Pearl

‘Pearl” by Janis Joplin (1971) Very familiar with this album and artist. It will be a struggle here to focus on this album as an album, simply because there is so much worth saying about Janis Joplin and her times. But here goes: “Pearl” is stellar, even without context. Joplin’s soul soars in this recording, which is, almost incidentally, very well produced and arranged. The songwriting is first rate (only “Move Over” was written solely by Joplin herself), and the instrumentals of the Full Tilt Boogie Band excel. Top notch lead guitar, with some great solo riffs. Elaborate bass lines, always in concert with steady and dynamic drums. Nice colorings on Hammond organ. All very professional. But the chief topic of interest here is the vocal performance by Joplin. Her inimitable tonal characteristics are on full display. She does things with her voice that literally no one else can do. Tightly disciplined yet delicate trills. Effortless execution of singing two pitches simultaneously (e.g., hear the first word of “Cry Baby”! I actually did). Dynamic variation as an art form in itself. Listen to the constant interplay between the soft and the loud on “Me and Bobby McGee”. Few singers (or listeners) pay attention to that nowadays. There’s only one way to articulate the line “Windshield wipers slappin’ time”, and it’s the way Janis Joplin does it, though others have tried. Here we’re treated to Joplin’s prodigious range and exemplary pitch control, with vibrato that is customized for each phrase. Moreover, none of her vocal stylings are affected or artificial. It’s as if each song has been internalized, and thus it springs from her soul with minimal interference by her considerable physical singing tools. Listen for what’s going on beneath her breathing, vocal cords, oral and nasal cavities, and phonetic mechanisms. It’s passion. And passion rules over the body as the sound comes out. It’s not just ‘singing the blues’. It’s the blues emerging as song. Her frequent exclamations and extra-lyrical flourishes are not contrived. They seem unrehearsed. She is feeling, and we have the privilege of hearing what her feelings sound like. There is a maternal aspect to her singing. Mom can scold, comfort, rage, caress, and lament with abandon. So does Janis Joplin. But also, there’s plenty of eroticism—of a kind that is not bound by constructs like identity or even gender. It’s lust without heavy moral overtones. I’ll resist the urge to be more specific. This album is superb work of art. Recommend on every level. 5/5

She is a talented singer but this is the exact music your least fave aunt loves

What an excellent album, and yet a desperately sad one. She was just a kid. Such a tragedy.

Janis is a tiger shooting firecrackers. What an excellent, punchy, and fiery set of songs.

Janis Joplin is, hands down, top 5 coolest artist ever. This, being smoother and more polished than her previous work, is her at the top of her career.

Jantastic. Jop of the Pops

Nr. 5/1001 Move Over 3/5 Cry Baby 4/5 A Woman Left Lonely 4/5 Half Moon 4/5 Buried Alive In the Blues 2/5 My Baby 3/5 Me and Bobby McGee 3/5 Mercedes-Benz 4/5 Trust Me 4/5 Get It While You Can 4/5 Average: 3,5 Enjoyed this quite a bit more than expected

Really, really good. Makes you want to take a star off everything else to make it look better still.

Sexy and the voice of a chain smoking angel.

Janis is a favorite. Bluesy, jammy, rock-n-roll with one of America’s best voices. She conveys love and torture and hope all at the same time. Backing band is great but doesn’t overshadow the star of the show. Also have a soft spot for “Me and Bobby McGee” because it won us a round of drinks at Silky O’Sullivan’s bar on Beale Street on my 40th birthday. American classic, and sad member of the 27 club...

Fuck Janis Joplin is crusty. You can smell the stains on her fingers just looking at the cover. Singing is pretty impressive (especially considering all the drugs and ciggies), but wears out its welcome kinda quick. Music isn't too bad, just average rock of the time. 2.5/5.

