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Recorded at the end of her troubled teenage tenure with MGM, Janis Ian's Who Really Cares limped out of the gate in 1969 to immediate obscurity. It's actually the strongest of her childhood efforts. Charlie Calello (responsible for Laura Nyro's Eli and the Thirteenth Confession) provides characteristically lush, ornamental production, while avoiding the gimmicks (police sirens, etc.) that Shadow Morton foisted on Ian's previous sets. But it is Ian's growth as a performer and songwriter that elevates Who Really Cares head and shoulders above the rest of her Verve recordings. The tracks might not have the political clout of her earliest work, but they more than compensate by way of gorgeous, sophisticated, fully realized music and dreamy, wistful lyrics. Ian displays remarkable musical scope; gone is the earnest folk, and in its place a stately jazz-pop-funk fusion, colored by crafty, energetic string, woodwind and horn arrangements. In particular, "Love You More Than Yesterday," "Sea and Sand," and "Do You Remember" stand up to repeated listens, while "Calling Your Name" -- an unexpected stab at French chanson -- really gets under the skin. Also conspicuous is Ian's vocal growth as the shrill, reedy, adolescent qualities of her voice give way to a warmer adult sound. The bulk of Who Really Cares appears on the two-CD compilation Society's Child.
© Charles Donovan /TiVo
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Janis Ian, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Romeo Penque, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Calello, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Farrell, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Stamm, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Glow, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Studd, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Scharf, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hyman, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Janis Ian, Piano, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emanuel Green, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Malin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Rosand, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Alonge, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Bradley Spinney, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Casale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Rogers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Radice, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julius Shachter, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janis Ian, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janis Ian, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janis Ian, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janis Ian, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janis Ian, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janis Ian, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janis Ian, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Recorded at the end of her troubled teenage tenure with MGM, Janis Ian's Who Really Cares limped out of the gate in 1969 to immediate obscurity. It's actually the strongest of her childhood efforts. Charlie Calello (responsible for Laura Nyro's Eli and the Thirteenth Confession) provides characteristically lush, ornamental production, while avoiding the gimmicks (police sirens, etc.) that Shadow Morton foisted on Ian's previous sets. But it is Ian's growth as a performer and songwriter that elevates Who Really Cares head and shoulders above the rest of her Verve recordings. The tracks might not have the political clout of her earliest work, but they more than compensate by way of gorgeous, sophisticated, fully realized music and dreamy, wistful lyrics. Ian displays remarkable musical scope; gone is the earnest folk, and in its place a stately jazz-pop-funk fusion, colored by crafty, energetic string, woodwind and horn arrangements. In particular, "Love You More Than Yesterday," "Sea and Sand," and "Do You Remember" stand up to repeated listens, while "Calling Your Name" -- an unexpected stab at French chanson -- really gets under the skin. Also conspicuous is Ian's vocal growth as the shrill, reedy, adolescent qualities of her voice give way to a warmer adult sound. The bulk of Who Really Cares appears on the two-CD compilation Society's Child.
© Charles Donovan /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:56
- Main artists: Janis Ian
- Composer: Janis Ian
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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