Janis (1993 album)

Janis is a compilation album by Janis Joplin, released in 1993. The album features a broad overview of her career from her very 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.

Janis
Compilation album by Janis Joplin
Released	November 23, 1993
Recorded	December 1962 – September 26, 1970
Genre	Rock
Length	195:50
Label	Columbia Legacy
Janis Joplin chronology
Farewell Song (1982) Janis (1993) This Is Janis Joplin (1995)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A+[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
The Village Voice	A[5]

Janis was voted the seventh best reissue of 1993 in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll;[6] 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".[7]

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)

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8]	Gold	500,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Unterberger, Richie. "Janis Joplin: Janis > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
2. Anon. (December 24, 1993). "Review". Entertainment Weekly. p. 60.
3. Anon. (December 23, 1993). "Review". Rolling Stone. p. 148.
4. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Janis Joplin". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 440. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
5. Christgau, Robert (December 21, 1993). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
6. Anon. (March 1, 1994). "The 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
7. Christgau, Robert (December 1993). "Joan Jett, Bratmobile, Bikini Kill, Janis Joplin, Sue Foley". Playboy. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
8. "American album certifications – Janis Joplin – Janis". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.