Play Dusty for Me

Play Dusty for Me
Play Dusty for Me
Studio album by David Westlake
Released	11 June 2002
Recorded	August 2001, Kilkenny, Ireland
Genre	Indie rock
Length	54:50
Language	English
Label	Mahlerphone
Producer	Cormac Moore
David Westlake chronology

Play Dusty for Me is the second solo album by English singer and songwriter David Westlake.

Context

David Westlake recorded Play Dusty for Me in August 2001 in Kilkenny, Ireland. The album was produced by Cormac Moore.

First album Westlake was released in 1987 on Creation Records. Luke Haines describes it as “a minor classic”.[1]

Between 1985 and 1991 Westlake was in English indie band The Servants.

Release history

Play Dusty for Me (Mahlerphone, 2002) was a self-pressed album released in a limited issue that quickly sold out.[2]

In 2008, Westlake gave “My Ice Queen”, an outtake from the album recording session, to a charity compilation for the benefit of Yorkhill Children's Foundation, based at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow.[3]

Play Dusty for Me was reissued in 2010 and 2015.[4][5]

Track listing

“Play Dusty for Me” – 3:30
“Song for John” – 2:02
“Back on Track” – 4:28
“An Ocean Away” – 3:50
“Say When” – 2:51
“Stupid Love” – 3:33
“The Lonely City” – 2:34
“I Can't Give You the Life You Want” – 3:38
“Nowhere Days” – 3:03
“I Die for Love” – 3:40
“Patience” – 4:40
“Even If” – 4:22
“Life on the Edge” – 3:44
“Hi You” – 3:55
“Life Goes On” – 4:20

Personnel

David Westlake – vocals and guitar
Dan Cross – guitar
Cormac Moore – bass
Willis Moore – drums

References

Luke Haines, sleeve-notes to the Servants compilation Reserved (Cherry Red Records CDMRED 297, 2006)
Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover, 17 January 2011
"Various – Doing It For The Kids 08: A Compilation For Yorkhill Childrens Foundation". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
"David Westlake – Play Dusty for Me". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
"David Westlake – Play Dusty for Me". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

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[1] Luke Haines, sleeve-notes to the Servants compilation Reserved (Cherry Red Records CDMRED 297, 2006)

[2] Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover, 17 January 2011

[3] "Various – Doing It For The Kids 08: A Compilation For Yorkhill Childrens Foundation". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.

[4] "David Westlake – Play Dusty for Me". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

[5] "David Westlake – Play Dusty for Me". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.