Between the Lines

by Janis Ian

Between the Lines cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1975
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:52
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Achieving massive commercial resonance and a Grammy award on the strength of the painfully introspective hit 'At Seventeen,' 'Between the Lines' represents the definitive artistic peak of Janis Ian's career. The album bathes her razor-sharp, highly confessional songwriting in sophisticated acoustic arrangements and lush, delicate chamber-pop strings.

Genres

Descriptors: ballad, folk, melodic, confessional, piano, female-vocals, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. When the Party's Over (2:59)
  2. At Seventeen (4:43)
  3. From Me to You (3:20)
  4. Bright Lights and Promises (4:18)
  5. In the Winter (2:33)
  6. Watercolors (5:02)
  7. Between the Lines (4:06)
  8. The Come On (3:59)
  9. Light a Light (2:47)
  10. Tea and Sympathy (4:33)
  11. Lover's Lullaby (5:26)

Credits

  • Janis Ian - primary artist, acoustic guitar, arranged by, arranged by [horns], guitar [nylon], keyboards, piano, score, written-by
  • George Duvivier - acoustic bass
  • Richard Davis - acoustic bass, arranged by
  • Al Gorgoni - acoustic guitar, guitar [nylon], lead guitar
  • Dave Snider - acoustic guitar
  • Dick Frank - acoustic guitar
  • Artie Kaplan - alto saxophone, contractor
  • Romeo Penque - alto saxophone, flute

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