Joan Armatrading / Walk Under Ladders [A&M Records / AMLH 64876]

■オリジナル／UK盤／INNER付／TOWN HOUSE刻印。
■盤質：B／薄い擦れ程度で致命的な深いキズ無し。
■ジャケット：B／擦れ汚れフチ傷みあるが大きな抜け裂け割れ無し。

西インド諸島セントクリストファーネイビス生まれでロンドン育ちの黒人女性シンガーソングライター兼ギタリストのジョーンアーマトレイディング。アメリカの黒人にはないクールでソウルフルなファンキーさとフォーキー&ジャジーな、UKならではの独特の世界観を持つ唯一無二の存在。
本作は、通算7枚目のスタジオアルバムとなる1981年発表作品。全英アルバムチャートで最高6位を記録し、10万枚以上売上げ、ゴールドディスクに認定された。プロデュースはスティーブリリーホワイト、シンセにトーマスドルビー、ギターにXTCのアンディパートリッジが参加。

A1 I'm Lucky
A2 When I Get It Right
A3 Romancers
A4 I Wanna Hold You
A5 The Weakness In Me
B1 No Love
B2 At The Hop
B3 I Can't Lie To Myself
B4 Eating The Bear
B5 Only One

Joan Armatrading – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (on "I Wanna Hold You", "At the Hop" and "I Can't Lie to Myself"), electric piano (on "Only One")
Hugh Burns – guitar (except on "When I Get It Right", "I Can't Lie to Myself" and "Eating the Bear")
Andy Partridge – guitar on "The Weakness in Me" and "Eating the Bear"
Kirby – guitar on "When I Get It Right" and "I Wanna Hold You"
Gary Sanford – guitar (on "When I Get It Right", "Romancers", "At the Hop" and "I Can't Lie to Myself"), backing vocals (on "When I Get It Right" and "No Love")
Tony Levin – bass guitar (except on "I Can't Lie to Myself"), stick on "Eating the Bear"
Robbie Shakespeare – bass guitar on "I Can't Lie to Myself"
Nick Plytas – organ, piano on "The Weakness in Me", synthesizer on "No Love"
Thomas Dolby – synthesizers (except on "No Love")
Mel Collins – saxophone on "When I Get It Right" and "No Love"
Dick Cuthell – horn on "Romancers"
Rico Rodriguez – horn on "Romancers"
Ray Cooper – percussion
Julian Diggle – percussion on "At the Hop"
Jerry Marotta – drums (except on "I Can't Lie to Myself"), vocals on "No Love"
Sly Dunbar – drums on "I Can't Lie to Myself"
Steve Lillywhite – backing vocals on "When I Get It Right" and "No Love"
Clark Peters – vocals on "Eating the Bear"
Steve Lillywhite – producer
Steve Brown – engineer