The Weakness in Me

The Selected Lyrics of Joan Armatrading

Joan Armatrading

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English

Faber & Faber
17 January 2023

Music; Rock & Pop music; Musical scores, lyrics & libretti

Since the release of her debut album Whatever's For Us in 1972, Joan Armatrading has, across a fifty-year career, traversed styles and genres to create a monumental body of work. Acknowledged as the first British female singer-songwriter to gain international success, her writing is alive with intelligence and empathy and paints the human experience with insight and emotion.

Selected and arranged by the author, and featuring a foreword by revered record producer Glyn Johns, The Weakness In Me presents the lyrics of Armatrading for the first time in one unique volume. It also contains an introduction by Armatrading alongside annotations to a number of songs, giving a rare, personal glimpse into the creative process of a true pioneer.

By: Joan Armatrading
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9780571377596
ISBN 10: 0571377599
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 17 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joan Armatrading CBE is a Kittitian-English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. She is a three-time Grammy Award nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. In 2020 she received the Ivors Academy Fellowship Award, their highest accolade, and in 2021 was awarded an AIM Award for her contribution to music. She has released twenty-three studio albums, as well as several live albums and compilations. Her most recent release was the critically acclaimed Top 10 studio album Consequences in 2021.