(yes, the review is great btw)
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
she was huge in England through the mid '80s.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 17:17 (three years ago) link
i was in single digits then, so my memory's hazy.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
new album's out, curious if the whole thing will be as earworm-y as the singles -- only heard them once but they still run through my head at random times. didn't love the first one but "Like" is kinda rad.
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Friday, 18 June 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
Rob Sheffield interviewed her for Rolling Stone.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 June 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
I'm getting back into her, because I've started buying vinyl again and the 80s production has that clarity the way Police records do.
― Enjoy Nuoc Mam With Mr. Qualk (I M Losted), Saturday, 4 May 2024 02:06 (one month ago) link
HD Jr and I were cleaning records the other day and she asked “what’s the deal with Joan Armatrading?” And I was like … “search me! These records have been dollar bin staples since the 80s. I assume they’re bad. But … maybe?”This thread has confirmed we need to give em a listen, obvs.
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 4 May 2024 02:53 (one month ago) link
they are great
― Left, Saturday, 4 May 2024 03:44 (one month ago) link
talk to any lesbian who came of age in the UK in the 1970s
s/t, to the limit, show some emotion are the albums I heard a lot growing up (glyn johns once said something to the effect of the latter being his favourite project ever or something) and I know them inside out but there's a lot more that I'm missing probably
rock critics have tended to "respect" her more than champion her and she's constantly been compared to tracy chapman which must be infuriating - joan is less of a folkie and much more of an auteur (though still sort of a folkie sometimes) but it would be nice if she had the chapman-esque renaissance she deserves because she's been slept on for too long
― Left, Saturday, 4 May 2024 04:04 (one month ago) link
years before I knew about the whole gay sitting trope I used go through my mother's LPs and just stare at the album art for to the limit and if an album cover can change your life maybe this one did. I wasn't that impressed with the naked version of electric ladyland which my mum was proudest of owning but I just couldn't get enough of whatever joan was doing on that cover
― Left, Saturday, 4 May 2024 04:37 (one month ago) link
Joan is definitely in my all time favourite artists. Such a pure talent. Walk under ladders is perfection.
― mmmm, Sunday, 5 May 2024 06:56 (one month ago) link