Souvenirs: Best of Janis Ian 1972-1981

Janis Ian - Souvenirs: Best of Janis Ian 1972-1981

Souvenirs: Best of Janis Ian 1972-1981
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Artist: Janis Ian
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-08-23
Music Label: Festival Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Stars
  2. Jesse
  3. From Me to You
  4. At Seventeen
  5. In the Winter
  6. Belle of the Blues
  7. Love Is Blind
  8. Will You Dance?
  9. Miracle Row
  10. Maria
  11. Party Lights
  12. Do You Wanna Dance?
  13. Silly Habits
  14. The Other Side of the Sun
  15. Fly Too High [From Foxes]
  16. Jenny (Iowa Sunrise)
  17. Mechanical Telephone
  18. Passion Play

Free Music Notes for Souvenirs: Best of Janis Ian 1972-1981

Free Music Review: Brilliant but sometimes controversial folk-rock singer
Hit: 5 Stars

Janis Ian began her recording career with a song (Society's child) about an inter-racial relationship and followed up with an album of protest songs. Those recordings are not included on this compilation covering her later recordings, but they can be found separately.

Between 1974 and 1979, Janis recorded four classic albums (Stars, Between the lines, Aftertones, Night rains) from which most of the tracks here are taken. Those albums featured many of the great songs we remember her for including Jesse (a top ten American hit via a Roberta Flack cover), At seventeen (a top five American hit for Janis), Love is blind (a Japanese number one hit), Will you dance (another big Japanese hit), Fly too high (featured on the soundtrack of Foxes and a minor UK hit) and The other side of the sun (another minor UK hit).

Following those albums, Janis diversified into acting and writing but continued to record great music. When Canada legalized single-sex marriages, Janis seized on the opportunity to marry her lesbian partner there in 2003.

Forget all the controversy and just listen to a brilliant folk-rock singer who never achieved the same level of success as Joan Baez, Judy Collins or Joni Mitchell but who certainly deserves to be considered alongside those outstanding singers. If you enjoy their music, give Janis a listen. This compilation provides a great introduction to her music.

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