Track Record (Joan Armatrading album)

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Track Record
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Released1983
Label A&M
Producer
Joan Armatrading chronology
The Key
(1983)
Track Record
(1983)
Secret Secrets
(1985)
Professional ratings
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Christgau's Record Guide A− [2]

Track Record is the first compilation album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released in 1983 on A&M Records.

Contents

Album content

Track Record contains selected singles and album tracks from five of Armatrading's previously released studio albums— Joan Armatrading (1976), Show Some Emotion (1977), Me Myself I (1980), Walk Under Ladders (1981) and The Key (1983)—plus a track from the EP How Cruel (1979) and two new songs.

Track listing

All tracks written by Joan Armatrading.

No.TitleOriginLength
1."Drop the Pilot" The Key 3:42
2."(I Love It When You) Call Me Names"The Key3:24
3."Frustration"new song3:35
4."When I Get It Right" Walk Under Ladders 2:50
5."I'm Lucky"Walk Under Ladders3:04
6."Me Myself I" Me Myself I 3:16
7."The Weakness in Me"Walk Under Ladders3:32
8."Heaven"new song4:40
9."Down to Zero" Joan Armatrading 3:50
10."Love and Affection"Joan Armatrading4:27
11."Show Some Emotion" Show Some Emotion 3:30
12."Willow"Show Some Emotion4:03
13."Rosie" How Cruel (EP)3:10

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Track Record
Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [4] 11
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 18
US Billboard 200 [6] 113

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