In the summer of our youth, we came togetherĪnd we knew that our truth would live forever We were taking to the streets, skating on a thin dime Spread-eagled out among the stars, she saysīack in nineteen-sixty-three. Piled in the corners, mailed across the borders All rights reserved international copyright secured. (50%)/Minnesota Man Music.Īll rights reserved international copyright secured. Maybe even better, since Janis oversaw this one! Ours is also completely re-mastered from the original analog source, and every bit as good as the "gold" version. This is out of print in the US now, which is really silly, since it's a Grammy nominee - in addition to still being used by audio companies to test their equipment! To maintain the audio quality of our own imports, we can proudly say that our version here is identical to - or better than - the audiophile version released a while back. And "Ride Me Like A Wave," a huge in-concert favourite, almost didn't make the album! No one but Janis and Jim Brock, wanted the song recorded everyone felt it was "too overt for a woman to sing."
All of those songs are currently in use by various schools, therapists, and institutions, under free licenses from Janis and her publishing company." "All Roads to the River" was written while Janis was watching Jean Genet's "The Maids," starring Susannah York and Glenda Jackson. As Janis says," I thought I was only going to get one more chance to record, so I wanted to make it count. Breaking Silence touches on many controversial themes - "His Hands" deals with spousal abuse, "Breaking Silence" with incest, "Tattoo" with the Holocaust. By 1991 they'd managed to put a down payment on a house they took out a second mortgage to fund the making of this album. Both in debt, they slowly began crawling out of their financial holes. There she met Pat Snyder (they married in 2003 and are still going strong). Inside Scoop: Janis had moved to Nashville in 1988, completely broke and in ill health. Personnel: Musicians: Jim Brock, Jim Hoke, Dan Huff, Janis Ian, Chad Watson. Voted Album of the Year by the Nashville Music Awards. "All Roads To the River" was originally recorded for the film Falling From Grace with John Mellencamp producing, and charted top 30 on the Gavin Chart it was also recorded by Mellencamp himself under the title "To the River." "Tattoo" was chosen by the government of Holland to represent their country in European festivities celebrating the 50th anniversary of World War II end. The album received wonderful reviews and a Grammy nomination "Best Contemporary Folk Album - Breaking Silence." "Some People's Lives" became the title song of a double-platinum album for Bette Midler "What About the Love" was featured on a platinum album by Amy Grant.
The Basics: Produced by Janis Ian & Jeff Balding recorded in Nashville during 1992 released worldwide in 1993.