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~ Joan Armatrading
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  • Audio CD (9 April 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hypertension
  • ASIN: B000N0WY0G
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31,775 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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On the surface, yes, this is a blues album; mostly, though, it's a Joan Armatrading album--which means she'll follow blues forms and conceits wherever she damn well pleases. On "Liza," she takes the "Mannish Boy" groove across the tracks for a pick-up on the wrong side of town; on "There Ain't a Girl Alive (Who Likes to Look in the Mirror Like You Do)," she dresses down a rival; on "Play the Blues," she simply undresses herself to a juicy, contemporary soul groove; and on "Mama Papa," the album's finest and funkiest moment, she recalls her youth on the island of St. Kitts in lines that flash with truth: "Seven people in one room/No heat/One wage/And bills to pay." It's also a guitar album: her blues chops, especially on the sprawling closer "Something's Gotta Blow," would give Robert Cray a serious run. Fiery as her playing can be, her blues riffs are mostly economical, concise, with evocative spaces between the notes. The same can't be said for the overall production values. Armatrading is still enamored with slick gimmicks: doubling and tripling her vocals and adding layers of echo on top of that, and synth pads and distortion that feel more bombastic than bright. Into the Blues is far from a return to form, but it still sends a tough, funky message. --Roy Kasten

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Joan Armatrading won a 2008 Grammy Nomination for Into the Blue in the "Best Contemporary Blues Album" category.

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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Her best yet? A serious return to form..DIVINE!, 24 Mar 2007
By Ms. Maeve B. Tuomey "music hound" (london) - See all my reviews
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As a long standing Joan Armatrading fan, I've diligently bought every album, hoping, but slightly disappointed. I haven't been blown away since the early days of To The Limit or 'Joan Armatrading'. THIS IS THE ONE! Edgy, raw, impassioned, this is exactly where I think Joan should be. It's rugged blues but it's so much more aswell. She's in the best voice she's been and that's her greatest strength. All self penned songs, it sounds like her most honest - 'Mama Papa' is her 'Nutbush City Limits' (a sparse Ben Harper meets Bobbie Gentry classic). It's also very uplifting; despite a sprinkling of her yearning ballads, protest songs - she's obviously in a good place. This is RL Burnside blues not Robert Cray - lowdown-minimum polish. I've always thought Joan was one of the most under-rated British talents - this is her swansong and she deserves huge success from it. If you want to hear Joan Armatrading without the lush 80's sheen that dogged some of her more recent output, this will repay your faith 10 times over. I love it, love it, love it!!
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Joan album we have waited for for years!, 20 Jul 2007
By Phil Robb "Phil" (Leamington Spa) - See all my reviews
Joan Armatrading recording a complete Blues album - who'd have thought? We've heard plenty of her dabblings into the Blues genre with songs such as Friends, Tall In The Saddle and the probably completely forgotten Sometimes I Don't Wanna Go Home, along with countless other songs, but never an entire album dedicated to the Blues. This is a truly amazing album, from start to finish. Here we go track by track:

1. A woman in Love - More of a pop song with blues guitar attached but a good opener and lead single form the album.

2. Play The Blues - again more poppy but some great blues guitar and a great line with "Baby, when you sing the Blues I take all my clothes off for you".

3. Into The Blues - superb tiltle track and probably the best line on the album, "Dance may be real cool and country's just for fools. Baroque is just for the old, for the tired and restless souls, lost in the darkness". Sheer bliss!

4. Liza - A strange, earthy blues number that takes a long while to get used to, but I now love it, especially the up-tempo bit in the middle. A classic!

5. Secular Songs - Probably the one song from this album that would have easily slotted into any one of her last 4 or 5 albums. More Gospel than Blues, maybe giving vent to Joan's spirtuality? But great all the same.

6. My Baby's Gone - Pure BB King type full on blues - Bring it on!!

7. D.N.A - Another Pop/Blues marriage that she does so well!

8. Baby Blue Eyes - My early favourite and nothing has changed (except for being overtaken by track 11). I love the mandolin on this, the only track which is exclusively accoustic.

9. Deep Down - errr.....hated this for ages, quite like it now but don't quite get the joke, if indeed there is one, except for the inclusion of lyrics on the song sheet for this track which, I have to say, is simply hilarious! Sorry Joan, just not sure of this one at all.

