Love_and_Affection

Love and Affection

Love and Affection

1976 single by Joan Armatrading

For the song by Nelson, see (Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection. For the song by Donna Lewis, see Now in a Minute. For the Def Leppard song, see Hysteria (Def Leppard album).

"Love and Affection" is a song by Kittitian-English singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading. Her fourth single, and her third for A&M Records, it was her first chart success. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1976. One of her best-known recordings, it has been described as a "deceptively feisty ballad ... an instant classic."[1] It appeared on her eponymous third album. The song has twice been used as the title track of compilation albums, for 1999's Love and Affection: The Best of Joan Armatrading and 2003's Love and Affection: Classics 1975–1983.

Quick Facts Single by Joan Armatrading, from the album Joan Armatrading ...

The male backing vocal, which has been described as a "honeyed baritone", was performed by American actor and singer Clarke Peters.[2] The alto saxophone was by Gallagher and Lyle session player Jimmy Jewell.

Personnel

Source: [3]

Charts

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Certifications

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Sinitta version

Quick Facts Single by Sinitta, Released ...

In 1990 American singer Sinitta covered "Love and Affection". It was produced by Barry Anthony Andrews and released as a non-album single. The single peaked at number 62 in the UK.

Critical reception

David Giles from Music Week wrote, "Dance interpretation of the Joan Armatrading classic that works well, if only because it adapts the original rather more cleverly into dancefloor mode than the recent Loving You did. Enormous hit potential here."[8]

Charts

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Other cover versions

References

  1. [1]
    Birch, Helen (4 November 2005). "I prefer birdsong to chatter". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  2. [2]
    Anthony, Andrew (4 September 2011). "Dominic West and Clarke Peters: 'We love each other's company'". The Observer. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  3. [3]
    Connolly, Dave. "Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. [4]
    Millward, Stephen (1 December 2012). Changing Times: Music and Politics In 1964. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 274. ISBN 9781780883441. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Google Books.
  5. [5]
    Anthony, Andrew (4 September 2011). "Dominic West and Clarke Peters: 'We love each other's company'". The Observer. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Search the charts". The Irish Charts.
  7. [7]
    "British single certifications – Joan Armatrading – Love and Affection". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  8. [8]
    Giles, David (25 August 1990). "Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 17. Retrieved 31 October 2020.


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