From Loudersound.
Joan Armatrading, the pioneering singer-songwriter behind such hits as Love And Affection, Me Myself I and Drop The Pilot, has revealed that she’d like to make a heavy metal album.
Armatrading made the surprise announcement in an interview with The Guardian to celebrate her winning the lifetime achievement prize in this year’s Woman Of The Year Awards.
The Grammy-nominated Armatrading has experimented with various styles over the years. 1983’s The Key featured King Crimson and David Bowie guitarist Adrian Belew and lent towards hard rock, while in 2007 she released the first in a trio of albums exploring different genres. Into The Blues was a blues album, while 2010’s This Charming Life was rooted in “guitar based rock” and 2012’s Starlight was a pure jazz album.
Now she wants to go further. “I love hard rock!” she tells The Guardian. “I always tell myself, ‘One day I’ll make a heavy metal album.’ With lots of guitar shredding! And I will.”
Armatrading’s epiphany comes in the wake of news that pop star Miley Cyrus is working on an album of Metallica covers, and recent revelations that Mariah Carey secretly recorded a grunge album back in 1995.
If we’re completely honest, life hasn’t been this exciting at the pop/rock interface since Back Street Boys made a hair metal video back in 2005. Although, to be fair, it wasn’t very good.
Below, you can watch footage of Armatrading receiving her lifetime achievement award.
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- Joan Armatrading - The Key - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.30, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jan-2023 16:09)on February 3, 2023 at 7:12 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING The Key (1983 UK 11-track vinyl LP, including the classic hit Drop The Pilot, complete with illustrated lyric inner, silver embossed picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in superbcondition with few signs of play AMLX64912)
- Joan Armatrading - Track Record + Merch Insert - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.30, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jan-2023 15:52)on February 3, 2023 at 7:12 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING Track Record (1983 UK 13-track vinyl LP compilation including Love & Affection, Drop The Pilot, Me Myself I, Willow & more. Complete with its portrait / discography inner & merchandise insert, the glossy picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear to the edges while the vinyl remains in excellent condition JA2001)
- Joan Armatrading - All The Way From America - UK - 7" vinyl - £6.99, $8.60, €7.83 (New Item) (arrived 02-Sep-2022 12:51)on February 3, 2023 at 7:12 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING All The Way From America (1980 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Is It Tomorrow Yet, picture sleeve AMS7552)
- Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion - White Label - UK - vinyl LP - Promo - £45.00, $55.35, €50.40 (New Item) (arrived 30-Sep-2022 16:21)on February 3, 2023 at 7:12 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING Show Some Emotion (1977 UK 10-track white label advance promotional LP which finds the songstress joined by guitar ace Jerry Donahue and Georgie Fame on electric piano, retail issue illustrated lyric inner & picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and the vinyl remains in superb condition with few signs of play AMLH68433)
- Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion - White Label - UK - vinyl LP - Promo - £45.00, $55.35, €50.40 (Back In Stock) (arrived 11-Oct-2022 09:40)on February 3, 2023 at 7:12 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING Show Some Emotion (1977 UK 10-track white label advance promotional LP which finds the songstress joined by guitar ace Jerry Donahue and Georgie Fame on electric piano, retail issue illustrated lyric inner & picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and the vinyl remains in superb condition with few signs of play AMLH68433)
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