
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 - UK - tour programme - £8.00, $10.00, €8.96 (New Item) (arrived 16-Jan-2021 09:41)on January 24, 2021 at 12:40 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING The Key (Official 1983 UK 16-page tour programme featuring tour dates and venues, biography and band information and some great photos. The cover shows a little creasing, but the inner pages remain in excellent condition)
- Joan Armatrading - Walk Under Ladders - UK - vinyl LP - £8.00, $10.00, €8.96 (Back In Stock) (arrived 22-Dec-2020 06:48)on January 24, 2021 at 12:40 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING Walk Under Ladders (1981 UK 10-track vinyl LP including the singles I'm Lucky and No Love. The picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear but comes with illustrated lyric inner and the vinyl remains in excellent condition AMLH64876)
- Joan Armatrading - Walk Under Ladders - UK - vinyl LP - £8.00, $10.00, €8.96 (New Item) (arrived 17-Dec-2020 15:23)on January 24, 2021 at 12:40 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING Walk Under Ladders (1981 UK 10-track vinyl LP including the singles I'm Lucky and No Love. The picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear but comes with illustrated lyric inner and the vinyl remains in excellent condition AMLH64876)
- Joan Armatrading - Back To The Night - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.20 (Back In Stock) (arrived 12-Dec-2020 14:37)on January 24, 2021 at 12:40 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING Back To The Night (1975 UK 11-track vinyl LP, her second studio album including the single Dry Land. The fully laminated picture sleeve has a little shelfwear to the edges but comes with the pink lyric inner and the vinyl remainsin excellent condition with a few signs of play AMLH68305)
- Joan Armatrading - Back To The Night - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 11-Dec-2020 17:21)on January 24, 2021 at 12:40 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING Back To The Night (1975 UK 11-track vinyl LP, her second studio album including the single Dry Land. The fully laminated picture sleeve has a little shelfwear to the edges but comes with the pink lyric inner and the vinyl remainsin excellent condition with a few signs of play AMLH68305)
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