A candidate for the greatest singer of the early 70s. This is her most polished album, full of instant hits that it's a crime only two of them are modern radio staples. It's not just her powerful voice, full of raunch and passion, but the full bluesy instrumentation that energizes every line she puts in. The fast-pace ensures there's always something happening in these songs. I'm really glad "Buried Alive in the Blues" exists to back up my claim that it's not just Joplin that makes this album amazing, but it's when they combine forces when they become something else entirely. I liked how the beginning of that track sounded like the start of a 70s sitcom intro. I'll for sure be coming back to this album, probably as much as Carole King's Tapestry.

meh

Yeah it’s good but I can’t listen to her song for more than a minute or two.

TIL Janis Joplin (in conjunction with Juanita Greene) paid for a tombstone for Bessie Smith's previously unmarked grave. Bless her. Janis Joplin really helped set the template for rock singers, male and female alike, in ways that were both positive (big raspy blues-influenced voice, powerful stage presence, wild public persona) and extremely negative (self-destructive consumption of drugs and alcohol, tempestuous relationships, wild private persona). The vocal affectations can be a little OTT sometimes although generally kept under control by the firm hand of Paul A. Rothschild, a producer with a good track record of managing volatile singers. But Janis' style has been massively influential over the years, often copied but rarely bettered by others. Her live performances can be excessive -- I bet they were awesome if you were there on a good night -- but on record she made more deliberate choices that really are something. It's big and emotive and free, but she has a deceptive amount of control. underneath all that apparent reckless abandon. I wonder whether she might have gone on to use her more 'normal' voice if her career had extended. You can hear moments of it on some of the out-takes on the deluxe version of Pearl, like her snippet of 'Happy Trails' on her birthday message to John Lennon. Or maybe the damage of this full-throttle singing style and hard-living would have aged her voice into something more worn, but beautiful and expressive in its own way. The band is tight, funky, well-rehearsed and dynamic. A special shout-out to Ken Pearson on Hammond organ; I really dig his contributions. This is Janis at the height of her powers, with great material. Even though it was not entirely finished before her death, this really does feel like a complete album (instrumental track aside). The legend of Janis Joplin overshadows her actual music these days, which is part of the fetishization of trauma that is part and parcel of rock iconography. Was her personal unhappiness a result of her repressed homosexuality? Her affairs with women were well documented and not secret, but she strongly resisted being labelled a lesbian (understandable given her upbringing in Texas). Did her struggles with self-acceptance lead her to self-destructive behaviour? Janis 'earned' her iconic status with self-harm and an early death, but I am sure she would rather be a happy 80 year old (out and proud, perhaps?) than a famous dead person. I do pull this record off the shelf from time to time and always enjoy it (especially side 1). I have played 'Move Over' in DJ sets on occasion. Janis is an essential part of how rock and rock codifies itself (for better and worse), and the music is actually really great.

"My friends all drive Porsches," sang Janis Joplin, and so did she - a 1964 356 SC Cabriolet that she bought when it was four years old and used as a daily driver. What made her car special, compared to other 356s was its psychedelic paint job, which was as flamboyant as her music and persona. Joplin is said to have paid her roadie, Dave Richards, $500 to decorate the light ivory car, portraying the "History of the Universe" in every colour of the rainbow. He did, starting with a coat of Candy Apple Red, then adding portraits of Joplin's "Big Brother and the Holding Company"band-mates and other motifs such as "The Eye of God" on the hood, and a California valley on the right door. This car is a tribute to that work of art painted by former GM designer, Nick Moskatow, for its current owner. Loved the iconic album from Janice Joplin 5/5

