Me Myself I

1980 studio album by Joan Armatrading

Me Myself I

Studio album by

Joan Armatrading

Released

May 1980

Recorded

March 1980

Studio

The Record Plant, New York City

Genre

Rock^[1]

Length

35:48

Label

A&M

Producer

Richard Gottehrer

Joan Armatrading chronology

How Cruel
(1979)

Me Myself I
(1980)

Walk Under Ladders
(1981)

Singles from Me Myself I

"Me Myself I"
Released: June 1980
"All the Way from America"
Released: August 1980
"Simon"
Released: October 1980

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)^[5]
Smash Hits	6/10^[6]

Me Myself I is the sixth studio album by British recording artist Joan Armatrading. Released in May 1980, the album was Armatrading's highest ever chart placing both in the UK (number 5) and in the US (number 28).^[7]^[8] In Australia, the album peaked at number 13.^[9] It was certified "Gold" in the UK by the BPI in July 1980.

The title track became one of her most successful singles, peaking at number 21 over an 11-week stay in the UK Singles Chart.^[7] It was also used in the soundtrack of an Australian movie of the same title made in 1999. "All the Way From America" was a minor hit, peaking at number 54 in the UK chart.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joan Armatrading

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Me Myself I"	3:16
2.	"Ma-Me-O-Beach"	3:00
3.	"Friends"	3:05
4.	"Is It Tomorrow Yet"	3:31
5.	"Turn Out the Light"	4:19

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"When You Kisses Me"	3:14
7.	"All the Way from America"	4:49
8.	"Feeling in My Heart (For You)"	3:36
9.	"Simon"	3:40
10.	"I Need You"	2:44

Personnel

Joan Armatrading – 12-string acoustic guitar, vocals
Chris Spedding – guitar
Hiram Bullock – guitar
Richard Hirsh – guitar (3)
Danny Federici – organ
Paul Shaffer – piano
Clifford Carter – piano (6)
Phillip St. John – piano (4)
Tom Sowell – synthesiser
Clarence Clemons – saxophone
Will Lee – bass
Marcus Miller – bass (1, 4)
Anton Fig – drums
George Kerr, Sammy Turner – background vocals (5)

Technical

Thom Panunzio – engineer
Gregg Caruso – assistant engineer
Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
Brian Hagiwara – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[10]	13
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[11]	12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[12]	5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[13]	23
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[14]	2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[15]	4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[16]	15
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	5
US Billboard 200^[8]	28

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)	Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[17]	14

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[18]	Platinum	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Rolling Stone Staff (11 November 2020). "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 September 2023. Me Myself I is her punchiest rock album.
^ "Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 16 August 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
^ Leight, Elias; Grow, Kory; Martoccio, Angie; Greene, Andy; Portwood, Jerry; Sheffield, Rob; Spanos, Brittany; Newman, Jason; Bernstein, Jonathan; Browne, David; Ehrlich, Brenna; Dolan, Jon; Hiatt, Brian; Shteamer, Hank (11 November 2020). "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ Hepworth, David. "Albums". Smash Hits (29 May – 11 June 1980): 30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Joan Armatrading | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
^ ^a ^b "Joan Armatrading Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I" (in German). Hung Medien.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I". Hung Medien.
^ "Charts.nz – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I". Hung Medien.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I". Hung Medien.
^ "Top Selling Albums of 1980 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.com.