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Between the Lines (Janis Ian album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Between the Lines

| type = studio

| artist = Janis Ian

| cover = Janis Ian - Between the Lines.png

| alt =

| released = March 1975

| recorded = 1974

| studio = 914 Sound Studios
Blauvelt, New York

| genre = Folk

| length = 43:21

| label = Columbia

| producer = Brooks Arthur

| prev_title = Stars

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Aftertones

| next_year = 1976

}}

Between the Lines is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian, released in 1975 by Columbia Records. The album was recorded and mixed at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York, with production by Brooks Arthur. The album reached number one on the Billboard album chart in September 1975, and has sold 1.9 million copies in the United States.

The song "At Seventeen" was released as a single and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped 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 11, 1975. In 2000 it was voted number 590 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.{{Cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44154140|title=All-time top 1000 albums|date=2000|publisher=Virgin|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|edition=3rd|location=London|oclc=44154140}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r9720|pure_url=yes}} link]

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2score = B−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: I|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=I&bk=70|accessdate=February 27, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = Wilson and Allroy

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.warr.org/jian.html#BetweenTheLines|title=Between the Lines – Janis Ian|publisher=Wilson and Allroy’s Record Reviews|first= David Bertrand|last=Wilson|access-date=September 17, 2021}}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)

| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}DeCurtis, Anthony; George-Warren, Holly and Henke, James; The Rolling Stone Album Guide – Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist, p. 339 {{ISBN|0679737294}}

}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Janis Ian

| title1 = When the Party's Over

| length1 = 2:57

| title2 = At Seventeen

| length2 = 4:41

| title3 = From Me to You

| length3 = 3:19

| title4 = Bright Lights and Promises

| length4 = 4:17

| title5 = In the Winter

| length5 = 2:29

| title6 = Watercolors

| length6 = 4:58

| title7 = Between the Lines

| length7 = 4:03

| title8 = The Come On

| length8 = 3:56

| title9 = Light a Light

| length9 = 2:45

| title10 = Tea and Sympathy

| length10 = 4:28

| title11 = Lover's Lullaby

| length11 = 5:25

}}

Personnel

  • Produced by Brooks Arthur
  • Engineered by Brooks Arthur, Larry Alexander, Russ Payne
  • Art Direction and Design: John Berg, Paul Perlow
  • Photography: Peter Cunningham
  • Production Coordinator: Herb Gart

Musicians

Orchestra

  • Arianna Bronne, Lewis Cley, Peter Dimitriades, Marie Hence, Max Hollander, Kathryn Kienke, Ezra Kliger, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Sackson, Julius Schachter, Ora Shiran, Harry Urbont, Masako Yanagita – violin
  • Seymour Berman, George Brown, Eugenie Dengel, Patty Kopec, Richard Maximoff, David Sackson, Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Seymour Barab, Gloria Lanzarone, Beverly Lauridsen, Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Ray Crisara, Burt Collins, Jimmy Sedlar, Joe Shepley – trumpet
  • Eddie Bert, Mickey Gravine, Alan Raph, Bill Watrous – trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Romeo Penque, Phil Bodner – flute
  • Burt Collins – flugelhorn
  • Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
  • Ron Frangipane – string and horn arrangements
  • Artie Kaplan – orchestral contractor
  • Recorded and Mixed at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York, USA

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1975)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=145}}

| 16

scope="row"| Canada (RPM (magazine){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4033a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - September 27, 1975}}

| 4

{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Janis Ian|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1975)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1975/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1975|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 17, 2021}}

| 12

scope="row"| Canada RPM{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6489a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1975 - December December 27, 1975}}

| 41

scope="col"| Chart (1976)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1976/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1976|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 17, 2021}}

| 83

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References

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{{Janis Ian}}

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Category:Janis Ian albums

Category:1975 albums

Category:Columbia Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Brooks Arthur

Category:Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical