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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Joan Armatrading |
| Record Label: |
429 Records |
| Genre: |
Blues |
| Subgenre: |
Contemporary Blues |
| Release Date: |
May 01, 2007 |
| Album Duration: |
58m:46s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Woman in Love, A 2. Play the Blues 3. Into the Blues 4. Liza 5. Secular Songs 6. My Baby's Gone 7. D.N.A. 8. Baby Blue Eyes 9. Deep Down 10. There Ain't a Girl Alive 11. Empty Highway 12. Mama Papa 13. Something's Gotta Blow |
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Composer: Joan Armatrading. Personnel: Joan Armatrading (vocals); Joan Armatrading (unknown instrument); Miles Bould (drums, drum, percussion). Audio Mixers: Joan Armatrading; Graham Dickson. Recording information: Bumpkin Studios, England (2006). Photographer: Andrew Catlin. Arranger: Joan Armatrading. Joan Armatrading has always spiced her unique mixture of folk, pop, and rock with elements of the blues, but 2007's INTO THE BLUES marks her first full foray into the genre. With an emphasis on her impressive guitar work, the album grooves and grinds, especially on driving numbers like "Mama Papa" and "My Baby's Gone." But as usual, Armatrading doesn't play strictly by the rules, and INTO THE BLUES features a host of ghostly tunes that, while using blues as a base, create new templates for expression. The opening plea for tenderness, "A Woman In Love," is a case in point, as is the title track, which jazzes up a stomping start-stop rhythm. Still, Armatrading rocks hard and takes no prisoners for most of t... |
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