JOAN ARMATRADING : GOLD

 

Disc One (78:40)

  1. Cool Blue Stole My Heart
  2. Travel So Far
  3. Dry Land
  4. Down to Zero
  5. Help Yourself
  6. Love and Affection
  7. Water with the Wine
  8. Save Me
  9. Somebody Who Loves You
  10. The Flight of the Wild Geese
  11. Woncha Come on Home
  12. Show Some Emotion
  13. Warm Love
  14. Kissin' and a Huggin'
  15. Willow
  16. Barefoot and Pregnant
  17. Bottom to the Top
  18. You Rope You Tie Me
  19. Your Letter
  20. Mama Mercy
  21. Steppin' Out

Disc Two (79:57)

  1. Rosie
  2. How Cruel
  3. He Wants Her
  4. I Really Must Be Going
  5. Me Myself I
  6. Ma-Me-O-Beach
  7. Friends
  8. Is It Tomorrow Yet?
  9. Turn Out the Light
  10. All the Way from America
  11. Feeling in My Heart (For You)
  12. Simon
  13. I'm Lucky
  14. When I Get It Right
  15. The Weakness in Me
  16. No Love
  17. (I Love It When You) Call Me Names
  18. Drop the Pilot
  19. Everybody Gotta Know
  20. What Do Boys Dream?
  21. Frustration
  22. Heaven

Label : A&M

Release Year : 2005

Review (AllMusic) : Gold is a solid, top to bottom look at Joan Armatrading's ambitious, iconoclastic if often under-noticed career between the years 1975 and 1983. The two discs are literally packed, with 43 cuts, and all the hits and fan expectations are included in wonderfully remastered sound. From "Cool Blue Stole My Heart," to "Love and Affection," and "Show Some Emotion," to "Drop the Pilot," "(I Love It When You) Call Me Names," and even lesser known tunes like "Feelin In My Heart for You," and "Heaven," which closes the set. There is little that's left out, making this one of the most glorious "Best Of's" to come out in the Chronicles series. If there was a true introduction to Armatrading, this one serves the role far better than a mere ten-cut greatest hits. Her depth and breadth across genres and styles and even instrumentation and vocal phrasing are dizzying in their scope.