| Dedicated | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Renée Geyer |
| Cover: | Dedicated by Renee Geyer.jpg |
| Length: | 46:44[1] |
| Label: | Capitol Records / EMI Music |
| Producer: | Adam Rhodes, Renée Geyer |
| Prev Title: | Tonight |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Renéessance |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
Dedicated is the thirteenth studio album by Australian soul and R&B singer Renée Geyer. The album is predominantly a covers album, with two new tracks written by Paul Kelly. The album was released in September 2007 and peaked at number 53 on the ARIA Charts.
Geyer toured the album throughout Australia from October to December 2007.[2]
Bernard Zuel from Sydney Morning Herald said; "Dedicated is perfectly capable of standing on its own terms as an album of diverse origins, very fine playing and production and a voice in boisterous and sometimes quite wicked form." Zuel praised the two new Kelly tracking saying they "...find Geyer digging deep and extracting heart-crushing richness" and "Why Can't We Live Together" which Zuel said "is one long smouldering fire" while "Distant Lover" "has all the smoothness of the best early '70s smoky soul".[3]
Megan Smith from Out in Perth said; "Renée Geyer has a lot of soul, there is no doubt about that, whether breathing life into classic R&B tracks or giving voice for the first time to the latest thing penned by Paul Kelly, Renee is flawless in her ability to give voice to every last bit of passionate emotion a song is capable of. On some tracks the emotions evoked are drastically different from the original. Such is the case on the first single "I Wish It Would Rain", originally by The Temptations, where she opts for brass over the strings of the original and creates a jamming, playful tune. On other tracks, such as Marvin Gaye’s "Distant Lover" she pays homage to the song's creator, taking her voice from impassioned pleading to smooth as fine whiskey."[4]
On 24 September 2007, Dedicated was Radio National's Tim Ritchie's album of the week with Ritchie saying "She's a woman who can find that special thing in a song and make it her own."[5]