolific record producer, having produced albums for artists including Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, and ...

    , Jeanette Obstoj) - 4:10
  4. "Time Waits for No One" (Holly Knight
    Holly Knight
    Holly Knight is a songwriter, vocalist and musician of pop and rock music.- Biography :She was born in New York City and started playing classical piano as a young child. She soon became interested in rock music, and left home at about sixteen to pursue her dreams...

    , Dan Hartman
    Dan Hartman
    Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...

    ) - 3:05
  5. "Born This Way" (Geoffrey Williams & Simon Stirling) - 3:49


Side B
  1. "In Private
    In Private
    "In Private" was the third single in a row to be a charting success for British singer Dusty Springfield, after nearly two decades of little chart success. Both "In Private" and Springfield's previous single, "Nothing Has Been Proved" were produced by Pet Shop Boys, who helped return Springfield to...

    " (Neil Tennant
    Neil Tennant
    Neil Francis Tennant is an English musician, singer and songwriter, who, with bandmate Chris Lowe, makes up the successful electronic dance music duo Pet Shop Boys.-Childhood:...

    , Chris Lowe
    Chris Lowe
    Chris Lowe is an English musician, who, with colleague Neil Tennant, makes up the pop duo Pet Shop Boys.-Childhood:...

    ) - 4:22
  2. "Daydreaming" (Tennant, Lowe) - 4:55
  3. "Nothing Has Been Proved
    Nothing Has Been Proved
    "Nothing Has Been Proved" is a song and a single release by British singer Dusty Springfield, produced by the Pet Shop Boys. The song was the second collaboration between Springfield and Pet Shop Boys, following their UK #2 and US #2 hit duet "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in 1987...

    " (Tennant, Lowe) - 4:42
  4. "I Want to Stay Here" (Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...

    , Carole King
    Carole King
    Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...

    ) - 2:48
  5. "Occupy Your Mind" (Tennant, Lowe) - 6:51

Personnel

  • Simon Bell
    Simon Bell
    Simon Bell is a Scottish session singer based in London who has worked with several noted singers.- Career :Born in Tradeston, Glasgow, Bell first sang in local bands in the 1960s, including the bands The Soundtracks, formed at Shawlands Academy, where he was educated, and Harlem Shuffle...

     - backing vocals trk: A1, A4,
  • Andy Caine - backing vocals trk: A1
  • Brian Spence - backing vocals trk: A1
  • Lance Ellington - backing vocals trk: A1
  • Andy Richards - keyboards trk: A1
  • Dan Hartman
    Dan Hartman
    Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...

     - all instruments & instruments except sax solo trk A2, all instruments, programming & backing vocals trk A4, additional overdubs & vocals trk A5
  • Crispin Cioe - saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

     solo trk A2
  • Claudia Fontaine - backing vocals trk A3
  • Paul Staveley O'Duffy
    Paul Staveley O'Duffy
    Paul O’Duffy is a British record producer, composer, mixer. He is best known for producing Swing Out Sister's Grammy-nominated multi-platinum debut album, for his BMI nomination as 'Producer of the Year' in 1987, and work with John Barry and other film score producing...

     - drum programming trk A3
  • Phil Palmer
    Phil Palmer
    Philip 'Phil' John Palmer is a sideman and session guitarist in jazz and rock who has toured, recorded, and worked with numerous famous artists...

     - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

     trk A3
  • Jean de Aguir - keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

     trk A3
  • Will Mowat - keyboards trk A3
  • Luis Jardim
    Luís Jardim
    Luís Alberto Figueira Gonçalves Jardim is a Portuguese percussionist, born in the Madeira Island, best known for his work with producer Trevor Horn.-Family:Jardim is a cousin of Alberto João Jardim...

     - percussion trk A3
  • Snake Davis - tenor saxophone
    Tenor saxophone
    The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

    , alto saxophone
    Alto saxophone
    The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...

     trk A3
  • Sylvia Mason-James
    Sylvia Mason-James
    Sylvia Mason-James born in 1959 is a British singer who has worked extensively as a backing vocalist and solo artist.She started her career with the disco band Voyage in 1977....

     - backing vocals trk A4
  • Geoffrey Williams - programming, vocal harmonies trk A5
  • Fonzi Thornton
    Fonzi Thornton
    Fonzi Thornton, is an American singer, song writer/producer, stage performer and radio personality.Thornton has provided background vocals on albums by artists which include Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Chic, Sheena Easton, Mariah Carey, David Bowie, Michael Jackson,...

     - backing vocals trk A5
  • Tawatha Agee - backing vocals trk A5
  • Vaneese Thomas - backing vocals trk A5
  • Jingles - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     trk A5
  • Michael Graves - organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

     trk A5
  • Simon Stirling - programming trk A5
  • Carol Kenyon
    Carol Kenyon
    Carol Kenyon , is a British singer. She was born c. 1959.Although primarily known as a session vocalist on many albums and singles by a variety of prominent artists, as well as in many concerts, Kenyon has also released several singles as a solo artist...

     - backing vocals trk B1
  • Katie Kissoon - backing vocals trk B1
  • Gary Maughan - Fairlight
    Fairlight
    Fairlight is a digital audio company based in Sydney, Australia. In 1979 they created the Fairlight CMI, the first digital audio sampler, quickly used by artists such as Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, and Jean Michel Jarre. They are now a manufacturer of media solutions tools such as digital audio...

     programming & keyboards trk B1, Fairlight programming trk B3
  • Jay Henry - vocals trk B2
  • Neil Tennant
    Neil Tennant
    Neil Francis Tennant is an English musician, singer and songwriter, who, with bandmate Chris Lowe, makes up the successful electronic dance music duo Pet Shop Boys.-Childhood:...

