Joan Armatrading – Into The Blues. 2007.

 

Into the Blues was the first 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. She described Into the Blues as "the CD I've been promising myself to write for a long time". Writing a whole album in one genre was a departure for Armatrading, as all her previous albums had an eclectic mix of influences from many genres. 

Blues-inspired music features on many Armatrading albums, as far back as her 1976 album Joan Armatrading, though Into the Blues is her first album to concentrate solely on the blues genre. 

Armatrading wrote and arranged all the songs on the album and plays all the instruments except for drums and percussion. She also produced and co-engineered the album.

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1 Woman In Love 3:54
2 Play The Blues 4:32
3 Into The Blues 4:22
4 Liza 4:07
5 Secular Songs 4:11
6 My Baby's Gone 3:35
7 D.N.A. 4:02
8 Baby Blue Eyes 3:55
9 Deep Down 3:58
10 There Ain't A Girl Alive 4:25
11 Empty Highway 5:25
12 Mama Papa 4:00
13 Something's Gotta Blow 8:02