I probably have heard this album in my youth. My dad was a big fan of Janis Joplin. I was probably a little young for this music, though, and I haven’t really listened to any Janis Joplin other than the occasional song heard on the radio. As I grew older I kept thinking I should change that but never got around to it. I’m very excited to listen to it now. This album is incredible. “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Mercedes Benz” I knew well going in to this, but those incredible songs barely scratch the surface of this album’s contents. From start to finish it is hard to fathom how a person can put so much into these songs. They are powerful. They are emotional, they are incredible, they are fun! I teared up on several occasions. How could you not during “A Woman Left Lonely?” There is incredible exuberance captured on this album and I can’t help but feel happy hearing songs like “Half Moon.” But could there be a sadder moment than “Buried Alive in the Blues?” Such a funky song. Such a sad song. Maybe the bitterest sweet as I listened and never heard her voice as she died before it was completed. I was quite glad that the writer of the song turned down the request to have him perform the vocals on it in tribute. The song sits in the middle of the album in sad tribute to the loss of an incredible performer. How about that album cover?! That smile. That drink. Those feathers. Such great spirit captured by that image. Fortunately we have Janis Joplin’s incredible music to give us a little of that today.

Certified 5 stars. RIP to the goat

I’m not big on the San Francisco psych-rock scene of the 60’s - the Velvet Underground are far more psychedelic and interesting to me than most of the San Francisco bands - but this record is proof of Janis Joplin’s phenomenal talent. Her band here is exceptionally tight and funky. Excellent musicianship all around. By every metric, Pearl is a great record.

Today I'm listening to Pearl by Janis Joplin and released in 1971. I remember being introduced to Janis Joplin by my sister when I was starting to devour good music in my late teens. And this was done by sitting and listening to Me and Bobby McGee over and over again. Then Piece of My Heart became a big deal to me. I've never actually listened to any of her albums. Another in a long line of greatest hits artists I've enjoyed. I'm definitely enjoying this album, and that voice is towering and unique and full of feeling as always. And like other albums, hearing Me and Bobby McGee just roll out of the speakers is a lovely experience. It makes me think of road tripping in the 60s with Kris Kristofferson. It's the best feeling I can imagine right now. This is all tinged with sadness of what could have been had Janis not been part of the 27 year-old rock start death club.

Not great not terrible. Honestly, I do not think her voice is as legendary as people say. It's her attitude and vibe.

Honest, raw and polished in equal measure. A good listen.

Grating voice and (for the most part) unmemorable tunes, despite all the posthumous hype.

Would I listen again: no Best track: My Baby Worst track: trust me Surprise awesome track: Move Over Weirdest track: none really stand out Lyrics: mostly blues type lyrics. Nothing super deep but tons of memorable lines. No skips?: no Cover art cool?: no Notes: I am saying this out of the gate that I am not expecting much from this album. I totally respect Joplin and recognize her place in history but I just don’t think for whatever the reason that I am going to find this entire album to be something worth listening to again. I hope to be proven wrong. Full tilt boogie band is killer. What a great tight band. But same Blues rock shit over and over again. It’s fine but it’s not particularly memorable musically.

5⭐️ Me and Bobby McGee is an iconic top 100 song of all time. Cry Baby is as Janis as it gets. For me the missing vocals of Buried Alive in the Blue to remind you this is a posthumous album and that her vocals will always be missed is what makes it perfect. 1/5 didn’t finish the album 2/5 didn’t keep the album 3/5 kept it and will listen when songs randomly show up on shuffle 4/5 kept it and will listen to it again front to back on my phone 5/5 buying the vinyl

Janis Joplin was here for a good time, not a long time, and she sadly wouldn't live to hear her greatest accomplishment. 'Pearl' is perfect from start to finish. Janis lets her powehouse vocals do the talking through 10 tracks that, although she didn't write most of them, are quintessentially her own. With a voice well beyond her years and reflective of her hard-living and mayhemic lifestyle, Janis bears her heart and soul on 'Pearl' and covers everything: rock, soul, folk, acapella, you name it, she gave it a try. There are few voices that can simultaneously move you and send you into mania quite like Janis', and knowing that she died of a heroin overdose just three months beforehand makes 'Pearl' a bittersweet listen. One can't help but wonder what Janis' career had been had she not joined the infamous '27 Club', but 'Pearl' is very much the sound of a talent, unique artist hitting her peak as much as it is a sombre footnote on a career that ended far too soon. Jim Morrison would follow soon after and it would signal the end of the hippie counterculture movement of the late-60s/early 70s. 'Pearl' is the timeless reminder of Janis Joplin's starpower, which burned viciously and was extinquished in almost an instant. Best songs: Move Over, Cry Baby, Half Moon, My Baby, Me and Bobby McGee, Mercedes Benz, Trust Me

