Me Myself I

This article is about the album. For the title track, see Me Myself I (song). For the 2000 film, see Me Myself I (film).

Me Myself I
Studio album by Joan Armatrading
Released	May 1980
Recorded	March 1980
Studio	The Record Plant, New York City
Genre	Rock [1]
Length	35:48
Label	A&M
Producer	Richard Gottehrer
Joan Armatrading chronology
How Cruel (1979) Me Myself I (1980) Walk Under Ladders (1981)
Singles from Me Myself I
"Me Myself I" Released: June 1980 "All the Way from America" Released: August 1980 "Simon" Released: October 1980

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+ [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) [5]
Smash Hits	6/10 [6]

Me Myself I is the sixth studio album by British recording artist Joan Armatrading. Released in May 1980, the album was Armatrading's highest ever chart placing both in the UK (number 5) and in the US (number 28). ^{[7] [8]} In Australia, the album peaked at number 13. ^[9] It was certified "Gold" in the UK by the BPI in July 1980.

The title track became one of her most successful singles, peaking at number 21 over an 11-week stay in the UK Singles Chart. ^[7] It was also used in the soundtrack of an Australian movie of the same title made in 1999. "All the Way from America" was a minor hit, peaking at number 54 in the UK chart. ^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joan Armatrading.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Me Myself I"	3:16
2.	"Ma-Me-O-Beach"	3:00
3.	"Friends"	3:05
4.	"Is It Tomorrow Yet"	3:31
5.	"Turn Out the Light"	4:19

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"When You Kisses Me"	3:14
7.	"All the Way from America"	4:49
8.	"Feeling in My Heart (For You)"	3:36
9.	"Simon"	3:40
10.	"I Need You"	2:44

Personnel

• Joan Armatrading – 12-string acoustic guitar, vocals
• Chris Spedding – guitar
• Hiram Bullock – guitar
• Richard Hirsh – guitar (3)
• Danny Federici – organ
• Paul Shaffer – piano
• Clifford Carter – piano (6)
• Phillip St. John – piano (4)
• Tom Sowell – synthesiser
• Clarence Clemons – saxophone
• Will Lee – bass
• Marcus Miller – bass (1, 4)
• Anton Fig – drums
• George Kerr, Sammy Turner – background vocals (5)

Technical

• Thom Panunzio – engineer
• Gregg Caruso – assistant engineer
• Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
• Brian Hagiwara – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1980) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [10] 13 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 12 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 23 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] 2 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [15] 4 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [16] 15 UK Albums (OCC) [7] 5 US Billboard 200 [8] 28

Year-end charts Chart (1980) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [17] 14

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [18]	Platinum	50,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Rolling Stone Staff (11 November 2020). "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 30 September 2023. Me Myself I is her punchiest rock album.
2. "Me Myself I Joan Armatrading". AllMusic . Retrieved 18 May 2021.
3. Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s . Pantheon Books. ISBN   0-679-73015-X . Retrieved 16 August 2020.
4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
5. Leight, Elias; Grow, Kory; Martoccio, Angie; Greene, Andy; Portwood, Jerry; Sheffield, Rob; Spanos, Brittany; Newman, Jason; Bernstein, Jonathan; Browne, David; Ehrlich, Brenna; Dolan, Jon; Hiatt, Brian; Shteamer, Hank (11 November 2020). "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
6. Hepworth, David. "Albums". Smash Hits (29 May – 11 June 1980): 30.
7. "Joan Armatrading | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
8. "Joan Armatrading Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
9. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 19. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
10. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 19. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
11. "Austriancharts.at – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I" (in German). Hung Medien.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
14. "Norwegiancharts.com – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I". Hung Medien.
15. "Charts.nz – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I". Hung Medien.
16. "Swedishcharts.com – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I". Hung Medien.
17. "Top Selling Albums of 1980 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 28 January 2022.
18. "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 26 December 2022– via Imgur.com.