

It was released as the third single from that album. Kate Ceberano recorded a version for her 1996 album Blue Box.Melissa Etheridge performed the song in 1996, live on the VH1 channel, with Joan Osborne, Paula Cole, Jewel and a backing band.Martha Davis (of the Motels) and Sly Stone perform a duet of the song which appeared on the 1986 soundtrack for Soul Man.Sheena Easton covered "Love and Affection" on her 1984 platinum album A Private Heaven.Enormous hit potential here." Charts Chart (1990) The single peaked at number 62 in the UK.ĭavid Giles from Music Week wrote, " Dance interpretation of the Joan Armatrading classic that works well, if only because it adapts the original rather more cleverly into dancefloor mode than the recent Loving You did. It was produced by Barry Anthony Andrews and released as a non-album single. In 1990 American singer Sinitta covered " Love and Affection". Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Clarke Peters – backing vocals and "People".

Jerry Donahue – acoustic & electric guitars.Joan Armatrading – vocals, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars.The alto saxophone was by Gallagher and Lyle session player Jimmy Jewell. The male backing vocal, which has been described as a "honeyed baritone", was performed by American actor and singer Clarke Peters. The song has twice been used as the title track of compilation albums, for 1999's Love and Affection: The Best of Joan Armatrading and 2003's Love and Affection: Classics 1975–1983. an instant classic." It appeared on her eponymous third album. One of her best-known recordings, it has been described as a "deceptively feisty ballad . It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1976. Her fourth single, and her third for A&M Records, it was her first chart success. " Love and Affection" is a song by Kittitian-English singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading. For the Def Leppard song, see Hysteria (Def Leppard album). For the song by Donna Lewis, see Now in a Minute. For the song by Nelson, see (Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection.
