| Show Some Emotion | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Joan Armatrading |
| Cover: | ShowSomeEmotion.jpg |
| Released: | September 1977 |
| Recorded: | 1977 |
| Studio: | Olympic (London) |
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| Length: | 37:12 |
| Label: | A&M |
| Producer: | Glyn Johns |
| Prev Title: | Joan Armatrading |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | To the Limit |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
Show Some Emotion is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released in 1977 on A&M.[1] [2] It reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart, No. 52 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart,[3] and No. 18 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart.[4]
Armatrading's 1979 live album Steppin' Out contains two tracks from Show Some Emotion, "Mama Mercy" and "Kissin' and a Huggin'".
In a review for AllMusic, Dave Connolly wrote that he did not enjoy the album as much as her previous self-titled album, declaring that much of it was "like outtakes from that effort". He criticised the lyrics and arrangements, as well as the track placement. However, he praised "Show Some Emotion" and "Willow" as highlights. Robert Christgau, on the other hand, called Armatrading "sometimes funny, always real, and never ever pretentious", but wrote that "most of the meaning of the ordinary-plus lyrics is conveyed by stance and nuance". Trouser Press called Show Some Emotion a "lovely ... casual-sounding album of songs that, if not among her best, are more than presentable and occasionally captivating".[5] The Washington Post wrote that "Armatrading combines influences from her native West Indies and adopted England, and her voice projects both tenderness and power".[6]
All tracks composed by Joan Armatrading.
Side One
Side Two