''Hunger'' is the sixteenth studio album by the American folk singer/songwriter
Janis Ian
Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit " Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" and the 1975 Top T ...
, released on September 30, 1997.
It is the follow-up to her 1995 album ''
Revenge
Revenge is committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of "wild justice" that "does... offend the law ndputteth the law out of office." Pr ...
''. Recording was held in various studios in the spring of 1997.
Production for the album was initially handled by an unnamed producer, but disagreements between Ian and the producer caused that producer to leave and Jeff Balding was brought in to finish production work.
Track listing
Personnel
Production
*Janis Ian – producer
*Jeff Balding – producer, mixing
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Ani DiFranco
Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums.
DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influe ...
– producer ("Searching for America")
*Andrew Gilchrist – mixing ("Searching for America")
*Simon Renshaw – management
*Karen Krattigner Sternberg – management
*Sonny Mediana – art direction and design
Musicians
*Janis Ian – vocals, acoustic guitar
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Cyro Baptista
Cyro Baptista (born December 23, 1950) is a Brazilian percussionist in jazz and world music. He creates many of the percussion instruments he plays.
Career
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Baptista arrived in the U.S. in 1980 with a scholarship to C ...
– percussion
*Kevin Breit – electric and National Steel guitars, bazoukis
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David Piltch
David Piltch (born January 29, 1960) is a Canadian bassist and session musician.
Biography
Piltch grew up in an artistic family. His father Bernie Piltch was a noted studio and stage saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist in Toronto from the ...
– upright bass
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Ani DiFranco
Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums.
DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influe ...
– background vocals, bass, sampling ("Searching for America")
*Andrew Gilchrist – electric guitar ("Searching for America")
*Andy Stochansky – drums, percussion ("Searching for America")
*Steve Brewster – drums ("Honor Them All")
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Dann Huff
Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...
– electric guitar ("Honor Them All")
*Randy Leago – accordion ("Honor Them All")
*Terry McMillian – percussion ("Honor Them All")
*Glenn Worf – upright bass ("Honor Them All")
*Ron Huff – ("Getting Over You")
References
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1997 albums
Janis Ian albums
Windham Hill Records albums