Aftertones


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. "I Would Like to Dance" reached #86 in Canada.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

  • Janis Ian – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Jeff Layton, Al Gorgoni, Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
  • Stu Woods, Richard Davis – bass guitar
  • Barry Lazarowitz – percussion
  • Arthur Jenkins – congas
  • Claire Bay, Brooks Arthur, Odetta, V. Martin Fink – vocals
  • Phoebe Snow – obligato vocals on "Hymn"
  • Larry Spencer, Pete Nater, Tom Malone, Ernie Royal, Joe Shepley – trumpet
  • Mickey Gravine, Lewis Kahn, Wayne Andre – trombone
  • Donald Corrado, Earl Chapin, Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy, Bruce Rogers, Kermit Moore, Max Hollander – cello
  • Ezra Kliger, Gene Orloff, Julius Schacter, Kathryn Kienke, Harry Cykman, Harry Lookofsky, Michael Comins, Paul Winter – violin
  • Emanuel Vardi, Eugenie Dengel, George Brown, David Sackson, Jennifer Ward Clarke – viola
  • Gonzalo Fernandez – wooden flute on "I Would Like to Dance"
  • George Young – tenor saxophone on "Belle of the Blues"
  • Artie Kaplan – baritone saxophone on "Belle of the Blues"; bass clarinet on "Don't Cry, Old Man"
  • Phil Bodner – oboe, alto flute, English horn on "Goodbye to Morning"
  • Romeo Penque – oboe, alto flute, piccolo flue, English horn on "Goodbye to Morning"; contrabass clarinet on "Don't Cry, Old Man"
  • Mike Gibson – arranger, conductor on "I Would Like to Dance"
  • Jerry Ragovoy – arranger, conductor on "Belle of the Blues"
  • Ron Frangipane – arranger, conductor on "Don't Cry, Old Man"

    Production

  • Produced by Brooks Arthur
  • Album photography: Peter Cunningham
  • Album design: David L’Heureux