Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits

by Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: July 1973
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:37
  • Community rating: 4.12/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Issued a few years after her tragic death, this immensely popular compilation succinctly summarizes the powerhouse vocalist's brief but explosive career. Drawing from her tenure with Big Brother and the Holding Company through her acclaimed solo work with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, it highlights her unrivaled ability to channel sheer, unbridled blues agony into psychedelic rock. The album remains her best-selling release, permanently cementing her legacy as a 1960s countercultural icon.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, rhythmic, bluesy, soulful, belting

Tracklist

  1. Piece Of My Heart (4:19)
  2. Summertime (4:01)
  3. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (4:02)
  4. Cry Baby (3:57)
  5. Me And Bobby McGee (4:30)
  6. Down On Me (3:07)
  7. Get It While You Can (3:24)
  8. Bye, Bye Baby (2:36)
  9. Move Over (3:40)
  10. Ball And Chain (8:01)

Credits

  • Janis Joplin - primary artist, arranged by, written-by
  • Bert Berns - written-by
  • Jerry Ragovoy - written-by
  • DuBose Heyward - written-by
  • George Gershwin - written-by
  • Chip Taylor - written-by
  • Fred Foster - written-by
  • Kris Kristofferson - written-by

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