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 - Me Myself I - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 23-Apr-2024 16:11)on April 26, 2024 at 8:05 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING Me Myself I (1980 UK 10-track vinyl LP, picture sleeve with lyrics on the reverse & picture inner. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & foxing, whilst the vinyl remains in Excellent condition showing few signs of play AMLH64809)
- Joan Armatrading - How Cruel - Dutch - 12" vinyl - £8.00, $10.00, €9.36 (New Item) (arrived 16-Jan-2024 11:45)on April 26, 2024 at 8:05 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING How Cruel (1979 Dutch 4-track single-sided 12" vinyl single, also featuring Rosie, He Wants Her & I Really Must Be Going, picture sleeve with lyrics on reverse. The vinyl and sleeve are in excellent condition AMLE63302)
- Joan Armatrading - True Love - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.00, €9.36 (New Item) (arrived 27-Sep-2023 16:47)on April 26, 2024 at 8:05 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING True Love (UK 2-track 7", also including 'More Than One Kind of Love', housed in a picture sleeve, the vinyl shows some very light cosmetic wear which has no real impact on play)
- Joan Armatrading - Wrapped Around Her - UK - 7" vinyl - £6.49, $8.11, €7.59 (New Item) (arrived 27-Sep-2023 16:49)on April 26, 2024 at 8:05 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING Wrapped Around Her (1992 deleted UK 7" b/w Promise Land, picture sleeve AM877)
- Joan Armatrading - Live All The Way From America - US - DVD-Audio disc - £40.00, $50.00, €46.80 (New Item) (arrived 09-Oct-2023 16:27)on April 26, 2024 at 8:05 pm
JOAN ARMATRADING Live All The Way From America (2004 US only NTSC DVD-Audio disc [playable on all DVD players]. Recorded on June 25th, 2003 at the Lillian Fontaine Garden Theatre in Saratoga, California, and the first comprehensive DVD-A presentation of many of Joan's songs. Housed in a 'DVD Audio Super Jewel Box' case with booklet picture sleeve)
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