Joan Armatrading is the third studio album from the British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading

Joan Armatrading

Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist...

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Released in 1976, it was Armatrading's first taste of chart success and included her sole Top 10 hit single "Love and Affection

Love and Affection

"Love and Affection" is a song by Joan Armatrading. Her fourth single, and her third for A&M Records, it was her first chart success. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1976. One of her best known recordings, it has been described as a "deceptively feisty ballad... an instant...

". The album itself peaked at number 12 and has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry

British Phonographic Industry

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Reception

In a review for Allmusic, Dave Connolly gave the album a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5. He called it Armatrading's "most muscular music to date" and particularly praised "Down to Zero

Down To Zero

- History :The song first appeared on the 1976 album ‘Joan Armatrading’, distributed by A & M records, Armatrading’s third album in as many years. . The album was produced and engineered by Glyn Johns, and recorded at the independent Olympic Studios in Barnes, London...

" and "Love and Affection". He also commended Glyn Johns

Glyn Johns

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' production. He said that the album "almost single-handedly [elevated Armatrading] into the ranks of rock's leading female artists."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joan Armatrading

1. "Down to Zero
   Down To Zero
   - History :The song first appeared on the 1976 album ‘Joan Armatrading’, distributed by A & M records, Armatrading’s third album in as many years. . The album was produced and engineered by Glyn Johns, and recorded at the independent Olympic Studios in Barnes, London...
   
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2. "Help Yourself" – 4:04
3. "Water With the Wine" – 2:48
4. "Love and Affection
   Love and Affection
   "Love and Affection" is a song by Joan Armatrading. Her fourth single, and her third for A&M Records, it was her first chart success. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1976. One of her best known recordings, it has been described as a "deceptively feisty ballad... an instant...
   
   " – 4:28
5. "Save Me" – 3:35
6. "Join the Boys" – 4:48
7. "People" – 3:30
8. "Somebody Who Loves You" – 3:33
9. "Like Fire" – 5:12
10. "Tall in the Saddle" – 5:43

Personnel

• Joan Armatrading – vocals, guitar
• Jerry Donahue
  Jerry Donahue
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   – guitar
• Bryn Haworth
  Bryn Haworth
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   – guitar, mandolin
• Jimmy Jewell – saxophone
• Dave Markee – bass
• Tony Carr – drums
• B.J. Cole – steel guitar
• Graham Lyle – guitar
• Dave Mattacks
  Dave Mattacks
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   – drums
• Brian Rogers – strings
• Peter Wood
  Peter Wood
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   – organ, piano
• Kenney Jones
  Kenney Jones
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   – drums
• Leroy Champaign – background vocals
• Clarke Peters
  Clarke Peters
  Clarke Peters is an American actor, singer, writer and director best known for his role as Detective Lester Freamon on the HBO drama The Wire.-Early life:...
  
   – backing vocals on "Love and Affection
  Love and Affection
  "Love and Affection" is a song by Joan Armatrading. Her fourth single, and her third for A&M Records, it was her first chart success. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1976. One of her best known recordings, it has been described as a "deceptively feisty ballad... an instant...
  
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External links

• Album online on Radio3Net a radio channel of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company
  Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company
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