Show Some Emotion (album)

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Show Some Emotion
Studio album by
Joan Armatrading
ReleasedSeptember 1977
Recorded1977
StudioOlympic (London)
Genre
Length37:12
LabelA&M
ProducerGlyn Johns[1]
Joan Armatrading chronology
Joan Armatrading
(1976) 		Show Some Emotion
(1977) 		To the Limit
(1978)

Show Some Emotion is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released in 1977 on A&M.[2][3] It reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart,[4] No. 52 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart,[5] and No. 18 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart.[6]

Armatrading's 1979 live album Steppin' Out contains two tracks from Show Some Emotion, "Mama Mercy" and "Kissin' and a Huggin'".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Robert ChristgauB+[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]

In a review for AllMusic, Dave Connolly wrote that he did not enjoy the album as much as her previous self-titled album, declaring that much of it was "like outtakes from that effort". He criticised the lyrics and arrangements, as well as the track placement. However, he praised "Show Some Emotion" and "Willow" as highlights.[7] Robert Christgau, on the other hand, called Armatrading "sometimes funny, always real, and never ever pretentious", but wrote that "most of the meaning of the ordinary-plus lyrics is conveyed by stance and nuance".[8] Trouser Press called Show Some Emotion a "lovely ... casual-sounding album of songs that, if not among her best, are more than presentable and occasionally captivating".[11] The Washington Post wrote that "Armatrading combines influences from her native West Indies and adopted England, and her voice projects both tenderness and power".[12]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joan Armatrading.

Side One

  1. "Woncha Come on Home"  – 2:40
  2. "Show Some Emotion"  – 3:31
  3. "Warm Love"  – 3:04
  4. "Never Is Too Late"  – 5:32
  5. "Peace in Mind"  – 3:19

Side Two

  1. "Opportunity"  – 3:25
  2. "Mama Mercy"  – 2:47
  3. "Get in the Sun"  – 3:19
  4. "Willow"  – 4:53
  5. "Kissin' and a Huggin'"  – 4:42

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 242.
  2. ^ "Joan Armatrading | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Joan Armatrading". The New Yorker. 5 December 1977. p. 38.
  4. ^ "Joan Armatrading", The Official Charts Company, retrieved 25 July 2010
  5. ^ "Joan Armatrading". Billboard.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 19. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ a b AllMusic review
  8. ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "CG: Joan Armatrading". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  9. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 41.
  10. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 19.
  11. ^ "Joan Armatrading". Trouser Press. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  12. ^ Kernis, Mark (14 October 1977). "A Tender Armatrading" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
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