Joan Armatrading – Back To The Night (VG+/E) – LP, UK 1975

Back To The Night is an LP by Joan Armatrading from 1975 released on the A&M Records label.

About this album

Back To The Night deepened Joan Armatrading’s distinctive blend of folk rock, soul and sharp songwriting, confirming her as one of British music’s most individual voices. Released in 1975, the album built on the promise of her earlier work with a more assured sense of scale and emotional range, balancing taut band arrangements with her intimate, immediately recognisable vocal style. Songs such as Dry Land and Steppin’ Out show how she could turn personal feeling into something direct and muscular, while the title track underlines her gift for vivid, restless storytelling. It is an important early statement in a catalogue that would grow in confidence and influence.

Genre: Pop & Rock