The Weakness in Me: The Selected Lyrics of Joan Armatrading

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It also contains an introduction by Armatrading alongside annotations to a number of songs, giving a rare, personal glimpse into the creative process of a true pioneer. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Women have always been involved in music, and as each [genre] emerges then women’s involvement becomes more prominent. In 2020 she received the Ivors Academy Fellowship Award, their highest accolade, and in 2021 was awarded an AIM Award for her contribution to music.

Highlights include the title track, the single “Already There,” the catchy “Better Life” (which has a hint of reggae) and the closing track, “To Anyone Who Will Listen.

The lyrics to some of my all time favourite songs in a volume typical of Joan, neat, understated, accessible and comprehensive. Where postage is less - eg a paperback or small hardback - I refund the difference once I get my receipts and know the exact cost. Armatrading was awarded an MBE by the Queen in 2001 and a CBE in 2020, the year she also received the Lifetime Achievement honor from Woman Of The Year Awards. For Joan Armatrading, that sense of sensuality and magic has always been seminal in her canon of work.Since the release of her debut album Whatever’s For Us in 1972, Joan Armatrading has, across a fifty-year career, traversed styles and genres to create a monumental body of work. En conséquence, toutes les commandes passées en ligne entre le 26 et le 31 janvier seront retardées. Selected and arranged by the author, and featuring a foreword by revered record producer Glyn Johns, The Weakness In Me presents the lyrics of Armatrading for the first time in one unique volume. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

It’s almost a perfect bedfellow for ‘love and affection’, proving that even at seventy years of age she is still being handed down couplets of silken beauty from the pan gods of pop. She’s won plenty of awards throughout the years and has influenced many other artists (just as there would be no Tori Amos without Kate Bush, there would arguably be no Tracy Chapman without Armatrading). Selected and arranged by the author, and featuring a foreword by revered record producer Glyn Johns, The Weakness In Me presents the lyrics of Armatrading for the first time in one unique volume. And I think the next time I talked to you, This Charming Life had just come out, which was more of a pop-rock album. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.While The Advocate described Armatrading as a lesbian a few years back, she has never publicly addressed her orientation.