Walk Under Ladders

Walk Under Ladders
Studio album by
Joan Armatrading
Released4 September 1981 (1981-09-04)[1]
RecordedJuly 1981
StudioThe Town House (London)
Genre
Length35:16
LabelA&M
ProducerSteve Lillywhite
Joan Armatrading chronology
Me Myself I
(1980) 		Walk Under Ladders
(1981) 		The Key
(1983)
Singles from Walk Under Ladders
  1. "I'm Lucky"
    Released: August 1981
  2. "When I Get It Right"
    Released: October 1981
  3. "No Love"
    Released: January 1982
  4. "I Wanna Hold You"
    Released: February 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Walk Under Ladders is the seventh studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released on 4 September 1981 by A&M Records. The album peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album peaked at No. 16 in Australia.[5] Two minor hits from the album both fell just short of cracking the UK Top 40: "I'm Lucky", which peaked at No. 46, and "No Love", which peaked at No. 50.[6]

  1. ^ "Releases". Record Mirror: 29. 15 August 1981. Retrieved 3 March 2021 – via flickr.com.
  2. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Joan Armatrading – Walk Under Ladders". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 16 August 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 19. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Official Charts: Joan Armatrading". Official Charts.com. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 August 2016.