Between the Lines (Janis Ian album)

Between the Lines is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian, released in 1975 by Columbia Records. The album was recorded and mixed at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York, with production helmed by Brooks Arthur. The album reached number one on the Billboard album chart in September 1975, and has sold 1.9 million copies in the United States.

The song "At Seventeen" was released as a single and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Adult Contemporary chart. Ian won the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the song, and performed it on the first episode of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975. In 2000 it was voted number 590 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.

Personnel
Musicians
 * Produced by Brooks Arthur
 * Engineered by Brooks Arthur, Larry Alexander, Russ Payne
 * Art Direction and Design: John Berg, Paul Perlow
 * Photography: Peter Cunningham
 * Production Coordinator: Herb Gart
 * Al Gorgoni, Janis Ian, Sal DiTroia, Dave Snider, Dickie Frank – guitar
 * Don Payne, Richard Davis, George Duvivier – bass
 * Barry Lazarowitz – drums, percussion
 * Larry Alexander – percussion
 * Kenny Kosek, Russell George – fiddle

Orchestra
 * Arianna Bronne, Lewis Cley, Peter Dimitriades, Marie Hence, Max Hollander, Kathryn Kienke, Ezra Kliger, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Sackson, Julius Schachter, Ora Shiran, Harry Urbont, Masako Yanagita - violin
 * Seymour Berman, George Brown, Eugenie Dengel, Patty Kopec, Richard Maximoff, David Sackson, Emanuel Vardi - viola
 * Seymour Barab, Gloria Lanzarone, Beverly Lauridsen, Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, George Ricci - cello
 * Ray Crisara, Burt Collins, Jimmy Sedlar, Joe Shepley - trumpet
 * Eddie Bert, Mickey Gravine, Alan Raph, Bill Watrous - trombone
 * Jim Buffington - French horn
 * Romeo Penque, Phil Bodner - flute
 * Burt Collins - flugelhorn
 * Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone
 * Ron Frangipane - string and horn arrangements
 * Artie Kaplan - orchestral contractor
 * Recorded and Mixed at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York, USA