This was *insanely* good. How have I never listened to Janis Joplin before? Embarrassingly, my only real exposure to her to date has been... what, I think she comes up in School of Rock, and there's that 30 Rock arc, but that's about it. This album is super good, listened to it straight through and then immediately started listening to it again. Genuinely difficult to pull out a couple favorites but the two that immediately ended up saved were Move Over and Me And Bobby McGee. I'm honestly leaning towards a 9 or 10 out of 10, five stars.

This is full of so much emotion and personality. Love it.

"Pearl" is the second and final solo studio album by American singer Janis Joplin. Blues rock and soul blues are the Wiki-listed genres. The album was released posthumously, three months after her death from a heroin overdose. It was Joplin's only album with the Full Tilt Boogie Band. Joplin was lead singer and played acoustic guitar. The Full Tilt Boogie Band included Richard Bell (piano), Ken Pearson (Hammond organ), John Till (electric guitar), Brad Campbell (bass) and Clark Pierson (drums). Commercially, the album reached #1 on the US Billboard 200 and #20 on the UK Chart. A constant, repetitive drum beat opens the album and "Move Over." Joplin comes in beltin' her vocals as she tells her partner to commit or get out. The electric guitar follows Joplin's vocals. The piano and organ enter and we get a full-fledged bluesy romp. An echoing guitar solo. Joplin continues the vocal onslaught in the more soulful "Cry Baby." Howling, impassioned, scorched. The organ and piano are upfront. A soft-loud-soft dynamic. Joplin plays acoustic guitar in the Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster-penned "Me and Bobby McGee." Electric guitar accents. A song that builds vocally and musically. Soulful organ fills. The bittersweet paradox of freedom and love. Joplin sings a capella in "Mercedes Benz." Gospel-like in a song critiquing materialism and happiness. The album comes full circle with the drums shining again in the soulful jam closer "Get It While You Can." Loaded with piano band and organ. I don't think the Black Crowes exist without this song happening. Janis leaves it all out on this album. Her vocals are impassioned, powerful and soulful. They're an instrument in and of itself seemingly coming from every joint in her body. The band is very solid and tight; you can tell the album was recorded while the band was and had been touring. They cover blues, soul, rock, R&B and gospel. This is a very good album with an incomparable lead singer. It sounded much better than I remember it. A very high recommendation.

Joplin always seemed like the goddess of Haight Street that I did not pray to. A life force that died with her time and certainly not in the league of Hendrix, Mamas and Papas, The Doors and the Dead. So when I saw this was her LAST work, my fears of this being overrated were HIGH. It has all the signs of martyrdom induced popularity (MIP)…, but… it actually delivers This album sounds like the 70s without giving up the psychedelic raspy charms of what Joplin brought to the 60s. Its Carol King with some Aretha Franklin, except if they grew out their leg hair and rode motorcycles without helmets on and swung both ways (giggity). We get some upbeat FUNK in Half Moon and Buried Alive In The Blues (which sounds like a Doors song). And maybe my favorite tune, Mercedes Benz, just sounds incredible and so genuine. Trust Me could honestly have been sung by Rod Stewart and I wouldve believed it. Joplin rips on this record. She was so dynamic and a force for generations to look up to. Far more of a loss than I thought.

Her second album. Rock. Wow ! What an opening track ! Move Over, the vocals and that lead guitar, and then we get Cry Baby ! Some start to an album. Her authenticity and passion leaps out at you in every song. Janis is shooting for the stars on this one and gave us a performance that could fill the universe. I'm approaching three hundred albums off this list and this is as good as anything I've heard. Fantastic !

