Janis Joplin ditched her psychedelic reverie for blues-inspired strokes of empowerment on her debut solo album.
will be revisiting albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2022 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we’re looking at Janis Joplin’s solo debut, which saw her ditch the psychedelic reverie of her tenure with Big Brother and the Holding Company in favor of a blues-inspired stroke of empowerment.Janis Joplin’s curse was that she was always going to stand out—for better or for worse.
. Still, even with the lack of fluidity of the record’s instrumentals, she could squeeze out every masterful note and dominate this album in a way she never could with Big Brother—because it was her, front and center. All the years she spent studying the great blues singers led to an explosion of creativity that became her debut statement.
Her fierce rasp blares over a chugging beat on “Try ,” the album’s opening track, packed with a big band energy competing with the sonic force that is Janis Joplin’s mezzo-soprano vocals. The background harmonies from Sam Andrew and Snooky Flowers on this track are laughable at best and, if anything, they could have tried a touch harder to hammer the beauty home.
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