Aftertones
# Aftertones

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B− |
| Wilson and Allroy | |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992) | |

Aftertones is the eighth album by American singer/songwriter Janis Ian, recorded 1975 in various New York studios and released 1976 by Columbia Records. "Love Is Blind" was a #1 single in Japan for six months. It was the highest-selling album by a solo female artist in Japan and was also a top twenty and gold record in the United States, Ireland and Holland. "I Would Like to Dance" reached #86 in Canada.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Janis Ian.

## Charts

| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard 200 | 12 |
| Australian (Kent Music Report) | 45 |
| Canada (RPM (magazine) | 81 |

## Personnel

* Janis Ian – vocals, guitar, piano
* Jeff Layton, Al Gorgoni, Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
* Stu Woods, Richard Davis – bass guitar
* Barry Lazarowitz – percussion
* Arthur Jenkins – congas
* Claire Bay, Brooks Arthur, Odetta, V. Martin Fink – vocals
* Phoebe Snow – obligato vocals on "Hymn"
* Larry Spencer, Pete Nater, Tom Malone, Ernie Royal, Joe Shepley – trumpet
* Mickey Gravine, Lewis Kahn, Wayne Andre – trombone
* Donald Corrado, Earl Chapin, Jim Buffington – French horn
* Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy, Bruce Rogers, Kermit Moore, Max Hollander – cello
* Ezra Kliger, Gene Orloff, Julius Schacter, Kathryn Kienke, Harry Cykman, Harry Lookofsky, Michael Comins, Paul Winter – violin
* Emanuel Vardi, Eugenie Dengel, George Brown, David Sackson, Jennifer Ward Clarke – viola
* Gonzalo Fernandez – wooden flute on "I Would Like to Dance"
* George Young – tenor saxophone on "Belle of the Blues"
* Artie Kaplan – baritone saxophone on "Belle of the Blues"; bass clarinet on "Don't Cry, Old Man"
* Phil Bodner – oboe, alto flute, English horn on "Goodbye to Morning"
* Romeo Penque – oboe, alto flute, piccolo flue, English horn on "Goodbye to Morning"; contrabass clarinet on "Don't Cry, Old Man"
* Mike Gibson – arranger, conductor on "I Would Like to Dance"
* Jerry Ragovoy – arranger, conductor on "Belle of the Blues"
* Ron Frangipane – arranger, conductor on "Don't Cry, Old Man"

## Production

* Produced by Brooks Arthur
* Album photography: Peter Cunningham
* Album design: David L’Heureux
