“Joan Armatrading” by Joan Armatrading - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1976 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die  |
Breakthrough LP from the 25-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist, with experienced producer Glyn Johns (Steve Miller, The Who, The Stones) enriching the whole with applomb, enlisting members of Fairport Convention and the Faces to season pop-rock flavours various, from folk to jazz to reggae. The album gave Joan her first UK hit (#12), with the classic lead single, “Love And Affection”, hitting #10 in the UK Pop Charts, striking a blow for quality songwriting. Inexplicably, the follow up single “Down To Zero” failed to chart. That's the fickle public for you. Album lovers know best I think.
The Jukebox Rebel
28–Feb–2016
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [03:51]  Joan Armatrading - Down To Zero (Joan Armatrading) Folk Rock / Americana |
| A2 | [04:04]  Joan Armatrading - Help Yourself (Joan Armatrading) Cerebral Pop |
| A3 | [02:48]  Joan Armatrading - Water With The Wine (Joan Armatrading) Cerebral Pop |
| A4 | [04:28]  Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection (Joan Armatrading) Soul Ballad |
| A5 | [03:35]  Joan Armatrading - Save Me (Joan Armatrading) Pop Ballad |
| B1 | [04:48]  Joan Armatrading - Join The Boys (Joan Armatrading) Disco / Funk |
| B2 | [03:30]  Joan Armatrading - People (Joan Armatrading) Pop |
| B3 | [03:33]  Joan Armatrading - Somebody Who Loves You (Joan Armatrading) Pop |
| B4 | [05:12]  Joan Armatrading - Like Fire (Joan Armatrading) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| B5 | [05:43]  Joan Armatrading - Tall In The Saddle (Joan Armatrading) Soft Rock / A.O.R. |
