relegated to the re-activated Casablanca Records, a label closely associated with disco, which in the year of 1982 didn't improve its chances of sales. Springfield later stated that she was surprised that the album came out at all: "Every time I made an album, the company I'd made it for would be swallowed up. They'd fire everyone that you'd worked with and the enthusiasm would disappear with them. Then I had to fire the original producer because he had put half the budget up his nose... there was a point where I began to feel that I was just some company's tax loss." The British subsidiary of Polygram, a label the singer had been connected with for 25 years in various forms, declined its option to release the album in the UK; fans of Springfield's in her native country consequently had to buy import copies from the US and Canada. White Heat in its entirety was first issued in the UK in 2002 when it was released on CD by Mercury/Universal Music. Reception Reviewing the album in Record, Barry Alfonso commented, "Springfield's now stepped away from her earlier MOR approach and headed in a Grace Jones pop/funk direction. The results are uneven, but encouraging nonetheless." He elaborated that Springfield's sensual approach to songs like "I Am Curious" and "I Don't Think We Could Ever Be Friends" was perfect, while she mishandled ballads such as "Losing You" by taking a modern approach to them instead of the emotional thrust that was her trademark sound. Track listing Side A "Donnez Moi (Give It to Me)" (Jean-Alain Roussel, Paul Northfield, Luc Plamondon, Christiane Robichaud) – 3:52 "I Don't Think We Could Ever Be Friends" (Jean-Alain Roussel, Sting) – 3:25 "Blind Sheep" (Daniel Ironstone, Tommy Faragher, Dusty Springfield, Mary Unobsky) – 4:28 "Don't Call It Love" (Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow) – 3:28 "Time and Time Again" (Paul Buchanan, Jay Gruska) – 3:40 Side B "I Am Curious" (Carole Pope, Kevan Staples) – 4:06 "Sooner or Later" (Tommy Faragher, Daniel Ironstone) – 4:18 "Losing You (Just a Memory)" (Elvis Costello) – 2:48 "Gotta Get Used to You" (Jean-Alain Roussel) – 3:53 "Soft Core" (Carole Pope, Kevan Staples) – 3:13 Personnel Dusty Springfield – lead vocals, background vocals Max Gronenthal – background vocals Eddy Keating – background vocals John Townsend – background vocals Danny Ironstone – background vocals Barbara Busa Cilla – background vocals George Nauful