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Longing
Studio album by Dusty Springfield
Released	Unreleased
Recorded	1974
Genre	Pop
Length	?:?
Label	ABC Dunhill Records
Dusty Springfield chronology
Cameo (1973)	Longing (1974) (unreleased)	It Begins Again (1978)

Longing was to have been Dusty Springfield's second LP for the ABC Dunhill Records label, and ninth studio album overall, recorded in 1974 and planned for released the same year. Elements was the working title of the album but it was re-titled and advertised as Longing in the music press near the end of 1974, before the project was abandoned altogether (see original Elements album cover to the right). The album was never finished due to Springfield's physical and mental health issues at the time. Most of the tracks intended to be used on Longing can be found on the 2001 ABC Dunhill Records compilation Beautiful Soul, which also contains all the tracks from Cameo, Springfield's first (and only) LP for ABC Dunhill, released in 1973. In addition, Springfield re-recorded the track "A Love Like Yours" for her 1978 album It Begins Again, though the version to have been included on Longing has a different arrangement.

As was the case with many of Springfield's albums released and/or recorded in the 70's, Longing, though unreleased, contained some of Springfield's most critically acclaimed work. The track In The Winter, written and also recorded by Janis Ian, is often singled out from the recording sessions as an example. Ian is on record as saying that after hearing Springfield sing the song she (Ian) could "no longer do the piece justice" herself. Melissa Manchester has also been quoted as saying she was "over the moon" upon hearing Springfield sing "Home To Myself" during the recording session, on which Manchester also played the piano.

1. "Exclusively For Me"
2. "Turn Me Around"
3. "In The Winter"
4. "I Am Your Child"
5. "A Love Like Yours"
6. "Home To Myself"
7. "Make The Man Love Me"
8. "Angels"
9. "Beautiful Soul"