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Joan Armatrading - 2024 - How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean (24-48)

Pop, rock.

Twenty albums down the line and over half a century recording, Joan Armatrading continues to move forwards, preferring the new to the old. Her splendidly named new album How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean is a forest of invention and great songs.

And where recent records have explored other areas – jazz, classical (in 2023 she had her first symphony performed) – this one is very much in the grand tradition that gave the world Me Myself I, Love And Affection and Down To Zero, the unique kind of emotional rock and confessional pop that marks her best work.

These are songs that, if their stories didn’t actually happen, sound entirely real: from the regretful I Gave You My Keys to the gorgeous Come Back To Me (If Only In Dreams), this is a record full of sadness, soul and insane guitar workouts. On Back And Forth and Now What?, Armatrading does serious harm to electric guitars.

The results are great, and entirely in keeping with an album that sounds both familiar and brand new.

"A forest of invention and great songs": Joan Armatrading does serious harm to electric guitars on How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean

Tracks:
01. 25 Kisses
02. Someone Else
03. Irresistible
04. I'm Not Moving
05. Say It Tomorrow
06. Back And Forth
07. Come Back To Me (If Only In Dreams)
08. Here's What I Know
09. Redemption Love
10. How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean
11. Now What
12. I Gave You My Keys

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen. Oh ja, MP3 doe ik niet aan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UGji0Ay5U