Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Down To Zero - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading
2. True Love - Greg Jackman, Joan Armatrading
3. Talking To The Wall - Joan Armatrading, Mike Howlett
4. Show Some Emotion - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading
5. I'm Lucky - Joan Armatrading, Steve Lillywhite
6. One More Chance - Joan Armatrading, Steve Lillywhite
7. Did I Make You Up - Graham Dickson, Heidi Cannavo, Joan Armatrading, Noel Harris
8. All A Woman Needs - Graham Dickson, Heidi Cannavo, Joan Armatrading, Noel Harris
9. Square The Circle - Joan Armatrading, Mike Ging
10. Somebody Who Loves You - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading
11. It Could Have Been Better - Gus Dudgeon, Joan Armatrading
12. Alice - Gus Dudgeon, Joan Armatrading
13. No Love - Joan Armatrading, Steve Lillywhite
14. Tall In The Saddle - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading
15. Turn Out The Light - Joan Armatrading, Richard Gottehrer
16. The Shouting Stage - Graham Dickson, Heidi Cannavo, Joan Armatrading, Noel Harris
17. One Night - Joan Armatrading, Mike Howlett
18. Save Me - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading

Disc 2:

1. My Family - Gus Dudgeon, Joan Armatrading
2. City Girl - Gus Dudgeon, Joan Armatrading
3. Warm Love - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading
4. The Power Of Dreams - Joan Armatrading, Micajah Ryan, Tom Lord-Alge
5. Love By You - Joan Armatrading, Mike Howlett
6. The Weakness In Me - Joan Armatrading, Steve Lillywhite
7. More Than One Kind Of Love - Joan Armatrading, Micajah Ryan, Tom Lord-Alge
8. Love And Affection - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading
9. Rosie - Joan Armatrading
10. Bottom To The Top - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading
11. Drop The Pilot - Joan Armatrading, Steve Lillywhite, Val Garay
12. Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading, Richard Gottehrer
13. Cool Blue Stole My Heart - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading
14. Water With The Wine - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading
15. Flight Of The Wild Geese - David Anderle, Joan Armatrading
16. Dry Land - Joan Armatrading, Pete Gage
17. Always - Joan Armatrading, Micajah Ryan, Tom Lord-Alge
18. Promise Land - Joan Armatrading, Micajah Ryan, Tom Lord-Alge
19. Can't Get Over (How I Broke Your Heart) - Joan Armatrading, Mike Ging
20. All The Way From America - Joan Armatrading, Richard Gottehrer
21. Willow - Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78721 in Music
• Released on: 1997-02-10
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .24 pounds
• Running time: 157 minutes

Customer Reviews

Good collection, but with some deficiencies of presentation
This is a very thorough and comprehensive collection, covering Joan's whole recording career from the early 1970s to the mid 90s, and running to over 2.5 hours overall. The style and production sound varies throughout, reflecting Joan's evolution as an artist and her changes of musical direction. However, in relation to this, the fact that the tracks are in no kind of chronological order makes listening to the album rather disconcerting, as the style and sound often changes quite noticeably from one track to another. This sense of disorientation is increased by the absence of musician credits on a track by track basis; producer credits are given in small print, but they are hard to follow and the recording dates include some minor errors. There is also no comment from Joan herself, or anyone else for that matter, explaining why the particular tracks were chosen; the only background information is a fairly superficial account of her career. All this perhaps suggests that Joan was not actively involved in putting this compilation together. So whilst the music is excellent, the information accompanying it is rather sparse. Despite the above criticisms, however, it's ultimately the music that counts, and I feel this deserves full marks as a comprehensive overview of Joan's work. But whilst her classic eponymous album from 1976 is well represented here, that record is so good that I consider it an essential accompaniment to this collection.

Joan Armatrading - Worth every penny
This was my first MP3 download and it was a very simple procedure. It was obviously cheaper & had the added bonus (for me) of not having another physical CD to add to my very large collection that I don't really play anymore.

The content speaks for itself and although imitated, Joan Armatrading, in my opinion, has never been bettered. Certainly the lyrics on the more reflective tracks still have resonance and relevance today.

A gem - buy it.

Beautiful music
This has a very wide range of Joan's best songs on it. There are so many classics on this album and quite a few of them were songs I had not realised were by Joan. This showcases a wide variety of styles and moods. Some are very gentle and tender. Others are strong and powerful. And some are wistful, distant, reflective. If you want to get to know Joan, this is a great way of doing it!