Joan Armatrading

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Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on 9th December 1950) and brought up in Birmingham, England, is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Armatrading has mixed eclectic musical styles over decades of recording and performing. She has had several British hit singles, the biggest of which were “Love & Affection”, “Me Myself I”, and “Drop the Pilot”. Her music is generally soulful pop, with forays into rock, folk, jazz, and reggae. Her popularity is primarily as an album artist.

She gained a new audience following her writing and performing “The Flight of the Wild Geese”, which was used during the opening and end titles for the 1978 film The Wild Geese.

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female vocalists, singer-songwriter, rock, pop, blues
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1	The Weakness in Me full track	736
2	Love and Affection full track	591
3	Drop the Pilot full track	273
4	Down to Zero full track	271
5	Willow full track	210
6	Show Some Emotion full track	187
7	Rosie full track	141
8	All the Way From America full track	127
9	I'm Lucky full track	120
10	Me Myself I full track	104
11	Water with the Wine full track	89
12	Somebody who Loves You full track	79
13	Help Yourself full track	62
13	(I Love It When You) Call Me Names full track	62
15	Cool Blue Stole My Heart full track	54

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madmusicaddict wrote:
August 2008

Love her music. Not so sure of her newer 'Into the Blues' though... My favourite track has to be The Weakness In Me or Save Me. Great voice.

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whishes wrote:
July 2008

No conversations, no wave goodnight....I would probably be rich by now with all teardrops I cried listening to it...

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Spaceicorn wrote:
June 2008

square the circle <3

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FrozenCT wrote:
June 2008

Somehow Joan Armatrading's beautiful song "Trouble" just shuffled on my iTunes when I needed some inspiration. What a delicate, yet powerful song.

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cliffdvr wrote:
April 2008

Crazy love for Joan. Ever since I heard Tell Tale and went nuts and bought everything she ever recorded. Heck, I even wore a key around my neck for a while.

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epi_gee wrote:
April 2008

I Heart Joan .. fan since the early 80's, still listen often. - EPG

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LaminatorSGL wrote:
January 2008

Rustedsyringe.....It's Arm-a-trade-ing. Great singer.

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rustedsyringe wrote:
October 2007

how do you pronounce her name? i love the weakness in me, but i'm going to need to have the proper knowledge of her name before i go deeper into her music.

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hilly702 wrote:
October 2007

check out her niece, www.myspace.com/annikaofficial

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shamechain wrote:
September 2007

http://www.last.fm/group/Queer+Black+Artist

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shyamz wrote:
August 2007

Take to your bed. They say there's peace in sleep. But you dream of love instead

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shyamz wrote:
August 2007

She should have ruled the musical world...stunning. Love and affection is incredible, but then again so is the whole of that 1976 album. I hope things Like Last can make more people aware of her, she deserves such repect.

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Nor00 wrote:
August 2007

sang it sang it sang it sang it

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Spaceicorn wrote:
July 2007

She does not get enough credit for consistently writing, singing and producing brilliant classic songs in many different genres and styles since the early 70s right up until today.

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JANFAN4L wrote:
June 2007

New Joan Armatrading interview on NPR, June 3, 2007 :: Listen to the full audio stream by clicking here.

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LikeACarillon wrote:
May 2007

What's with all the brain dead shoutbox comments on here. This woman is a MUSIC LEGEND. It's obvious those shouting know not about the woman's 30+ year career. Educate yourself.

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argonheart wrote:
April 2007

Empty Highway is such a great song!

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LikeACarillon wrote:
April 2007

Brand new Joan Amratrading album: Into The Blues Hear the new songs on her myspace :: http://www.myspace.com/joanarmatradingmusic

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LikeACarillon wrote:
April 2007

Brand new Joan Amratrading album: Into The Blue Hear the new songs on her myspace :: http://www.myspace.com/joanarmatradingmusic

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sinssi wrote:
February 2007

thought she was a man :(

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