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Hello Angel, 1988
Written by Sandie Shaw and Chris Andrews
The title track of Shaw's "comeback" album, spurred on by superfans Morrissey and Johnny Marr, this is a ballad that prompts an unnamed addressee to gain confidence and bloom: "You seem to lack that essential fight / If you want, I'll be your conscience / I'll push you upwards into flight." Shaw's smoky girl-group voice isn't a roof-raising belter, but she imparts the words with a low-burning intimacy. "You should know better, kid/ Because you always did."