Joan ArmatradingAuthor: Armatrading, Joan Format: Audiobook PartNumber: 1695108 Release Date: 25 10 1990 Details: Amazon. ca There weren't many female singer songwriters on the radio (and especially the charts) in the 1970s you could count them pretty much on two hands. That said, it's only mildly surprising that this LP made it about halfway up the U. S. charts (and did much better in the U. K.). The songs are so well written, the style so warm and appealing that