Song · Joan Armatrading
“Love And Affection” by Joan Armatrading
From the album Joan Armatrading (1976)
“Love And Affection” by Joan Armatrading appears on 14 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1999 and 2022. It was first released in 1976 on the album Joan Armatrading. Its best result is #127 on the WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,065 alternative song of all time.
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Joan Armatrading's self-titled third album of 1976 gave her "Love and Affection", and with it the breakthrough she'd been waiting on: her fourth single, and her first to chart, climbing to number 10 in Britain. Glyn Johns produced and engineered it, and he gives the Kittitian-English songwriter room to breathe, her acoustic guitar up front, Dave Markee's bass and Dave Mattacks's drums keeping a patient pulse, Jerry Donahue shading the edges on 12-string. It starts out like a gentle ballad and doesn't stay polite for long.
Two guests steal a moment each. Clarke Peters, the American actor and singer, lays a deep, honey-smooth baritone into the backing vocals, and Jimmy Jewell, a session hand for Gallagher and Lyle, blows warm alto sax. Armatrading wrote every word and note herself, and the song later lent its name to two of her compilations.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 842 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 893 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 898 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2001 | 127 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2001 | 196 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 898 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2004 | 132 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2004 | 162 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2005 | 155 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 489 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2009 | 855 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2014 | 810 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 366 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 943 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
Also listed as: Love & Affection; Love and Affection.
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