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''Lovers Speak'' is the fifteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, and was released on 25 March 2003. Three tracks from the album ("Lovers Speak", "Love Bug" & "Crazy for You") were released by Telstar on 10 March 2003 as a sampler.〔"(Joan Armatrading - Lovers Speak (Album Sampler) )". Discogs. Retrieved 9 February 2014.〕 == Background == ''Lovers Speak'' was the first studio album released by Armatrading in eight years, following the 1995 release of ''What's Inside''. At the time of this album's release she was no longer attached to a major record label – she had spent 18 years with A&M and had then released one album through RCA. All the songs on ''Lovers Speak'' were written, arranged and produced by Armatrading, and recorded at G2 Music. The album was released on 25 March 2003 by Denon Music (DEN 17185), part of the Savoy Label Group. Armatrading plays all the instruments on the album apart from drums, and brass on two of the tracks. Containing fourteen songs and running at nearly 51 minutes, the album is the longest studio album Armatrading had yet produced. During the eight years between this and her previous studio album ''What's Inside'', Armatrading had involved herself in a number of other activities. In December 1998 she released a CD entitled ''Lullabies With A Difference'' for a children's charity called PACES, which included contributions from Mark Knopfler, Jools Holland, Midge Ure, Tina Turner, The Cranberries, Melissa Etheridge, Brian May and Lewis Taylor; all artists she admired and whom she asked to contribute. In 1999 she wrote, upon request, a tribute song (''The Messenger'') for Nelson Mandela and performed it for him.〔"(Joan sings Mandela's praises )". BBC News, 10 December 1999. Retrieved 7 January 2014.〕 She also studied at the Open University, receiving her BA (Hons) degree in History in 2001. Armatrading dedicated ''Lovers Speak'' to her "good friends" Gus Dudgeon and his wife Sheila Bailey, who had both been killed in a car accident in July 2002.〔"(Gus Dudgeon )". ''The Daily Telegraph'', 23 July 2002. Retrieved 7 January 2014.〕 Gus Dudgeon had produced her debut album ''Whatever's for Us'' in 1972. In an interview for the ''Washington Post'' in July 2003, Armatrading said of the songs on the album that they "are about people's reactions to love and what happens in love, falling in love and how to survive falling in love".〔Harrington, Richard (6 July 2003). "(Armatrading Bares Soul Only In Her Songs )". ''Sun-Sentinel'' (originally from ''The Washington Post''). Retrieved 8 March 2014.〕 She later said of the song "Blessed" that it was a "song saying 'Thank you very much for the life I have.' I'm very appreciative and I want to acknowledge it, not just quietly to myself. It's not about fame and money, it's just life and how you feel." 〔Sexton, Paul (8 April 2010). "(Joan Armatrading: Saint Joan )". ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 12 January 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lovers Speak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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