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.
Track listing
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 Al Gorgoni, Janis Ian, Sal DiTroia, Dave Snider, Dickie Frank – guitar Don Payne, Richard Davis, George Duvivier – bass guitar Barry Lazarowitz – drums, percussion Larry Alexander – percussion Kenny Kosek, Russell George – fiddle Claire Bay, Janis Ian and Dennis Pereca – background vocals
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
Weekly charts Chart (1975) Peakposition Australian (Kent Music Report) 16 Canada (RPM (magazine) 4
Year-end charts Chart (1975) Position US Billboard 200 12 Canada RPM 41 Chart (1976) Position US Billboard 200 83
Certifications and sales
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