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Janis Ian - Stars Audio CD

A fair review of the Janis Ian "Stars" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Janis Ian reviews here, or go back to the Janis Ian tabs.

Janis Ian Band: Janis Ian
Title: Stars
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Release Date: 2004-09-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Stars 2: Man You Are in Me 3: Sweet Sympathy 4: Page Nine 5: Thankyous 6: Dance with Me 7: Without You 8: Jesse 9: You've Got Me on a String 10: Applause 11: Jesse [Live][*]

One of Janis Ian's classics
The title track is haunting and prescient, very beautiful. This CD is from her earlier years and is one of Janis Ian's best. In her live CD, she quiets the crowd because it's best heard without distracting noise. But the star of Stars has got to be "Jesse". If you listen to one song from this CD, make it "Jesse". The give you an acoustic bonus track of "Jesse" but it really doesn't matter. The song is just drop-dead gorgeous. My wife and I dance to this song whenever it comes on. "Sweet Sympathy", "You've Got Me on a String", "Applause" and "Without You" are all great and infectious tunes that will stick with you a long time. It's a very good CD to sing along with. I heartily recommend this CD to all music lovers with discriminating taste.


The Best
She's a great person also - if you haven't heard Stars, you haven't completely heard music. I just met Janis Ian at a book signing for her autobiography and for someone who has miraculous control over their emotions, I had tears streaming down my face; both from joy (I had wondered for years what happened to her) and from a rush of emotions from the days when I would sit and listen to the Stars album when I was a teenager and feel the lonely horrible feelings teens have to her gentle singing voice.


Take A Picture of Your Life with Janis Ian
With lyrics, vocals and melodys that speak to just about every emotion, this album is a true classic. It can be argued that Stars is Janis Ian's best album. It should be required listening to anyone who picks up a guitar and wants to sing and write their own songs. The title track is a simple masterpiece - just voice and acoustic guitar musing about the price of fame. Jesse is another classic. Can't listen to this one without getting a lump in my throat (even after all these years). Dance with Me is a graphic anti-war song set to the most joyous melody you could imagine. It's perfection. All the other songs are extremely well done and really show Ian's range as a singer and musician. Just buy this album and let it become part of your life. You'll be better off by having heard Stars.


A lost classic for sure.
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This album is ridiculously well crafted, thoughtful songs and arrangements, a beautiful singin voice, and crystal clear sound quality while still maintaining the warmth of all the best records ever. My brother said it best: "I heard the first song and I never wanted to play music ever again, then I heard the rest of the album and I couldn't imagine doing anything else. After hearing it I was upset I had never heard it before then. That's only happened to me a handful of times. If you don't like this, you suck. Straight up. Don't talk to me.


Heartfelt
(Some say this album marked the beginning of her comeback. The title/first track, "Stars", is a starkly honest, lyrically beautiful expression of Janis' feeling that she has fallen from the success of her teenage debut. ) It is not unusual for artists to write about their experiences as an artist, but rarely is this done in such a direct, literal, self-effacing and poetic way. The quiet, expressive acoustic guitar on this track underscores that this is a deeply personal song. The rest of the album is more upbeat, sometimes heavily orchestrated, moving through folksy and jazzy styles. Page Nine, as optimistic as Stars is sad, looks forward to living with a new love. This is the honest, heartfelt work of a great talent.
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