Janis (1993 album) explained

Janis
Type:compilation
Artist:Janis Joplin
Cover:Album-janis.jpg
Released:November 23, 1993
Recorded:December 1962 –
Genre:Blues rock, psychedelic rock, soul, blues
Length:195:50
Label:Columbia Legacy
Prev Title:Farewell Song
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:This Is Janis Joplin
Next Year:1995

Janis is a compilation album by Janis Joplin, released in 1993. The album features a broad overview of her career from her first recording in December 1962, to the last songs she recorded during the sessions for Pearl just a few days before her death in October 1970.

Critical reception

Janis was voted the seventh best reissue of 1993 in The Village Voices annual Pazz & Jop critics poll;[1] Robert Christgau—the poll's supervisor—called it "a smart, audiowise set that not only gets Joplin's achievement right but helps us understand it".[2]

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "What Good Can Drinkin' Do" – 2:45 (recorded in 1962, previously unreleased; a different version was released on Janis [1975 album])
  2. "Trouble in Mind" – 3:03 (recorded in 1965, previously unreleased; a different version was released on Janis [1975 album])
  3. "Hesitation Blues" – 4:05 (recorded in 1965, previously unreleased)
  4. "Easy Rider" – 2:24 (Big Brother & the Holding Company, 1967)
  5. "Coo Coo" – 2:05 (Big Brother & the Holding Company, 1967)
  6. "Down on Me" – 2:06 (Big Brother & the Holding Company, 1967)
  7. "The Last Time" – 2:17 (Big Brother & the Holding Company, 1967)
  8. "All Is Loneliness" – 2:19 (Big Brother & the Holding Company, 1967)
  9. "Call on Me" – 3:37 (live, recorded in 1967, previously unreleased, original version released on Big Brother & the Holding Company)
  10. "Women Is Losers" – 5:08 (live, recorded in 1967, previously unreleased, original version released on Big Brother & the Holding Company)
  11. "Intruder" – 2:32 (Big Brother & the Holding Company, 1967)
  12. "Light Is Faster than Sound" – 2:32 (Big Brother & the Holding Company, 1967)
  13. "Bye, Bye Baby" – 2:39 (Big Brother & the Holding Company, 1967)
  14. "Farewell Song" – 4:24 (previously unreleased, from the Cheap Thrills sessions)
  15. "Flower in the Sun" – 3:13 (In Concert, 1972)
  16. "Misery'n" – 4:09 (previously unissued alternate take, from the Cheap Thrills sessions)
  17. "Road Block" – 6:12 (live, previously unreleased, from the Monterey Pop Festival, 1967)
  18. "Ball and Chain" – 8:07 (live, previously unreleased, from the Monterey Pop Festival, 1967)

Disc two

  1. "Combination of the Two" – 5:52 (Cheap Thrills, 1968)
  2. "I Need a Man to Love" – 4:53 (Cheap Thrills, 1968)
  3. "Piece of My Heart" – 4:28 (Cheap Thrills, 1968)
  4. "Turtle Blues" – 4:30 (Cheap Thrills, 1968)
  5. "Oh, Sweet Mary" – 4:16 (Cheap Thrills, 1968)
  6. "Catch Me Daddy" – 4:56 (previously unreleased, from the Cheap Thrills sessions)
  7. "Summertime" – 4:07 (previously unreleased alternate take, from the Cheap Thrills sessions)
  8. "Kozmic Blues" – 4:24 (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, 1969)
  9. "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" – 3:58 (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, 1969)
  10. "One Good Man" – 4:11 (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, 1969)
  11. "Dear Landlord" – 2:33 (previously unreleased, from the I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! sessions)
  12. "To Love Somebody" – 5:19 (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, 1969)
  13. "As Good as You've Been to This World" – 5:27 (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, 1969)
  14. "Little Girl Blue" – 3:51 (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, 1969)
  15. "Work Me, Lord" – 6:38 (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, 1969)
  16. "Raise Your Hand" – 2:17 (live, from The Ed Sullivan Show, 1969)
  17. "Maybe" – 4:07 (live, from The Ed Sullivan Show, 1969)

Disc three

  1. "Me and Bobby McGee" – 4:49 (alternate version)
  2. "One Night Stand" – 3:10 (alternate take)
  3. "Tell Mama" – 5:48 (live, from Farewell Song, 1982)
  4. "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" – 8:16 (live, from In Concert, 1972)
  5. "Cry Baby" – 4:59 (previously unreleased, from the Pearl sessions)
  6. "Move Over" – 3:42 (Pearl, 1970)
  7. "A Woman Left Lonely" – 3:29 (Pearl, 1970)
  8. "Half Moon" – 3:53 (Pearl, 1970)
  9. "Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails)" – 1:10 (previously unreleased, recorded for John Lennon)
  10. "My Baby" – 3:45 (Pearl, 1970)
  11. "Mercedes Benz" – 2:14 (Pearl, 1970, includes a previously-unissued longer spoken intro)
  12. "Trust Me" – 3:17 (Pearl, 1970)
  13. "Get It While You Can" – 3:25 (Pearl, 1970)
  14. "Me and Bobby McGee" – 4:29 (Pearl, 1970)

Notes and References

  1. News: The 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. March 1, 1994. The Village Voice. Anon.. November 11, 2016.
  2. Playboy. Christgau. Robert. December 1993. Joan Jett, Bratmobile, Bikini Kill, Janis Joplin, Sue Foley. November 11, 2016.

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