- pop, reggae, reggae-pop, rock
- EP
- 4 tracks
- A&M Records
How Cruel is a 12-inch one-sided EP by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, which was released in November 1979 on A&M. The title track had previously appeared on Armatrading's live album Steppin' Out, which was not released in the US.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1Rosie
- 2How Cruel
- 3He Wants Her
- 4I Really Must Be Going
About the album
- Artist
- Joan Armatrading
- Label
- A&M Records
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- EP
- Country
- US
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