I love her voice since I heard it. The best impression I still have from "The Key Tour". I met her in Berlin at the concert. I found myself beneath a lot of fans but I was a newcomer because the several hitsingles who came out of this record. "Drop the pilot" had the highest position for Joan in West-Germany. (We were in the beginning of the 80's.) The more You listen to this music the better it is, a good relaxation from the daily routines. Get it if You can! It's difficult. Pity!

Knowing some of Joan Armatrading's earlier,softer work
"The Key" is actually a pleasant surprise.Joan's giant voice was
always very well suited to rock 'n roll and this delivers many
exciting tracks in that vein from "(I Love It When You) Call me
Names","Drop The Pilot",the tital track,"The Dealer" and "Bad Habits".But some very well-constructed modern pop songs
such as "Foolish Pride",'What Do Boys Dream" and "I Love My Baby" also make a point for Armatrading's many faces and the albums other tracks offer many unique conbinations in between.Not bad!