10 Dusty Springfield White Heat CASABLANCA, 1982

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The late-period LP Springfield was most proud of. Written while she was dating Canadian punk performer and radical lesbian Carole Pope, it’s the sound of a singer accepting the now deeper range of her voice and also her queer identity. Recorded with noted British musicians Caleb Quaye and Nicky Hopkins, but rich in ’80s new wave keyboards, it includes some of her most impassioned and angrily honest vocal performances (Time And Time Again; Soft Core) and a show-stopping cover of Elvis Costello’s Losing You. A companion album to 1990’s Pet Shop Boys collaboration Reputation, but perhaps just edging it in terms of quality and originality.