Joan Armatrading: Show Some Emotion
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 17 September 1977
AAAAAH, JOAN, Shall I compare thee to a summer rose? Not just now, but how about 'The Summertime Blues'? At least Eddie Cochran is something new in the critic's implacable pursuit of resemblances between our lady and Join Mitchell, Van Morrison etc.
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