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The Joan Armatrading entry in Universal's discount-priced compilation series 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection is a reduction of the 1996 Greatest Hits set, containing 12 of its predecessor's 19 tracks. Concentrating on the 1975-1983 period of the singer/songwriter's career and culling tracks from six of her 13 studio albums for A&M Records (plus one song from an EP), the retrospective is faced with the challenge of integrating Armatrading's stylistic shifts during the period. Her '70s albums, produced by Gus Dudgeon and Glyn Johns, were folk-pop efforts that brought her a fervent cult following, but in the '80s she turned to more rock-oriented producers Richard Gottehrer and Steve Lillywhite, and made records that reflected the influence of new wave music. Compilation producer Mike Ragogna deals with this by sequencing the material in roughly reverse chronological order, so that it begins with the hard-rocking numbers "Drop the Pilot" and "Me Myself I" and ends with the folkie ballads like "Willow" and "Love and Affection." In either style, Armatrading proves to be a versatile alto singer and an original, affecting songwriter, equally accomplished at sensitive tales of romantic conflict like "The Weakness in Me" and tongue-in-cheek satires like "I Love It When You Call Me Names," which starts out sounding like a first-person account of female masochism, only to turn out to be the ardent plea of a "short, short man" to his favorite dominatrix. ("It's their way of loving, not mine," the songwriter finally pipes up.) Although it contains some of Armatrading's best-known songs, the album is only a sampler. It may serve as a modestly priced way for neophytes to get a sense of her work, but those who are already fans will find it an inadequate summing up of her recording career.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Val Garay, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Joan Armatrading, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Joan Armatrading, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joan Armatrading, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GLYN JOHNS, Producer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Joan Armatrading, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Joan Armatrading, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 A&M Records
Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Joan Armatrading, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Joan Armatrading, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 A&M Records
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Joan Armatrading, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joan Armatrading, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GLYN JOHNS, Producer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gus Dudgeon, Producer - Joan Armatrading, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Pete Gage, Producer
℗ 1975 A&M Records Inc.
Joan Armatrading, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GLYN JOHNS, Producer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joan Armatrading, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GLYN JOHNS, Producer - Clarke Peters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Jewell, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The Joan Armatrading entry in Universal's discount-priced compilation series 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection is a reduction of the 1996 Greatest Hits set, containing 12 of its predecessor's 19 tracks. Concentrating on the 1975-1983 period of the singer/songwriter's career and culling tracks from six of her 13 studio albums for A&M Records (plus one song from an EP), the retrospective is faced with the challenge of integrating Armatrading's stylistic shifts during the period. Her '70s albums, produced by Gus Dudgeon and Glyn Johns, were folk-pop efforts that brought her a fervent cult following, but in the '80s she turned to more rock-oriented producers Richard Gottehrer and Steve Lillywhite, and made records that reflected the influence of new wave music. Compilation producer Mike Ragogna deals with this by sequencing the material in roughly reverse chronological order, so that it begins with the hard-rocking numbers "Drop the Pilot" and "Me Myself I" and ends with the folkie ballads like "Willow" and "Love and Affection." In either style, Armatrading proves to be a versatile alto singer and an original, affecting songwriter, equally accomplished at sensitive tales of romantic conflict like "The Weakness in Me" and tongue-in-cheek satires like "I Love It When You Call Me Names," which starts out sounding like a first-person account of female masochism, only to turn out to be the ardent plea of a "short, short man" to his favorite dominatrix. ("It's their way of loving, not mine," the songwriter finally pipes up.) Although it contains some of Armatrading's best-known songs, the album is only a sampler. It may serve as a modestly priced way for neophytes to get a sense of her work, but those who are already fans will find it an inadequate summing up of her recording career.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:17
- Main artists: Joan Armatrading
- Composer: Joan Armatrading
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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