Play Dusty for Me

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

This was Westlake's first recording since The Servants’ second album, Small Time. Small Time was recorded in 1991 but was still unreleased in 2001. Cherry Red Records released it in 2012, following the inclusion of 1990's Disinterest in Mojo’s 2011 list of the greatest British indie records of all time.{{cite magazine |last=Prior |first=Clive |date=December 2011 |title=Greatest British Indie Records of All Time |page=123 |url= |magazine=Mojo Special Edition |location= |publisher=Bauer |access-date=}}). Throughout this time – “quietly in the background, occasionally in public” – Westlake carried on writing and performing.{{cite book |last=Tassell |first=Nige |author-link= |date=2022 |title=Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4n9kEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Throughout+this+time+-+quietly+in+the+background%2C+occasionally+in+public+-+David+has+carried+on+writing+and+performing.%22&pg=PT249 |location=London |publisher=Nine Eight Books |page=284 |isbn=978-1788705585}}

Play Dusty for Me (Mahlerphone, 2002) was a self-pressed album released in a limited issue that quickly sold out.{{cite magazine|last=Rabid|first=Jack|date=17 January 2011|title=David Westlake – Play Dusty For Me|url=https://www.bigtakeover.com/recordings/david-westlake-play-dusty-for-me-angular|magazine=The Big Takeover|location=New York |publisher=|access-date=17 January 2022}} Play Dusty for Me was reissued in 2010 and 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14040707-David-Westlake-Play-Dusty-For-Me/image/SW1hZ2U6NDE2OTQzODI=|title=David Westlake – Play Dusty for Me|website=Discogs.com|access-date=19 May 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/David-Westlake-Play-Dusty-For-Me/release/6637881|title=David Westlake – Play Dusty for Me|website=Discogs.com|access-date=19 July 2020}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/23540228-Various-Doing-It-For-The-Kids-08-A-Compilation-For-Yorkhill-Childrens-Foundation|title=Various – Doing It For The Kids 08: A Compilation For Yorkhill Childrens Foundation|website=Discogs.com|access-date=13 October 2022}}

The Big Takeover called Play Dusty for Me a “winsome, quiet” album, saying it had the “general unhurried nature of an LP put out for pure love rather than commercial gain”. A Louder Than War review contrasted the “fierce and unexpected urgency” of Westlake's My Beautiful England with the “dimly-lit beauty” of Play Dusty for Me.{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/david-westlake-my-beautiful-england-album-review/|title=David Westlake 'My Beautiful England' : album review|publisher=Louder Than War|last=Davenport|first=Neil|date=19 October 2022 |access-date=8 May 2023}}

1. “Play Dusty for Me” – 3:30
2. “Song for John” – 2:02
3. “Back on Track” – 4:28
4. “An Ocean Away” – 3:50
5. “Say When” – 2:51
6. “Stupid Love” – 3:33
7. “The Lonely City” – 2:34
8. “I Can’t Give You the Life You Want” – 3:38
9. “Nowhere Days” – 3:03
10. “I Die for Love” – 3:40
11. “Patience” – 4:40
12. “Even If” – 4:22
13. “Life on the Edge” – 3:44
14. “Hi You” – 3:55
15. “Life Goes On” – 4:20

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

• Cormac Moore – production
• Del Sozou – artwork, design

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Category:2002 albums

Category:David Westlake albums