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''The Shouting Stage'' is a studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading. It was written, arranged and produced by Joan Armatrading, and recorded at Bumpkin Studio, her own studio in the grounds of her home, and mixed at Olympic Studios, London. It is her eleventh studio album. The album was released on 29 June 1988 by A&M Records (AMA 5211). == Background == Several of the musicians on the album – Phil Palmer on guitar, Wesley Magoogan on saxophone, Dave Mattacks and Jamie Lane on drums and Pino Palladino on bass – are stalwarts from previous Armatrading albums, though as is usual with Armatrading, the album also features a number of new musicians, including Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler guesting on two of the tracks, Dire Straits keyboardist and pianist Alan Clark guesting on a further two, and drummer Mark Brzezicki of Big Country also guesting on two tracks. Armatrading took a more relaxed approach to making this album than she had with previous ones. After her previous album, ''Sleight of Hand'', and the tour following its release, she had collapsed with exhaustion and had taken a year away from music entirely. Her approach to making ''The Shouting Stage'' was to take much longer over the recording – she took several months over this album rather than her customary six weeks, beginning in September 1987 and not finishing the album until May 1988. The result was "a wonderful experience for all" with "a good atmosphere, friendly and relaxed",〔Mayes, p. 148〕 and because of the extra time taken over the recording, Armatrading had more choice over the musicians she invited to take part. The engineer for the album was Graham Dickson, who was recommended to Armatrading by Gus Dudgeon, who had produced her first album, ''Whatever's for Us''. For this album, like her others, Armatrading supplied demos for the songs which she had recorded herself, with guide vocals already on them, since she was reluctant as always, because of her shyness, to sing in front of other musicians. She would write out chord charts for the musicians, though these were not always easy to follow since as Phil Palmer, who played on the album observed, she often used "eccentric guitar tunings".〔Mayes, p. 150〕 For this album she listened to her demos more critically and tried to find ways to improve her songs. As is normal with Armatrading, her final vocals for the songs were recorded in seclusion.〔Mayes, p. 153〕 Phil Palmer observed about Armatrading during the making of the album: "she's a one-off, that's the bottom line. I don't know anybody else like her. I don't ever expect to meet anyone else like her."〔 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「The Shouting Stage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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