Live-Working Without a Net: Janis Ian: Amazon.ca: Music

Disc: 1
1. This Train Still Runs
2. Fly Too High
3. Intro: 'We Love You'
4. Take Me Walking In The Rain
5. Jesse
6. Paris In Your Eyes
7. Ride Me Like A Wave
8. Love Is Blind
9. Intro 'Vote For Me'
10. Boots Like Emmy Lou's
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Disc: 2
1. Intro 'Has-Been At 19'
2. Stars
3. Will You Dance?
4. Honor Them All
5. Intro 'Moving Back Home'
6. At Seventeen
7. Cosmopolitan Girl
8. Tattoo
9. Watercolors
10. Breaking Silence
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In the mass of singer/songwriters that seem to surface weekly it is easy to forget that older masters of the craft still walk among us and offer vital work. Janis Ian’s brilliant 2000 release God & the FBI got lost in this glut--more’s the pity. Working Without A Net sums up a career to date that while producing the justly famous "Society’s Child," "At Seventeen," and "Jesse," also given us such lesser known gems as "Love Is Blind," "Boots Like Emmy Lou’s," and many of the others included here. Over a decade’s worth of live performances reveal an emotionally wrenching singer, a fine guitarist, and a remarkably consistent writer. Hopefully Working Without A Net will make people want to go back and explore gems like Breaking Silence, and the aforementioned God & the FBI. At the very least it raises the bar for the current crop of would-be troubadours. --Michael Ross

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5.0 out of 5 stars Society's Child is also "Great" live !, Jun 18 2004

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J. F Kopeck "jkopeck9" (Parkville, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live-Working Without a Net (Audio CD)

This 2CD set is brand new(2003)and the live 2 track recordings are from 1990 -2003. The excellently recorded songs are from over 30 yrs of a fine collection of the supurb songs most written by Janis herself. These songs take you all the way back to her first hit "Society's Child" when she was 14 years old. Excellent Sound, Unbeatable Singing, and No Waste of Track Room, both CDs are loaded with real treasure. What more can be said ! For the person that does not know much about Janis Ian buy this set, it has most of her famous songs and it's a great place to start ! "Enjoy"

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5.0 out of 5 stars Who needs a net when you can soar like this?, April 15 2004

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Paige Turner (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live-Working Without a Net (Audio CD)

Stop reading these reviews and order this CD! If Janis isn't coming to your town, this is the next best thing to seeing her live. She is authentic, warm, funny and amazingly gifted.

Her songs have a social consciousness without being preachy. Who do you think paved the way for Suzanne Vega, Alanis Morisette, and the rest of those female singer-songwriters? Janis wrote the book on great writing. She knows how to weave a lyric that lingers for days around your heart.

This is a woman whose had an amazing 40 year career and shows no sign of slowing down. With age usually comes wisdom. Janis was wise beyond her years as a teenager. I think she has many great songs left to write, but this CD gives you a great overview of her music.

You walk into her show wondering how you'll be entertained by a four foot nothing middle aged Jewish lesbian. Buy the CD and you'll understand. JANIS ROCKS!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unlike other "live" CD's., April 6 2004

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This review is from: Live-Working Without a Net (Audio CD)

Unlike other live CD's, this double-CD set is really "live" - recorded direct to 2-track, without edits. And isn't it wonderful to really be able to sit in on a Janis Ian concert? Ian makes her feelings about downloading and home taping known with her choice of the final track, her own version of "These Boots Are Made For Walking", which was recorded on minidisc by a fan sitting next to the mix board!
If you loath the RIAA policies, you should support Janis Ian, and read the article "The Internet Debacle" on her website at www.janisian.com!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Super Live Set
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Published on Jan 31 2004 by Lee Armstrong

5.0 out of 5 stars What Janis Ian fans have waited for
This is a CD that captures the experience of Janis Ian in concert. Those who know Janis' music and concerts understand the depth of her writing and performances. Read more

Published on Jan 2 2004 by Bobby Newman