Walk Under Ladders


Walk Under Ladders is the seventh studio album by the 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. 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.

Background

The album was produced by Steve Lillywhite. Five tracks from the album were released as singles; "I'm Lucky", "When I Get It Right", "No Love", "I Wanna Hold You" and "The Weakness in Me". Thomas Dolby plays most of the synthesizer parts on the album and Andy Partridge of XTC provides guitar on two tracks from the album.
The album was reissued by Cherry Pop in 2010 featuring three bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joan Armatrading.
Side one
  1. "I'm Lucky" – 3:05
  2. "When I [Get It Right]" – 3:03
  3. "Romancers" – 3:48
  4. "I Wanna Hold You" – 3:46
  5. "The Weakness in Me" – 3:33
Side two
  2. "No Love" – 3:58
  3. "At the Hop" – 3:26
  4. "I Can't Lie to Myself" – 3:23
  5. "Eating the Bear" – 2:59
  6. "Only One" – 4:15
Bonus tracks on the 2010 reissue
  2. "Shine" – 3:48
  3. "Dollars" – 3:28
  4. "Crying" – 3:23

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Walk Under Ladders liner notes.
Production and artwork