Joan Armatrading
by Joan Armatrading

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Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 3,833rd   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 113 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (64th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (659th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,833rd)

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Joan Armatrading is ranked as the best album by Joan Armatrading.

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Joan Armatrading track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Down To Zero
Average Rating: 82 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
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Help Yourself
Average Rating: 77 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
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Water With The Wine
Average Rating: 78 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
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Love And Affection
Average Rating: 83 (36 votes)Comments: View 0
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Save Me
Average Rating: 79 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
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Join The Boys
Average Rating: 76 (21 votes)Comments: View 0
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People
Average Rating: 76 (21 votes)Comments: View 1
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Somebody Who Loves You
Average Rating: 78 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
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Like Fire
Average Rating: 78 (21 votes)Comments: View 0
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Tall In The Saddle
Average Rating: 78 (21 votes)Comments: View 0
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Joan Armatrading rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,833rd | 1970s rank: 659th | 1976 rank: 64th

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Joan Armatrading ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 113 votes)
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 !		12/27/2025 09:23 Exist-en-ciel   5,40470/100
 
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 !		11/28/2025 19:03 Jakor   4,88269/100
 
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 !		10/23/2025 21:29 Proto   3,88133/100
 
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 !		09/26/2025 09:28 byuzak   3,22179/100
 
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 !		07/19/2025 16:41 RemainInLight   3,15236/100

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This album is rated in the top 14% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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Joan Armatrading comments

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Rating:  
90/100
From 06/01/2023 00:33 | #297327
Incredible.
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75/100
From 08/06/2022 05:49 | #288159
Album Rating: 75.40
(754/10)

1.Down To Zero. 74
2.Help Yourself. 76
3.Water With The Wine. 70
4.Love And Affection. 90
5.Save Me. 83
6.Join The Boys. 72
7.People. 68
8.Somebody Who Loves You. 72
9.Like Fire. 73
10.Tall In The Saddle. 76
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85/100
From 12/19/2021 13:59 | #277658
Joan Armatrading is a great unknown to me and I think for most people.
A kinda related to Joni Mitchell as a singer-songwriter, this album has connection points to Jonis works.
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Rating:  
65/100
From 08/03/2021 13:07 | #272218
soulful funky pop
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Rating:  
85/100
From 01/15/2018 17:26 | #205749
Outstanding. Another genuine discovery.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 07/25/2016 18:43 | #171798
Lovely album from Joan Armatrading. Brilliantly structured and crafted songs, including the superb, love and affection. An often overlooked album.
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100/100
From 05/30/2015 13:14 | #142689
This is thee classic Joan Armatrading album, the one that put her on the map. Full of great songs Love & Affection, Save Me, Somebody Who Loves You & Down To Zero being the stand out tracks but all the tracks are 80/100 or better, she would never improve on this collection.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 08/29/2013 19:27 | #84782
Simply a beautiful album. Vastly under-rated.
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Best Albums of 1976
1. Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder
2. Station To Station by David Bowie
3. Ramones by Ramones
4. Hotel California by Eagles
5. Boston by Boston
6. Desire by Bob Dylan
7. Hejira by Joni Mitchell
8. 2112 by Rush
9. The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers
10. A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra
11. A Trick Of The Tail by Genesis
12. Rising by Rainbow
13. Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy
14. Oxygène by Jean Michel Jarre
15. A Day At The Races by Queen
16. The Royal Scam by Steely Dan
17. "Rocks" by Aerosmith
18. África Brasil by Jorge Ben
19. Moonmadness by Camel
20. Arrival by ABBA
 
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