Lovers Speak is the fifteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, and was released on 25 March 2003. Three tracks from the album ("Lovers Speak", "Love Bug" & "Crazy for You") were released by Telstar on 10 March 2003 as a sampler.

Lovers Speak was the first studio album released by Armatrading in eight years, following the 1995 release of What's Inside. At the time of this album's release she was no longer attached to a major record label – she had spent 18 years with A&M and had then released one album through RCA. All the songs on Lovers Speak were written, arranged and produced by Armatrading, and recorded at G2 Music. The album was released on 25 March 2003 by Denon Music (DEN 17185), part of the Savoy Label Group. Armatrading plays all the instruments on the album apart from drums, and brass on two of the tracks. Containing fourteen songs and running at nearly 51 minutes, the album is the longest studio album Armatrading had yet produced.

During the eight years between this and her previous studio album What's Inside, Armatrading had involved herself in a number of other activities. In December 1998 she released a CD entitled Lullabies With A Difference for a children's charity called PACES, which included contributions from Mark Knopfler, Jools Holland, Midge Ure, Tina Turner, The Cranberries, Melissa Etheridge, Brian May and Lewis Taylor; all artists she admired and whom she asked to contribute. In 1999 she wrote, upon request, a tribute song (The Messenger) for Nelson Mandela and performed it for him. She also studied at the Open University, receiving her BA (Hons) degree in History in 2001.

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