℗ 2020 UMG Recordings; An A&M Records Release
| Released | 1978 |
| Duration | 41m 11s |
| Record Label | A&M |
| Genre | Folk |
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1.1
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Barefoot And Pregnant
Joan Armatrading |
3:40 | |||
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1.2
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Your Letter
Joan Armatrading |
3:49 | |||
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1.3
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Am I Blue For You
Joan Armatrading |
4:24 | |||
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1.4
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You Rope You Tie Me
Joan Armatrading |
4:09 | |||
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1.5
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Baby I
Joan Armatrading |
4:50 | |||
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1.6
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Bottom To The Top
Joan Armatrading |
3:27 | |||
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1.7
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Taking My Baby Up Town
Joan Armatrading |
3:25 | |||
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1.8
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What Do You Want?
Joan Armatrading |
3:44 | |||
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1.9
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Wishing
Joan Armatrading |
4:47 | |||
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1.10
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Let It Last
Joan Armatrading |
4:56 |
To the Limit is the fifth studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released in September 1978 by A&M.
The album was Armatrading's third and final studio collaboration with producer Glyn Johns. It was recorded at Olympic Studios in the London suburb of Barnes and mastered at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles. To the Limit marks a departure from her previous work, as she wanted to move away from the formal sound of a studio album and aim more for the feel of a live performance while retaining the quality of a studio. To this end, she used half the number of musicians she previously had, used a live studio band, and kept overdubs to a minimum.
Dave Markee and Henry Spinetti stayed on from Armatrading's previous album Show Some Emotion while Red Young and Quitman Dennis joined from her live band and Dick Sims from Eric Clapton's band. Phil Palmer had previously worked with David Bowie and Frank Zappa, and is the nephew of Ray and Dave Davies of The Kinks.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – A&M Studio Masters
Tracks 1-10 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-10 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.30 -0.30 to -0.30 | -16.73 -17.51 to -15.83 | -13.51 -15.30 to -11.90 | 11 9 to 12 | |
| 1 | Barefoot And Pregnant | -0.30 | -15.83 | -13.0 | 10 |
| 2 | Your Letter | -0.30 | -17.18 | -13.3 | 11 |
| 3 | Am I Blue For You | -0.30 | -17.51 | -14.6 | 11 |
| 4 | You Rope You Tie Me | -0.30 | -15.89 | -11.9 | 9 |
| 5 | Baby I | -0.30 | -17.51 | -15.3 | 12 |
| 6 | Bottom To The Top | -0.30 | -17.07 | -14.0 | 12 |
| 7 | Taking My Baby Up Town | -0.30 | -16.20 | -13.2 | 11 |
| 8 | What Do You Want? | -0.30 | -15.93 | -13.5 | 10 |
| 9 | Wishing | -0.30 | -17.08 | -13.3 | 11 |
| 10 | Let It Last | -0.30 | -17.04 | -13.0 | 10 |