Joan Armatrading – This Charming Life. 2010.

 

This Charming Life is the seventeenth studio album by Joan Armatrading, and was released on 30 March 2010. The album was recorded during 2009 by Armatrading at Bumpkin Studios, her own purpose-built studios. Armatrading's third live album Live at the Royal Albert Hall was recorded as part of the tour that accompanied the release of This Charming Life.

This Charming Life is the second of a trilogy of albums by Armatrading each concerned with a specific genre of music. She wrote and produced three albums focused on blues, rock and jazz music respectively, and This Charming Life is the second of these, and is an album that focuses on "guitar-driven rock".

Armatrading wrote and arranged all the songs on the album and plays all the instruments except for drums and percussion. She also produced the album. The tracks "This Charming Life" and "Best Dress On" were released as singles.

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1 This Charming Life 3:53
2 Love Love Love 3:57
3 People Who Win 3:52
4 Two Tears 4:31
5 Heading Back To New York City 3:57
6 Goddess Of Change 3:30
7 Diamond 4:24
8 Promises 4:05
9 Virtual Reality 4:31
10 Best Dress On 4:11
11 Cry 4:03