Love, Janis

Love, Janis
Compilation album by Janis Joplin
Released	2001
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	44:42
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bob Irwin Steve Berkowitz Mike Berniker
Janis Joplin chronology
Super Hits (2000) Love, Janis (2001) Essential Janis Joplin (2003)

Love, Janis is a collection, released in 2001, of Janis Joplin's performances interspersed with readings of her personal letters to her family throughout her career. It is a companion to the stage show of the same title and the book by Joplin's sister Laura.

The text of Joplin's letters are read by Catherine Curtin, with background music by Joplin and the various bands she was a part of.

Track listing

1. "What Good Can Drinkin' Do" - 2:49
2. "I bring the news" (reading) - 2:43
3. "Down On Me" - 2:04
4. "I'm somebody important" (reading) - 1.39
5. "Women Is Losers" - 2:03
6. "Our first record is finally out" (reading) - 1:11
7. "Piece Of My Heart" - 4:14
8. "I'm sorry, sorry" (reading) - 0:52
9. "A happening" (reading) - 2:01
10. "Summertime" - 3:58
11. "He's A Beatle, Mother" (reading) - 1:35
12. "Ball and Chain" - 9:26
13. "I may just be a star someday" (reading) - 2:01
14. "A Woman Left Lonely" - 3:27
15. "Twenty-Five" (reading) - 1:29
16. "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)" - 3:56
17. "Did I tell you about my reviews?" (reading) - 1:07
18. "Little Girl Blue" - 3:48
19. "Twenty-Seven" (reading) - 2:18
20. "Me And Bobby McGee" - 4:29
21. "Mercedes Benz" - 2:13
22. "The Last Letter: (Really gusin'through)" (reading) - 1:44
23. "Get It While You Can" - 3:23

v t e Janis Joplin Studio albums Big Brother & the Holding Company (1967) Cheap Thrills (1968) I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) Pearl (1971) Live albums In Concert (1972) Live in Amsterdam (1974) Live in Honolulu (1975) Live at Winterland '68 (1998) Live at Woodstock: August 19, 1969 (1999) The Woodstock Experience (2009) Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 (2012) Bootleg albums The Typewriter Tape (2008) Compilations Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits (1973) Janis (1975) Wicked Woman (1976) Anthology (1980) Farewell Song (1982) Janis (1993) This is Janis Joplin (1995) 18 Essential Songs (1995) The Collection (1995) Box of Pearls (1999) Rare Pearls (1999) Super Hits (2000) Love, Janis (2001) Essential Janis Joplin (2003) Very Best of Janis Joplin (2003) The Lost Tapes (2008) Playlist: Very Best of Janis Joplin (2010) Move Over! (2011) Blow All My Blues Away (2012) The Pearl Sessions (2012) Songs "Ball 'n' Chain" "Careless Love" "Cry Baby" "Flower In The Sun" "Hesitation Blues" "Kozmic Blues" "Mary Jane" "Me and Bobby McGee" "Mercedes Benz" "Move Over" "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "Piece of My Heart" "See See Rider" "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "Summertime" "To Love Somebody" "Trouble in Mind" "What Good Can Drinkin' Do" "Work Me, Lord" Related articles Big Brother and The Holding Company Full Tilt Boogie Band Sam Andrew Jorma Kaukonen Goldy McJohn Gabriel Mekler Michael Monarch Festival Express Port Arthur, Texas Book:Janis Joplin