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 - Joan Armatrading - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €18.15 (Back In Stock) (arrived 23-Dec-2024 18:00)on January 3, 2025 at 2:20 am
JOAN ARMATRADING Joan Armatrading (1976 UK 10-track LP, including Down To Zero & Love & Affection, picture sleeve with lyric insert. The sleeve shows mild shelfwear & vinyl remains in excellent condition AMLH64588)
- Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €12.10 (New Item) (arrived 29-Nov-2024 11:05)on January 3, 2025 at 2:20 am
JOAN ARMATRADING Show Some Emotion (1977 UK 10-track LP, which finds the songstress joined by guitar ace Jerry Donahue & Georgie Fame on electric piano. The glossy picture sleeve shows light creasing & the vinyl remain in excellent condition AMLH68433)
- Joan Armatrading - Back To The Night - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €12.10 (New Item) (arrived 15-Jul-2024 10:38)on January 3, 2025 at 2:20 am
JOAN ARMATRADING Back To The Night (1984 UK re-issue 11-track LP including Stepping Out, Dry Land and Come When You Need Me, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a notable corner crease but otherwise displays minor shelfwear, the vinyl grades NearMint with no spindlewear SHM3153)
- Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I - Japanese - vinyl LP - Promo - £30.00, $37.50, €36.30 (New Item) (arrived 27-Sep-2024 16:49)on January 3, 2025 at 2:20 am
JOAN ARMATRADING Me Myself I (1980 Japanese 10-track promo sample vinyl LP, housed in a promo stickered picture sleeve with lyrics on the reverse, fold-out Japanese lyric insert and obi-strip. The packaging displays some light general wear with the vinyl showing minimal signs of play AMP-28004)
- Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I - Japanese - vinyl LP - Promo - £30.00, $37.50, €36.30 (Back In Stock) (arrived 28-Sep-2024 17:00)on January 3, 2025 at 2:20 am
JOAN ARMATRADING Me Myself I (1980 Japanese 10-track promo sample vinyl LP, housed in a promo stickered picture sleeve with lyrics on the reverse, fold-out Japanese lyric insert and obi-strip. The packaging displays some light general wear with the vinyl showing minimal signs of play AMP-28004)
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