Joan Armatrading / Show Some Emotion (US, A&M Records, SP 4663) <October 1977>

Joan Armatrading / Show Some Emotion (US, A&M Records, SP 4663) <October 1977>
(1) SP 5063 P2 TML-S
(2) SP-5064 P-2

"Show Some Emotion" is a studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released in 1977 on A&M. It reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart, No. 52 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, and No. 18 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart.

「見た目がキレイで無いとこの業界でやっていくのは大変なのよ」という趣旨の毒を吐いたのは、Joan Armatradingだったか、Phoebe Snowだったか・・・。いずれも、美人とは言いがたいですが、素晴らしい女性歌手です。この4作目も、初めて聴くひとはきっとショックを受ける素晴らしい作品です。伝説級のミュージシャンGeorgie Fameや、金栗で有名なMel Collinsなど一流ミュージシャンが脇を固めた名盤。

JOAN ARMATRADING Show Some Emotion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcVgAlVSArA

"Show Some Emotion"

Show some emotion
Put expression in your eyes
Light up if you're feeling happy
But if it's bad then let those tears roll down

Some people hurting
Someone choking up inside
Some poor souls dying
Too proud to say they got no place to lie
And there's people if they hear a joke
Can't keep the laugh out of their eye
I said

Show some emotion
Put expression in your eyes
Light up if you're feeling happy
But if it's bad then let those tears roll down

Some people in love
But all they got's a photograph
How can they get it
Too scared to open their mouths and laugh
I said

Show some emotion
Put expression in your eyes
Light up if you're feeling happy
But if it's bad then let those tears roll down

Come on try

Learn to bleed when you get a bad fall
Light up light up light up if it's nice
And if it's bad then let those tears roll down
I said

Show some emotion
Put expression in your eyes
Light up if you're feeling happy
But if it's bad then let those tears roll down

Come on try
Come on try
Come on try
Learn to bleed when you get a bad fall
Light up light up light up if it's nice
But if it's bad then let those tears roll down

If it's bad then let those tears roll down

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