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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Janis Ian |
| Record Label: |
Windham Hill Records |
| Contributing Artist: |
Ani DiFranco |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Singer/Songwriter |
| Release Date: |
September 30, 1997 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Black and White 2. On the Dark Side of Town 3. Might as Well Be Monday 4. Getting Over You 5. Searching For America 6. Hunger 7. Welcome to Acousticville 8. Honor Them All 9. Empty 10. House Without a Heart 11. Shadow 12. Getting Over You (with strings) |
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Personnel: Janis Ian (vocals, acoustic guitar); Kevin Breit (electric & National steel guitars, bazouki); Andrew Gilchrist, Dan Huff (electric guitar); Randy Leago (accordion); Glenn Worf, David Piltch (upright bass); Ani DiFranco (bass, samples, background vocals); Andy Stochansky (drums, percussion); Steve Brewster (drums); Terry McMillan, Cyro Baptista (percussion). Producers: Jeff Balding, Janis Ian, Ani DiFranco. Engineers: Andrew Gilchrist, Jeff Balding, Jim DeMain, Dan Koppelson, Philip Clark. Ian's third album of her '90s comeback has something of the minimalist feel of BREAKING SILENCE, but like REVENGE, it's fleshed out a bit with splashes of instrumental color--electric guitar, a string section, accordion--not found on that earlier album. The songs continue in Ian's confessional story vein with the occasional detour into the political; the strongest track in that regard is "Searching for America," an utterly despairing look at the failure of democracy (it's subtler than that might sound) produ... |
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