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JOAN ARMATRADING: "To The Limit" (A&M):: The secret of Armatrading's songs is their plainness, but it's also their drawback. When she hits an image—"I read your letter yesterday/It fell between the covers/And my bare skin"—she lights up a real life.

May 1, 1979
Robert Christgau

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