Love, Janis

by Janis Joplin

Love, Janis cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 8 May 2001
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:04:29
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The companion recording to the stage musical 'Love, Janis', built from the singer's letters to her family, read aloud and interleaved with her recordings. The letters, written between 1966 and 1970, document her Port Arthur upbringing and rapid fame in her own voice.

Genres

Descriptors: spoken-word, compilation, storytelling, bluesy, personal

Tracklist

  1. What Good Can Drinkin' Do (2:43)
  2. [I Bring The News]* (2:44)
  3. Down On Me (2:05)
  4. [I'm Someone Important]* (1:39)
  5. Women Is Losers (2:03)
  6. [Our First Record Is Finally Out]* (1:11)
  7. Piece Of My Heart (4:13)
  8. [I'm Sorry, Sorry]* (0:52)
  9. [A Happening]* (2:02)
  10. Summertime (3:58)
  11. [He's A Beatle, Mother]* (1:35)
  12. Ball And Chain (9:27)
  13. [I May Just Be A Star Someday]* (2:01)
  14. A Woman Left Lonely (3:27)
  15. [Twenty Five]* (1:30)
  16. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (3:55)
  17. [Did I Just Tell You About My Reviews?]* (1:07)
  18. Little Girl Blue (3:48)
  19. [Twenty-Seven]* (2:18)
  20. Me And Bobby McGee (4:31)
  21. Mercedes Benz (2:12)
  22. The Last Letter: [Really Rushin' Through]* (1:45)
  23. Get It While You Can (3:23)

More from Janis Joplin: full discography