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Between the Lines (Janis Ian album)

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Released
  
March 1975

Length
  
43:21

Between the Lines (1975)
  
Aftertones (1976)

Release date
  
March 1975

Genre
  
Rock music

Recorded
  
1974

Label
  
Columbia

Artist
  
Janis Ian

Producer
  
Brooks Arthur

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Studio
  
914 Sound Studios Blauvelt, New York

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Similar
  
Janis Ian albums, Rock music albums

Bright lights and promises


Between the Lines, is the seventh studio album by Janis Ian, released in 1975. It contains the popular song "At Seventeen". The album reached #1 on the Billboard album chart in September 1975, and sold 1.9 million copies in the United States.

Contents

"At Seventeen" was released as a single and reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Ian won the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the song, and performed it on the first episode of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975.

Janis ian when the party s over


Recording

The album was recorded and mixed at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York, USA. Production was by Brooks Arthur.

Reception

The album reached #1 on the Billboard album chart in September 1975, and sold 1.9 million copies in the United States. "At Seventeen" was released as a single and reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Ian won the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the song.

Track listing

All songs composed by Janis Ian.

  1. "When the Party's Over" — 2:57
  2. "At Seventeen" — 4:41
  3. "From Me to You" — 3:19
  4. "Bright Lights and Promises" — 4:17
  5. "In the Winter" — 2:13
  6. "Water Colors" — 4:58
  7. "Between the Lines" — 4:03
  8. "The Come On" — 3:56
  9. "Light a Light" — 2:45
  10. "Tea and Sympathy" — 4:28
  11. "Lover's Lullaby" — 5:25

Personnel

  • Produced by Brooks Arthur
  • Engineered by Brooks Arthur, Larry Alexander, Russ Payne
  • Art Direction and Design: John Berg, Paul Perlow
  • Photography: Peter Cunningham
  • Production Coordinator: Herb Gart
  • Musicians

  • Al Gorgoni, Janis Ian, Sal DiTroia, Dave Snider, Dickie Frank - guitar
  • Don Payne, Richard Davis, George Duvivier - bass
  • Barry Lazarowitz - drums, percussion
  • Larry Alexander - percussion
  • Kenny Kosek, Russell George - fiddle
  • Orchestra

  • Violins: Arianna Bronne, Lewis Cley, Peter Dimitriades, Marie Hence, Max Hollander, Kathryn Kienke, Ezra Kliger, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Sackson, Julius Schachter, Ora Shiran, Harry Urbont, Masako Yanagita
  • Violas: Seymour Berman, George Brown, Eugenie Dengel, Patty Kopec, Richard Maximoff, David Sackson, Emanuel Vardi
  • Celli: Seymour Barab, Gloria Lanzarone, Beverly Lauridsen, Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, George Ricci
  • Trumpets: Ray Crisara, Burt Collins, Jimmy Sedlar, Joe Shepley
  • Trombones: Eddie Bert, Mickey Gravine, Alan Raph, Bill Watrous
  • French Horn: Jim Buffington
  • Flutes: Romeo Penque, Phil Bodner
  • Flugelhorn: Burt Collins
  • Tenor saxophone: Joe Grimm, Seldon Powell
  • String and horn arrangements: Ron Frangipane
  • Orchestral Contractor: Artie Kaplan
  • Recorded and Mixed at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York, USA
  • Barry Lazarowitz plays Hayman drums
  • All Songs (c)1974 Mine Music Limited and April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
  • Songs

    1When the Party's Over3:00
    2At Seventeen4:43
    3From Me To You3:20

    References

    Between the Lines (Janis Ian album) Wikipedia