Lydia Vanderloo of Barnes & Noble called Lovers Speak a "confident, understated album that spotlights the depth of Armatrading's voice and verse".
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The band for the tour featured Armatrading on vocals and all guitars, Gary Foote on reeds, woodwinds, and percussion; and Spencer Cozens on keyboards.
The Conscious Lovers | Speak English or Die | Sons and Lovers | Speak Now World Tour | Speak | Sons and Lovers (1960 film) | Husbands, Wives & Lovers | Elegy for Young Lovers | Summer Lovers | Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from 'The Godfather') | Speak Low | Speak Like a Child | Speak (Jimmy Needham album) | speak | Songs for Young Lovers | Only Lovers Left Alive | Lovers of the Arctic Circle | Lovers of Teruel | Lovers and Other Strangers | Lovers and Lollipops | Lovers | Holiday for Lovers | Butterfly Lovers | Where Lovers Mourn (2003) | Where Lovers Mourn | We Should Be Lovers | Voice 2: Cover Lovers Rock | Underground Lovers | Third/Sister Lovers | The Young Lovers |