Abraham Laboriel Sr, Bill Cuomo, Bill Payne, Buzzy Feiten, Dean Parks, Fred Tackett, Janis Ian, Jeffrey Porcaro, Leland Sklar, Lenny Castro, Neil Larsen
Restless Eyes is the twelveth album by Janis Ian, released in 1981 on Columbia records.
About the album: Although Night Rains had been a huge overseas hit, generating monumental income, Columbia executives were worried that Janis hadn’t broken the album in the United States. Faced with the choice of having a producer assigned to her or finding someone herself, she picked Gary Klein on her friend Charles Koppelman’s recommendation. They set out to create a “pop/folk album”, recording in LA and generally having a good time… but as Janis says, “There is no such thing as a ‘pop album’. There are only great albums, and the rest. We forgot that little detail.” After the failure of this album in the US, and Columbia’s failure to promote it overseas, Janis asked for a release from her recording contract (she still had five albums to go). In retrospect “probably a monumental mistake. I could have stayed there, churning out records and getting paid a quarter of a million each so long as I turned them in, for another decade. Many of my contemporaries did, and their recording careers now are in much better shape than mine. But I felt like my writing was going downhill, and I saw no way to get back on track if I had to continue putting out an album every year and touring so much.” (source:http://www.janisian.com/albums/restless.php)
Tracks
1 Under The Covers (Janis Ian) 4:25
2 I Remember Yesterday (Janis Ian) 4:03
3 I Believe I’m Myself Again (Janis Ian) 2:30
4 Restless Eyes (Janis Ian) 3:57
5 Get Ready To Roll (Janis Ian) 2:58
6 Passion Play (Janis Ian) 4:43
7 Down And Away (Janis Ian) 3:33
8 Bigger Than Real (Janis Ian) 3:17
9 Dear Billy (Janis Ian) 2:47
10 Sugar Mountain (Janis Ian) 3:25
Musicians
1 Under The Covers
Bass |
Leland Sklar |
Drums |
Rick Shlosser |
Guitar |
Dean Parks |
Acoustic Guitar |
Janis Ian |
Fender Rhodes |
Bill Payne |
Piano |
Bill Payne |
Synthesizer |
Bill Cuomo |
Percussion |
Lenny Castro |
Background Vocals |
John Crowder |
2 I Remember Yesterday
Bass |
Leland Sklar |
Drums |
Rick Shlosser |
Guitar |
Buzz Feiten |
Organ |
Bill Payne |
Piano |
Janis Ian |
Percussion |
Lenny Castro |
Background Vocals |
John Crowder |
3 I Believe I’m Myself Again
Bass |
Leland Sklar |
Drums |
Rick Shlosser |
Guitar |
Buzz Feiten |
Piano |
Bill Payne |
Percussion |
Lenny Castro |
4 Restless Eyes
Bass |
Leland Sklar |
Drums |
Rick Shlosser |
Guitar |
Dean Parks |
Guitar |
Janis Ian |
Fender Rhodes |
Bill Payne |
Piano |
Bill Payne |
Synthesizer |
Bill Cuomo |
Percussion |
Lenny Castro |
5 Get Ready To Roll
Bass |
Leland Sklar |
Drums |
Rick Shlosser |
Guitar |
Dean Parks |
Organ |
Bill Payne |
Piano |
Bill Payne |
Synthesizer |
Bill Cuomo |
Synthesizer |
Janis Ian |
6 Passion Play
Bass |
Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Drums |
Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar |
Buzz Feiten |
Acoustic Guitar |
Janis Ian |
Fender Rhodes |
Neil Larsen |
7 Down And Away
Bass |
Leland Sklar |
Drums |
Rick Shlosser |
Guitar |
Fred Tackett |
12 String Guitar |
Carol Hunter |
Acoustic Guitar |
Janis Ian |
Percussion |
Arti Dixson |
8 Bigger Than Real
Bass |
Leland Sklar |
Drums |
Rick Shlosser |
Guitar |
Janis Ian |
Piano |
Bill Payne |
Percussion |
Lenny Castro |
Fiddle |
Byron Berline |
9 Dear Billy
Bass |
Leland Sklar |
Drums |
Rick Shlosser |
Guitar |
Buzz Feiten |
Guitar |
Fred Tackett |
12 String Guitar |
Janis Ian |
Acoustic Guitar |
Janis Ian |
Percussion |
Lenny Castro |
10 Sugar Mountain
Bass |
Leland Sklar |
Drums |
Rick Shlosser |
Wurlitzer |
Bill Payne |
Guitar |
Janis Ian |
Guitar |
Dean Parks |
Background Vocals |
John Crowder |
Fiddle |
Byron Berline |
Liner Notes
Producer – Gary Klein
Producer (Executive) – Charles Koppelman
Contractor – Frank DeCaro
Engineer – John Arrias
Engineer (Assistant) – Chip Orlando
Mastered By – Mike Reese
Design – Carin Goldberg
Photography – Georgina Karvellas
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Recorded At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Phonographic Copyright CBS Inc
Copyright CBS Inc