Between the Lines (Janis Ian album)

Between the Lines is the seventh, and perhaps best known album by the then New York City-based singer-songwriter Janis Ian, released in 1975. The album went to #1 on the Billboard 200 charts, and sold over one million copies (Ian received virtually no money from Columbia Records in compensation for sales^{[citation needed]}). The LP came with a promotional booklet which contains photographs of Ian and positive reviews of her music.

The album's most popular single, "At Seventeen", reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on 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 11th of that year.

[edit] Track listing

(All songs are by Janis Ian)

"When The Party's Over"--2:57
"At Seventeen"--4:41
"From Me To You"--3:19
"Bright Lights And Promises"--4:17
"In The Winter"--2:13
"Water Colors"--4:58
"Between The Lines"--4:03
"The Come On"--3:56
"Light A Light"--2:45
"Tea And Sympathy"--4:28
"Lover's Lullaby"--5:25

[edit] Credits

Janis Ian--vocals
Richard Davis--bass
Don Payne--bass
Barry Lazarowitz--percussion
Phil Bodner--vocals
Burt Collins--vocals
Sal De Troia--vocals
Russell George--vocals
Al Gorgoni--vocals
Ken Kosak--vocals
Alan Raph--vocals
George Ricci--vocals
Peter Cunningham--photography (for album cover and accompanying booklet)

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Billboard 200	1

Preceded by The Heat Is On by The Isley Brothers	Billboard 200 number-one album September 20 - September 26, 1975	Succeeded by Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd