Love, Janis

Love, Janis
Compilation album by Janis Joplin
Released	2001
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	44:42
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bob Irwin Steve Berkowitz Mike Berniker
Janis Joplin chronology
Super Hits (2000) Love, Janis (2001) Essential Janis Joplin (2003)

Love, Janis is a collection, released in 2001, of Janis Joplin's performances interspersed with readings of her personal letters to her family throughout her career. It is a companion to the Off-Broadway musical of the same title (conceived, adapted and directed by Randal Myler) and the book by Joplin's sister Laura.

The text of Joplin's letters are read by Catherine Curtin who was the on-stage reader Janis in the 2001 Off-Broadway version of the musical. The music on the album is the original songs sung by Joplin and the various bands she was a part of.^[1] Billboard's review of the show said that this combination was more effective than the live singer used in the musical itself.^[2]

Track listing

1. "What Good Can Drinkin' Do" - 2:49
2. "I bring the news" (reading) - 2:43
3. "Down On Me" - 2:04
4. "I'm somebody important" (reading) - 1.39
5. "Women Is Losers" - 2:03
6. "Our first record is finally out" (reading) - 1:11
7. "Piece Of My Heart" - 4:14
8. "I'm sorry, sorry" (reading) - 0:52
9. "A happening" (reading) - 2:01
10. "Summertime" - 3:58
11. "He's A Beatle, Mother" (reading) - 1:35
12. "Ball and Chain" - 9:26
13. "I may just be a star someday" (reading) - 2:01
14. "A Woman Left Lonely" - 3:27
15. "Twenty-Five" (reading) - 1:29
16. "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)" - 3:56
17. "Did I tell you about my reviews?" (reading) - 1:07
18. "Little Girl Blue" - 3:48
19. "Twenty-Seven" (reading) - 2:18
20. "Me And Bobby McGee" - 4:29
21. "Mercedes Benz" - 2:13
22. "The Last Letter: (Really gusin'through)" (reading) - 1:44
23. "Get It While You Can" - 3:23

References

Janis Joplin
Studio albums	Big Brother & the Holding Company (1967) Cheap Thrills (1968) I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) Pearl (1971)
Live albums	In Concert (1972) Live at Winterland '68 (1998) The Woodstock Experience (2009) Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 (2012)
Compilations	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits (1973) Janis (1975) Wicked Woman (1976) Farewell Song (1982) Janis (1993) This Is Janis Joplin (1995) 18 Essential Songs (1995) Love, Janis (2001) The Lost Tapes (2008) Move Over! (2011) Blow All My Blues Away (2012)
Songs	"Ball 'n' Chain" "Careless Love" "Cry Baby" "Down on Me" "Flower in the Sun" "Hesitation Blues" "Kozmic Blues" "Mary Jane" "Me and Bobby McGee" "Mercedes Benz" "Move Over" "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "Piece of My Heart" "See See Rider" "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "Summertime" "Tell Mama" "To Love Somebody" "Trouble in Mind" "What Good Can Drinkin' Do" "Work Me, Lord"
Related	Big Brother and the Holding Company Full Tilt Boogie Band Janis (1974 documentary) Love, Janis (2001 musical) Nine Hundred Nights (2001 documentary) Festival Express (2003 documentary) Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015 documentary) Sam Andrew Jorma Kaukonen Gabriel Mekler Michael Monarch Monterey Pop Festival Woodstock Festival Port Arthur, Texas
Book:Janis Joplin