Aftertones

Aftertones
Studio album by Janis Ian
Released	1976
Recorded	late 1975
Studio	Record Plant, New York City
Genre	Adult contemporary
Length	33:11
Label	Columbia
Producer	Brooks Arthur
Janis Ian chronology
Between the Lines (1975) Aftertones (1976) Miracle Row (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B− [2]
Wilson and Allroy	[3]
Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)	[4]

Aftertones is the eighth album by American singer/songwriter Janis Ian, recorded 1975 in various New York studios and released 1976 by Columbia Records. "Love Is Blind" was a #1 single in Japan for six months. It was the highest-selling album by a solo female artist in Japan and was also a top twenty and gold record in the United States, Ireland and Holland. ^[5] "I Would Like to Dance" reached #86 in Canada. ^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Janis Ian.

Side One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Aftertones"	3:13
2.	"I Would Like to Dance"	3:41
3.	"Love is Blind"	2:16
4.	"Roses"	3:11
5.	"Belle of the Blues"	4:31
Total length:		16:52

Side Two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Goodbye to Morning"	3:08
2.	"Boy I Really Tied One On"	2:43
3.	"This Must be Wrong"	2:42
4.	"Don’t Cry, Old Man"	3:58
5.	"Hymn"	4:09
Total length:		16:40

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [7]	12
Australian (Kent Music Report) [8]	45
Canada (RPM (magazine) [9]	81

Personnel

• Janis Ian – vocals, guitar, piano
• Jeff Layton, Al Gorgoni, Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
• Stu Woods, Richard Davis – bass guitar
• Barry Lazarowitz – percussion
• Arthur Jenkins – congas
• Claire Bay, Brooks Arthur, Odetta, V. Martin Fink – vocals
• Phoebe Snow – obligato vocals on "Hymn"
• Larry Spencer, Pete Nater, Tom Malone, Ernie Royal, Joe Shepley – trumpet
• Mickey Gravine, Lewis Kahn, Wayne Andre – trombone
• Donald Corrado, Earl Chapin, Jim Buffington – French horn
• Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy, Bruce Rogers, Kermit Moore, Max Hollander – cello
• Ezra Kliger, Gene Orloff, Julius Schacter, Kathryn Kienke, Harry Cykman, Harry Lookofsky, Michael Comins, Paul Winter – violin
• Emanuel Vardi, Eugenie Dengel, George Brown, David Sackson, Jennifer Ward Clarke – viola
• Gonzalo Fernandez – wooden flute on "I Would Like to Dance"
• George Young – tenor saxophone on "Belle of the Blues"
• Artie Kaplan – baritone saxophone on "Belle of the Blues"; bass clarinet on "Don't Cry, Old Man"
• Phil Bodner – oboe, alto flute, English horn on "Goodbye to Morning"
• Romeo Penque – oboe, alto flute, piccolo flue, English horn on "Goodbye to Morning"; contrabass clarinet on "Don't Cry, Old Man"
• Mike Gibson – arranger, conductor on "I Would Like to Dance"
• Jerry Ragovoy – arranger, conductor on "Belle of the Blues"
• Ron Frangipane – arranger, conductor on "Don't Cry, Old Man"

Production

• Produced by Brooks Arthur
• Album photography: Peter Cunningham
• Album design: David L’Heureux

External links

• Official website

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. "Aftertones – Janis Ian". All Music. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: I". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 27, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
3. Wilson, David Bertrand. "Aftertones – Janis Ian". Wilson and Allroy’s Record Reviews. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
4. DeCurtis, Anthony; George-Warren, Holly and Henke, James; The Rolling Stone Album Guide – Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist, p. 339 ISBN   0679737294
5. "Janis Ian - American songwriter, singer, musician, author and multiple Grammy-winning writer of "At 17," "Jesse" and "Society's Child": Listening Room: Aftertones". Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
6. "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 12, 1976" (PDF).
7. "Janis Ian Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 145. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
9. "RPM Top 100 Albums - April 7, 1976" (PDF).