Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink, April 7, 1951) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction writer.[1] She stated singing folk in the mid-sixties while she was still a teenager. She sang the most in the 1960s and the 1970s, but she's still singing today. In 1975, Ian won a Grammy Award for her song, "At Seventeen".
Ian is openly lesbian and is married to a woman.[2]
Discography
Albums
- Janis Ian (1967) #29 US (Verve) / (1978) (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
- For All the Seasons of Your Mind (1967) #179 US (Verve)
- The Secret Life of J. Eddy Fink (1968) (Verve)
- Who Really Cares (1969) (Verve)
- Present Company (1971) #223 US (Capitol)
- Stars (1974) #83 US, #63 (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl)
- Between the Lines (1975) #1 US, #22 Japan (Columbia, Festival) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
- Aftertones (1976) #12 US, #1 Japan (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
- Miracle Row (1977) #45 US, #26 Japan (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
- Night Rains (1979) (Columbia)
- Restless Eyes (1981) #156 US (Columbia)
- Uncle Wonderful (1983) (Festival) (Australia only)
- Breaking Silence (1993) (Morgan Creek) / (Bonus Track) (2003) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
- Simon Renshaw Presents: Janis Ian Shares Your Pain (1995) (not released until 12.09)
- Revenge (1995) (Beacon)
- Hunger (1997) (Windham Hill)
- god & the fbi (2000) (Windham Hill) / (3 Bonus Tracks) (2000) (JVC Japan)
- Lost Cuts 1 (2001) (Rude Girl)
- Billie's Bones (2004) (Oh Boy, Rude Girl Cooking Vinyl US)s
- Night Rains (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
- Billie's Bones (Bonus Track) (2004) (JVC Japan)
- Folk is the New Black (2006) (Rude Girl) / (With DVD) (2006) (Evasound)
- Revenge (Bonus Track) (2006) (Cooking Vinyl UK 2003) (WEA)
- Strictly Solo (2014)
- Hope (2020)
- The Light at the End of the Line (2021)
Compilation albums
- Remember (1978) (JVC Japan)
- The Best of Janis Ian (1980) (CBS)
- My Favourites (1980) (CBS)
- Stars/Night Rains (Double Album) (1987) (CBS)
- At Seventeen (1990) (CBS)
- Up 'Til Now (1992) (Sony)
- Society's Child: The Verve Recordings (1995) (Polydor)
- Live on the Test 1976 (1995) (BBC World Wide)
- Unreleased 1: Mary's Eyes (1998) (Rude Girl)
- The Bottom Line Encore Collection (1999) (Velvet)
- The Best of Janis Ian (2002) (Festival)
- Live: Working Without a Net (2003) (Rude Girl)
- Souvenirs: Best of 1972-1981 (US CD) (2004) (Rude Girl) / (Japan CD) (2004) (JVC Japan) / (CD/DVD) (2006) (Evasound)
- Unreleased 2: Take No Prisoners (2006) (Rude Girl)
- Unreleased 3: Society's Child (2006) (Rude Girl)
- Ultimate Best (2007) (JVC Victory)
- Best of Janis Ian: Autobiography Collection (2008) (Rude Girl)
- The Essential Janis Ian (2009)
Singles
| Year
|
Title
|
U.S.
|
U.S.
|
U.S. A/C
|
UK
|
JAP
|
| 1967
|
"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)"
|
14
|
13
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
| "Insanity Comes Quietly to the Structured Mind"
|
109
|
82
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
| 1974
|
"The Man You Are in Me"
|
104
|
–
|
33
|
–
|
–
|
| 1975
|
"When the Party's Over"
|
–
|
–
|
20
|
–
|
–
|
| "At Seventeen"
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
| "In the Winter"
|
–
|
97
|
21
|
–
|
–
|
| 1976
|
"Boy I Really Tied One On"
|
–
|
–
|
43
|
–
|
–
|
| "I Would Like to Dance"
|
–
|
–
|
28
|
–
|
–
|
| "Roses"
|
–
|
–
|
37
|
–
|
–
|
| "Love Is Blind"
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
| "Between the Lines"
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
90
|
| 1977
|
"Will You Dance?"
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
40
|
| 1978
|
"That Grand Illusion"
|
–
|
–
|
43
|
–
|
–
|
| 1979
|
"Fly Too High"
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
44
|
–
|
| 1980
|
"You Are Love"
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
10
|
| "The Other Side of the Sun"
|
–
|
–
|
47
|
44
|
–
|
| 1981
|
"Under the Covers"
|
71
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
DVDs
- Live at Club Cafe (2005) (Rude Girl)
- Janismania (2005) (Rude Girl)
- Through the Years: A Retrospective (2007) (Rude Girl)
- Janis Ian '79: Live in Japan & Australia (2008) (Rude Girl)
References
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