Between the Lines (Janis Ian album)

Between the Lines
Studio album by Janis Ian
Released	March 1975
Recorded	1974
Studio	914 Sound Studios Blauvelt, New York
Genre	Folk
Length	43:21
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Brooks Arthur
Janis Ian chronology
Stars (1974) Between the Lines (1975) Aftertones (1976)

Between the Lines is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian, released in 1975 by Columbia Records. The album was recorded and mixed at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York, with production by Brooks Arthur. The album reached number one on the Billboard album chart in September 1975, and has sold 1.9 million copies in the United States.

The song "At Seventeen" was released as a single and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped 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. In 2000 it was voted number 590 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums . ^[1]

Professional ratings

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

Track listing

All tracks are written by Janis Ian.

No.	Title	Length
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"	2:29
6.	"Watercolors"	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 guitar
• Barry Lazarowitz – drums, percussion
• Larry Alexander – percussion
• Kenny Kosek, Russell George – fiddle

Orchestra

• • 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 – violin
  • Seymour Berman, George Brown, Eugenie Dengel, Patty Kopec, Richard Maximoff, David Sackson, Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Seymour Barab, Gloria Lanzarone, Beverly Lauridsen, Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Ray Crisara, Burt Collins, Jimmy Sedlar, Joe Shepley – trumpet
  • Eddie Bert, Mickey Gravine, Alan Raph, Bill Watrous – trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Romeo Penque, Phil Bodner – flute
  • Burt Collins – flugelhorn
  • Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
• Ron Frangipane – string and horn arrangements
  • Artie Kaplan – orchestral contractor
• Recorded and Mixed at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York, USA

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1975) Peak position Australian (Kent Music Report) [5] 16 Canada (RPM (magazine) [6] 4 US Billboard 200 [7] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1975) Position US Billboard 200 [8] 12 Canada RPM [9] 41 Chart (1976) Position US Billboard 200 [10] 83

References

1. Larkin, Colin (2000). All-time top 1000 albums (3rd ed.). London: Virgin. ISBN   0-7535-0493-6. OCLC   44154140.
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. "Between the Lines – 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. 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.
6. "RPM Top 100 Albums - September 27, 1975" (PDF).
7. "Janis Ian Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
8. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1975". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
9. "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1975 - December December 27, 1975" (PDF).
10. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1976". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2021.