Joan Armatrading (CD)

Joan Armatrading's rich voice, with its island lilt, is a most expressive instrument. Armatrading made her mark with her self-titled 1976 album, which featured everything from lighthearted, literate love songs to intimate confessions of near-religious beauty. The talent she displayed on that record ensured that Ms. Armatrading would have a busy career as a recording artist. In the '80s she explored a wide spectrum of styles that ranged from acoustic to straight-ahead rock. In the '90s, a new generation of independent female artists have acknowledged a debt to Ms. Armatrading by covering her songs.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  Singer/Songwriter
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: May 7, 2005
• Label: A&M Records (USA)
• UPC: 075021322820
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106697031
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #9651 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #3897 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #247 in Singer/Songwriter (See Top 100 Singer/Songwriter Bestsellers)

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Personnel includes: Joan Armatrading (acoustic, 6-string guitars & 12-string acoustic); Jerry Donahue (acoustic, electric & 12-string guitars); Bryn Haworth (slide guitar, mandolin); Graham Lyle (12 string guitar); B.J. Cole (steel guitar); Jimmy Jewell (saxophone); Peter Wood (piano, organ); Dave Markee (bass); Kenney Jones, Dave Mattacks (drums); Leroy, Pete, Joan (background vocals).

Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, England.

1976's JOAN ARMATRADING is the West Indies-born, Birmingham-reared singer's third album, but it's widely considered her first truly great work, after the tentative experiments of 1972's WHATEVER'S FOR US and 1975's BACK TO THE NIGHT. New producer Glyn Johns brought in a simpler sound than his predecessor Gus Dudgeon had favored. The selection of current and former members of Fairport Convention, particularly powerhouse drummer Dave Mattacks, emphasizes Armatrading's folk roots. The singer-songwriter scored with the hit "Love and Affection," and most of the rest of the album, particularly "Water with the Wine" and the affectionate "Somebody Who Loves You," is nearly up to the level of that classic single. Less poppy than some of her later albums, but intensely satisfying.

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