- Record Label: BMG
- Release Date: Nov 22, 2024
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Jan 10, 2025She's clearly having fun, making the music she wants to make and exploring new facets of her craft. Hopeful, romantic, and energetic, Armatrading offers a strong dose of joy in troubled times.
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Nov 21, 2024Her splendidly named new album How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean is a forest of invention and great songs. [Dec 2024, p.78]
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MojoNov 21, 2024Vital and vibrant. [Jan 2025, p.88]
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Record CollectorDec 2, 2024An album that's one long masterstroke. [Christmas 2024, p.132]
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Nov 21, 2024Armatrading has proved more than willing to evolve down the years, but How Did This Happen is mostly a welcome return to familiar sounds and ideas. She produced the album at home, playing all the instruments herself (as she has done for decades) with considerable slickness.
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Nov 21, 2024[Redemption Love's] use of repetition is borderline annoying, the instrumental is completely uninteresting, making this track feel like just another piece of filler on an album that otherwise features some truly captivating songwriting. The title track, for example, is the Joan Armatrading we know and love, and then some: contemplative, wise and deliciously groovy.
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UncutNov 21, 2024Now in her seventies, her voice is deeper than it once was, but it remains an instrument of impressive power. [Review of the Year 2024, p.27]