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Janis Ian - The Essential Janis Ian Audio CD

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Title: The Essential Janis Ian
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Release Date: 2009-09-08
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Hair Of Spun Gold 2: God And The FBI 3: Silly Habits 4: Society's Child 5: Haven't I Got Eyes 6: Jesse 7: Stars 8: Thankyous 9: This Train Still Runs 10: At Seventeen 11: Love Is Blind 12: Fly Too High 13: Arms Around My Life 14: His Hands 15: When Angels Cry 16: My Tennessee Hills 17: Every Love 18: Some People's Lives 19: Stolen Fire 20: Days Like These 21: Tattoo 22: Through The Years 23: I Hear You Sing Again 24: Joy 25: My Autobiography 26: Hair Of Spun Gold (Demo) 27: I Long For You 28: Ginny The Flying Girl 29: Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye 30: Today You're Mine 31: At Seventeen

Great Album
And a perfect accompaniment to her autobiography, Society's Child. The title is true to the content: an absolutely essential collection of Janis Ian hits. Highly recommend both.


Always enjoyable
This CD gives you a great overview of her talent. Janis is the most underated performer/songwriter today.


Something for Everyone
It's a great choice for the person new to Janis' music as it spans her entire career from age 10 with "Hair of Spun Gold" to her 50's with "Joy" and "My Autobiography" And for the collector of Janis Ian's albums/cds, this set has the never before published song, and my favorite, "I Long for You. This two cd collection has something for everyone. " It even has something for the child in your family or the kid in all of us, "Ginny the Flying Girl"! If you're like me and love to know the story behind the titles like, "God and the FBI, or "Tattoo," a great accompaniment to "The Essential Janis Ian", is her revealing book "My Autobiography: Society's Child. " Check out Janis' tour schedule on her website,[. . . ]and find a show near you. I know Janis would be thrilled to sign your cd and/or book!.


The definitive Janis Ian CD
Most of us know one or two, often 'At Seventeen' or 'Society's Child', but the sheer number of top quality songs that this lady has written in a career that began seemingly in the nursery is staggering. There is something magic about Janis Ian's songs. This two CD set is the definitive introduction to a truly inspirational songwriter who can bring tears to your eyes or a smile to your lips (sometimes in the same song) and say something fresh and important every time she puts pen to paper. As well as her songwriting talent she is also a first class singer, guitarist and pianist, by far the best interpreter of her own songs, as well as a very fine writer (see her autobiography 'Society's Child'). In Janis we have a true multi-talented Renaissance woman, and such a lovely person as well. It's enough to give you back your faith in real talent, unsullied by music industry hype. This is the genuine article, beware of cheap imitations. You have an enormous treat in store if you aren't familiar with her less mainstream work. Janis is still a prolific writer and performer of songs and the work she is doing now is just as poignant and powerful as it ever was. The woman herself is as ageless as her music. Buy the two CDs, you won't regret it!.


Janis Ian - An Absolute Essential!
A two CD set that starts with Janis' very first song "Hair of Spun Gold" that she wrote at the age of 10, up to her recent songs like "Joy" and "My Autobiography". This is an excellent CD which was released September 9th 2009. All of Janis' smash hits are present: "At Seventeen" long and short versions, "Jesse" and disco surprise "Fly Too High". If that isn't enough, this album has three rare cuts: "Ginny the Flying Girl", "Today, You're Mine" and another, beautiful, previously unreleased ballad "I Long For You". Many of the selections are different takes from the regular album issue. A good example is the stunning "His Hands". Read the Janis' 2008 autobiography to find out what that song's about. It's very nice to see Janis working with Sony in the U. S. again after all these years. If you're a fan like me, make sure you add this wonderful CD set to your collection. If not, acquaint yourself with Janis now, this title is a great place to start.


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