Love, Janis is a collection, released in 2001, of Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...

's performances interspersed with readings of her personal letters to her family throughout her career. It is a companion to the stage show of the same title and the book by Joplin's sister Laura.

The text of Joplin's letters are read by Catherine Curtin, with background music by Joplin and the various bands she was a part of.

Track listing

1. "What Good Can Drinkin' Do" - 2:49
2. "I bring the news" (reading) - 2:43
3. "Down On Me" - 2:04
4. "I'm somebody important" (reading) - 1.39
5. "Women Is Losers" - 2:03
6. "Our first record is finally out" (reading) - 1:11
7. "Piece Of My Heart" - 4:14
8. "I'm sorry, sorry" (reading) - 0:52
9. "A happening" (reading) - 2:01
10. "Summertime" - 3:58
11. "He's A Beatle, Mother" (reading) - 1:35
12. "Ball and Chain" - 9:26
13. "I may just be a star someday" (reading) - 2:01
14. "A Woman Left Lonely" - 3:27
15. "Twenty-Five" (reading) - 1:29
16. "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)" - 3:56
17. "Did I tell you about my reviews?" (reading) - 1:07
18. "Little Girl Blue" - 3:48
19. "Twenty-Seven" (reading) - 2:18
20. "Me And Bobby McGee" - 4:29
21. "Mercedes Benz" - 2:13
22. "The Last Letter: (Really gusin'through)" (reading) - 1:44
23. "Get It While You Can" - 3:23