     - vocals trk B3
  • Angelo Badalamenti
    Angelo Badalamenti
    Angelo Badalamenti is an American composer, known for his movie soundtrack work for director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga and Mulholland Drive...

     - orchestral conductor trk B3
  • Courtney Pine
    Courtney Pine
    Courtney Pine CBE is an English jazz musician. At school he studied the clarinet, although he is known primarily for his saxophone playing. Pine is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing the flute, clarinet, bass Clarinet and keyboards...

     - saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

     trk B3
  • Tessa Niles
    Tessa Niles
    Tessa Niles is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of artists.-Early life and career:Born in Kent, Niles began her professional singing career, as both a lead and a backing vocalist, in 1979...

     - backing vocals trk B4

Production

  • Andy Richards - record producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

     trk A1
  • Peter Jones - sound engineer, mix trk A1
  • Paul Wright - assistant engineer trk A1, sound engineer trk B3
  • Michael Ade - mix assistant trk A1
  • Richard Arnold - mix assistant trk A1
  • Steve Fitzmaurice - mix assistant trk A1
  • Dan Hartman
    Dan Hartman
    Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...

     - producer trk A2, producer, arranger & mix trk A4, producer trk A5
  • Rico Conning - sound engineer trk A2, trk A4
  • Richard Arold - assistant engineer trk A2
  • Jeremy Wheatley - assistant engineer trk A2
  • Tom Lord-Alge
    Tom Lord-Alge
    Tom Lord-Alge is a four-time Grammy Award–winning record producer and mixer. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Lord-Alge, Lisa Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge...

     - mix trk A2
  • Paul Staveley O'Duffy
    Paul Staveley O'Duffy
    Paul O’Duffy is a British record producer, composer, mixer. He is best known for producing Swing Out Sister's Grammy-nominated multi-platinum debut album, for his BMI nomination as 'Producer of the Year' in 1987, and work with John Barry and other film score producing...

     - producer & engineer trk A3
  • Holly Knight
    Holly Knight
    Holly Knight is a songwriter, vocalist and musician of pop and rock music.- Biography :She was born in New York City and started playing classical piano as a young child. She soon became interested in rock music, and left home at about sixteen to pursue her dreams...

     - arranger trk A4
  • Geoffrey Williams - arranger trk A5
  • Simon Stirling - arranger trk A5
  • Tim Hunt - sound engineer trk A5
  • Dave (O) Orgin - mix trk A5
  • Pet Shop Boys
    Pet Shop Boys
    Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....

     - producers trks B1-B5
  • Julian Mendelsohn - producer trks B1-B5, sound engineer trk B1, mix trks A2, A3, A4
  • Danton Supple - assistant engineer trks B1, B2
  • Ren Swan - sound engineer trk B2
  • Angelo Badalamenti
    Angelo Badalamenti
    Angelo Badalamenti is an American composer, known for his movie soundtrack work for director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga and Mulholland Drive...

     - orchestral arrangement trk B3
  • Dave Eden - assistant engineer trk B3
  • David Jacobs - assistant engineer trk B5
  • Track B3 recorded at Sarm West Studios, London, November 1988
  • Track B1 recorded at Sarm West, May 1989
  • Track B2, B4 & B5 recorded at Sarm West, between August and November 1989
  • Track A3 recorded at Mayfair Recording Studios (London), mixed by Julian Mendelsohn at Sarm West, between August and November 1989
  • Track A1 recorded at Townhouse Recording Studios and Sarm West (UK), late 1989/early 1990
  • Track A2 recorded at Townhouse Recording Studios and Sarm West (UK), additional recording at Multi-Level (US), mixed by Tom Lord-Alge at The Hit Factory
    The Hit Factory
    The Hit Factory was a recording studio in New York City famous for its clientele. It was officially closed for business April 1, 2005 whereas other Hit Factory studio locations remained open, such as in Miami, Florida.-History:...

     (NY), late 1989/early 1990
  • Track A4 recorded at Multi-Level (US), Townhouse Recording Studios (UK), mixed by Julian Mendelsohn at Sarm West (UK), late 1989/early 1990
  • Track A5 recorded at Marcus Studios & Townhouse Recording Studios (UK), additional overdubs and vocals at Multi-Level (US), mixed by Dave (O) Orgin at The Hit Factory, February 1990.

Chart performance

Chart (1990) Peak
position
German Albums Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

21
Netherlands
MegaCharts
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59
Sweden
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....

28
UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

18

Singles

Year Single U.S. UK CAN AUS GER
Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

AC
Dance/ Club
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

1989 "Nothing Has Been Proved" 16 52
1989 "In Private" 14 14 4
1990 "Reputation" 38 28
1990 "Arrested by You" 70

  • Official promo singles for "Born this Way" and "Daydreaming" were released to radio and clubs.

Sources

  • Howes, Paul (2001). The Complete Dusty Springfield. London: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1 903111 24 2.
  • O'Brien, Lucy (1988, 2000): Dusty. London: Pan Books Ltd. ISBN 0 330 39343 0.
  • Discogs info
  • Discogs info 2
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