Joan Armatrading

Not a bad song on here. Perhaps lacking in absolute greatness, but still a nice listen overall.

Nice surprise find!

This was pretty nice to listen to.

High 3/5

That was a great little discovery. It wasn't listed on Spotify, unfortunately, so the experienced may have suffered from the commercial breaks on YouTube. Altogether, I enjoyed it a lot, the sound was soulful and occasionally funky rock with a flair for the melodramatic. The first three songs on the album left me wondering what box to put this artist into, then it hit its peak with Love and Affection, but I was totally in on the vibe by the end. It was good, not great, so I can see how this artist flew under most people's radars. But I would not be surprised at all to see a charting hit happen with the right cover of any one of the songs.

I was very pleasantly surprised by this. I was fearing the worst. Thought I'd give it a four but gets a bit repetitive. I think I'd prefer a single to an album.

Decent folk rock. She has a good voice. Doesn't really grip me heavily though.

Pretty good album that has a decent breadth of sounds. I really liked the opener as it was very Bob Seger. Join the Boys definitely influenced Big & Rich's Save A Horse (Ride a Cowboy). Somebody Loves You is giving me slight vibes of Katrina and the Waves' Walking on Sunshine (Armatrading obviously making her song first).

But like Big Brother and the Holding Company and Rolling Stones, blues rock doesn't do much for me. Definitely enjoying this one a bit more than the other blues rock records I've gotten so far. Joan had a great voice.

She has an interesting voice

Discount store Tracy Chapman. What's not to feel neutral about?

Very enjoyable

Ik ben niet zo van de singer-songwriters en daar hebben we toch overduidelijk mee te maken. Toch voelt het als meer dan dan. Maar wat zorgt dan daarvoor? Ik vind het moeilijk dat te ervaren. In elk geval kiest ze voor soms vollere muziek, soms catchy muziek en soms zingt ze heel krachtig. Misschien biedt het net die variatie op de standaard singer-songwritersfeer, die ik nodig heb. Of is het gewoon het moment? Het is in elk geval lekkere muziek om bij te werken.

Never heard of this artist before! I like her voice; it's kinda like a British(/Kittitian?) Tracy Chapman. Some snoozers in the bunch, but overall pleasant.

Absolutely fine. Just doesn't interest me.

Pretty good album. Not especially ground breaking but I like her voice and no complaints. 2.5/5 -> 3/5

The Good: A self-titled album is always nice!
The Bad: you got to be into folky singer-songwriter music…
The Ugly: I don’t belong to the group that is into this kind of music…

Yes, she is important for music… but that doesn’t mean that she is important enough for me to care.
The listening experience was non-memorable, and that should say enough…

2* because I’m not evil

These songs have emotional power as deep as Joan Armatrading's voice, really bringing you into her world. Engrossing, like Joni Mitchell or Neil Young at times. Very listenable, sweet and lovely. Her voice is unique and you should hear it at some point in your life. Cool to see on the list.

Qué bien empieza!!! Totalmente desconocida para mí. Me guardo en favoritos "Down to zero", "Help yourself", "Love and affection" y "Like fire".

Very passionate lyrics and progression, yet a bit basic for most of it's singles

• love her voice

• listened to some of this half asleep and it was an interesting experience

• lowkey what i wanted aqualung to sound like

• wanna rate it a *good* 3. should've rated aqualung a 2

• very good songs, but probably wouldn't play this album in its entirety in one sitting again (which is what a 4/5 or 5/5 album means to me)

singer-songwriter done right.
nice cleanser after lucinda williams' album