10. There Ain't A Girl Alive - By far the best blues guitar on the album is in this one. A great full on blues/rock song, Joan proving she has balls, if you'll pardon the expression.

11. Empty Highway - This made me cry! It could have been written about me and my ex and has subsequently become my absolute favourite for this reason alone. Oh, and the fact that it is just a beautiful blues number of course.

12. Mama Papa - "I was born on an Island, St. Kitts in a little bitty town. Had a Mama and Papa, four brothers and a sister". A rare and indepth insight into the real Joan and such a great track too!

13. Something's Gotta Blow - If you have ever travelled on any line on the London Tube in rush hour, then you will get the point of this song. Written about trying to get home via the Northern line, this song is powerful, manic, moving, disturbing and brilliant rolled into one. The acapello vocals work so well and really do capture the sheer frustration and claustrophobia it is so easy to feel in this situation. Superb!

As I said, a truly amazing album and if you only ever want to have one blues album in your cd collection, you won't go far wrong in making it this one!



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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Her best yet? A serious return to form..DIVINE!, 17 Mar 2007
By Ms. Maeve B. Tuomey "music hound" (london) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Into the Blues (Audio CD)
As a long standing Joan Armatrading fan, I've diligently bought every album, hoping, but slightly disappointed. I haven't been blown away since the early days of 'To The Limit' or 'Joan Armatrading'. THIS IS THE ONE! Edgy, raw, impassioned, this is exactly where I think Joan should be. It's rugged blues but it's so much more aswell...sometimes delicate, sometimes angry..a little bit folky, a little bit new wave..ironically, despite being most closely rooted in blues, this is probably the most contemporary and vital she's sounded in 30 years. She's in the best voice she's been and that's her greatest strength. All self penned songs, it sounds like her most honest - 'Mama Papa' is her 'Nutbush City Limits' (a sparse Ben Harper meets Bobbie Gentry classic). It's also very uplifting; despite a sprinkling of her yearning ballads, protest songs - she's obviously in a good place. This is RL Burnside blues not Robert Cray - lowdown-minimum polish. I've always thought Joan was one of the most under-rated British talents - this is her swansong and she deserves huge success from it. If you want to hear Joan Armatrading without the lush 80's sheen that dogged some of her more recent output, this will repay your faith 10 times over. I love it, loveit, love it!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars there may be some fans for whom it is too experimental.
an album which leaves you with mixed feelings, unlike Joan's previous albums, which are full of rich memorable melodies. Read more
Published 7 months ago by phil mars

5.0 out of 5 stars YES YES YES
I've gotta recommend this to you, it's terrific. I've always had time for Joan Armatrading but she has really surpassed herself here. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Bob

3.0 out of 5 stars first impressions are that this is not a great album
I have been a Joan Armatrading fan for many years therefore I will give this album the benefit of the doubt and give it another go but it lost me around track 7.
Published 13 months ago by Strobs

4.0 out of 5 stars grows and grows with every listening
What a lovely album, playing it in my studio and it just gets better & better.
Published 16 months ago by Emma F

1.0 out of 5 stars Huge disappointment
Bought this for my wife who has been a fan for years, and put it on in the car on the way to see JA at the RAH. Read more
Published 21 months ago by MW at BR

5.0 out of 5 stars Best album for years
Afraid this is going to just be short as I'm short on time but had to pass on the reccomendation. It's a terrific album, maybe the best she has ever done (OK maybe not quite but... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Laurence Staig

5.0 out of 5 stars A blues album to leave you smiling!
Joan Armatrading says, in the sleeve notes of her latest CD, that "I hope you will love listening to these songs with the kind of enjoyment I had making them". Read more
Published 22 months ago by alextorres

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious
I may be reviewing this too early, before I have had chance to fully appreciate it. All I can say is that on first listen this is an exceptional album. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2007 by Monsieur le B

3.0 out of 5 stars Highly variable and too mannered
Hmmm....must be getting old but I'm disappointed. It all sounds a bit of an effort with the voice sounding like a Joan caricature at times (she actually comes across a bit... Read more
Published on 25 May 2007 by Burnie

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece
I admit that Joan Aramtrading had been off my radar for some years now, but a couple of good reviews persuaded to give this one a listen - and I'm glad I did. It is superb! Read more
Published on 17 May 2007 by Robert Green

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