Aftertones

Aftertones
Studio album by
Janis Ian
Released1976
Recordedlate 1975
StudioRecord Plant, New York City
GenreAdult contemporary
Length33:11
LabelColumbia
ProducerBrooks Arthur
Janis Ian chronology
Between the Lines
(1975) 		Aftertones
(1976) 		Miracle Row
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]
Wilson and Allroy[3]
Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)[4]

Aftertones is the eighth album by American singer/songwriter Janis Ian, recorded 1975 in various New York studios and released 1976 by Columbia Records. "Love Is Blind" was a #1 single in Japan for six months. It was the highest-selling album by a solo female artist in Japan and was also a top twenty and gold record in the United States, Ireland and Holland.[5] "I Would Like to Dance" reached #86 in Canada.[6]

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Aftertones – Janis Ian". All Music. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: I". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Wilson, David Bertrand. "Aftertones – Janis Ian". Wilson and Allroy’s Record Reviews. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Janis Ian - American songwriter, singer, musician, author and multiple Grammy-winning writer of "At 17," "Jesse" and "Society's Child": Listening Room: Aftertones". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 12, 1976" (PDF).