Hunger (Janis Ian album)

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Hunger
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Studio album by Janis Ian
Released September 30, 1997
Recorded Spring 1997 at:
Bearsville Studios
(Bearsville, New York)
The Congress House
(Austin, Texas)
Music Mill
Ocean Way
Quad & Woodland Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Folk, pop rock
Length 1:01:33
Label Windham Hill
Producer Jeff Balding, Janis Ian, & Ani DiFranco
Janis Ian chronology
Revenge
(1995)Revenge1995
Hunger
(1997)
God & the FBI
(2000)God & the FBI2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[1]

Hunger is the fifteenth studio album by the American folk singer/songwriter Janis Ian, released on September 30, 1997.[2] It is the follow-up to her 1995 album Revenge. Recording was held in various studies in the spring of 1997.[3] Production for the album was initially handled by an unnamed producer, but disagreements between Ian and the producer caused that producer leave and Jeff Balding was brought in to finish production work.[3]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Black & White"   Janis Ian 4:44
2. "On the Dark Side of Town"   Janis Ian 3:54
3. "Might As Well Be Monday"   Janis Ian 4:34
4. "Getting Over You"   Janis Ian, Gary Burr 4:30
5. "Searching for America"   Janis Ian 8:24
6. "Hunger"   Janis Ian 6:27
7. "Welcome to Acousticville"   Janis Ian 7:54
8. "Honor Them All"   Janis Ian 3:56
9. "Empty"   Janis Ian, Jim Varsos 3:11
10. "House Without a Heart"   Janis Ian 4:19
11. "Shadow"   Janis Ian 5:15
12. "Getting Over You (with strings)"   Janis Ian, Gary Burr 4:25

Personnel

Production

  • Janis Ian - producer
  • Jeff Balding - producer, mixing
  • Ani DiFranco - producer ("Searching for America")
  • Andrew Gilehrist - mixing ("Searching for America")
  • Simon Renshaw - management
  • Karen Krattigner Sternberg - management
  • Sonny Mediana - art direction and design

Musicians

  • Janis Ian - vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Cyro Baptista - percussion
  • Kevin Breit - electric and National Steel guitars, bazoukis
  • David Piltch - upright bass
  • Ani DiFranco - background vocals, bass, sampling ("Searching for America")
  • Andrew Gilchrist - electric guitar ("Searching for America")
  • Andy Stochansky - drums, percussion ("Searching for America")
  • Steve Brewster - drums ("Honor Them All")
  • Dan Huff - electric guitar ("Honor Them All")
  • Randy Leago - accordion ("Honor Them All")
  • Terry McMillian - percussion ("Honor Them All")
  • Glenn Worf - upright bass ("Honor Them All")
  • Ron Huff - ("Getting Over You")

References

  1. Allmusic review
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