1981 Janis Ian – Restless Eyes

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

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
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