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| Released | August 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Studio | The Hit Factory, New York City | |||
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| Length | 42:30 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Joe Wissert | |||
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Janis Ian, also titled Janis Ian II to avoid confusion with her debut album of the same name, is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian, originally released in 1978.
Before the release of Janis Ian, the singer had been spending most of her time touring Japan,[1] where her previous studio albums Aftertones and Miracle Row had been much more successful than in the United States, where her early 1978 live album Remember...[a] would never be issued. Janis Ian was recorded in late 1977 but not released until her return to the United States in the late summer of 1978, by which time she had been engaged and married to Portuguese novelist Tino Sargo.[2]
When Janis Ian was released, the singer was pleased,[3] and the record at first appeared to be doing well. However, the early commercial promise of Janis Ian faded rapidly, and the album would continue a commercial decline in all territories, reaching only number 120 in the United States and number 97 in Australia.
- ^ Kröse, Ron (October 20, 1978). "Singer Janis Ian Dislikes To Talk About Comebacks". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, South Dakota. p. V5.
- ^ Takiff, Jonathan (November 3, 1978). "Janis Ian: "A Junkie for That Grand Illusion"". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 31.
- ^ Boyer, Peter J. (November 25, 1978). "Janis Ian's Working on Her Second Comeback". The Charlotte News. p. 3C.
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