I'm not sure she can put out a bad song. Her songs aren't about the lyrics and music, but it's about her soul. She puts everything she can into her music. The result is an absolute masterpiece. Bobby McGee, Cry Baby, and my guilty pleasure song Mercedes Benz. All legendary classics. The lessor known songs are all great as well. I added both Bobby McGee and Mercedes Benz to the playlist, as I usually double up songs from my 5 star rankings.

miss janis joplin's second and final album. those of you classic rock heads will already be interested just by hearing her name, and i'm very happy to report that this album was worth every second of my time. holy hell can this woman sing. she sings loud, she sings proud and she sings so powerful it could cause an earthquake. her stage presence alone makes this album stand out to me. a very talented woman that unfortunately had a life that ended too soon. an unintentional swan song of one of the greatest singers of the 1970s i feel like.

My dad loved Janis Joplin and I always hated it when I was a kid. Later in my adulthood once I started to actually enjoy her music, he finally told me a story about how he was working in the oil patch of Northern Alberta back in the early 70's and would go into the pub and toss a bunch of money in the jukebox and put on Janis Joplin's song "Mercedes Benz" on repeat, then he'd sit in a far corner of the place and watch as eventually people would lose their minds trying to turn off the music. That's when I realized that I was just like him, because I had also done that exact same thing at a pub in Alberta with "The Hamster Dance".

Fuck me, what an album. This was my first time hearing this, though I knew the hits. I never really considered myself a Janis fan before this project (hence my not checking this out before today), but I sure as shit am one now. She brings it on every tune, and her band provides the perfect accompaniment. Soulful, honest, tender, explosive. This is one of the best discoveries from this project.

I've listened and sung along to this record hundreds of times over the past 50+ years. I once sang all of Mercedes Benz to my mother while on a car ride and she thought it was pretty good and that I should write it down. She was right!

This album is like falling in love with your babysitter. Needing money to help with uni costs, she’s taken a job as your babysitter while your parents go out to a fancy dinner party. She arrives in a beat up grey sedan, and you can hear the music blaring out of the speakers from a mile away. She’s wearing ripped baggy jeans, a white singlet with an unbuttoned flannel shirt over the top, and an unzipped hoodie. She’s friendly to your parents as they leave, and they tell her she can help herself to anything in the fridge. As mum and dad leave, she cracks a can of one of your father’s beers. Immediately she speaks to you as if you are an equal, even though she has experienced so much more than you have, and there is a significant age gap. She is a feminist, but a genuine one. Instead of simply rattling the sabre about how men are the downfall of society, she simply knows she is fucking awesome and expects to be treated as such. After explaining to you what uni is like, she tells you to get to bed. Never wanting this night to end, you kick up a fuss. She’s not here to argue, but she lets you have a sip of her third beer before sending you to get ready for bed.

I love her voice and more importantly her passion and delivery. She makes the right choices. And her band matches her grit and grind. An amazing and influential album. A desert island five, for sure.

Y'know, I'd love to not make this entire review about Janis Joplin's all-too-young passing. Like a lot of albums where that's the lens I view them through, I think it ultimately does a disservice to the music, as if the only thing that makes it notable is that the artist who made it died. On top of that, it acts like the artist's **death** is what defines them. That's been the case with albums like Dennis Wilson's PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE and Leonard Cohen's IF YOU WANT IT DARKER, and it'll no doubt be the case with David Bowie's ★. Believe me, I'd love **so much** to not think about those albums or this one in that way. In the case of this album specifically, though, there are two songs in particular that make it really hard for me to not see it like that. "Buried Alive In The Blues" comes first on the album, and it's a rocking instrumental that allows the band on this thing to really show off. Seriously, they may not be as loud as Big Brother And The Holding Company, but goodness me, if they ain't just full tilt electric. I especially wanna highlight the organ and piano: I always love me some good key work, and the stuff on here is just so wonderful. They sound exactly the way I'd want 'em to, and, ah, it's so good. Though, hey, let's not ignore the other instruments; they ain't exactly slouching here. You listening to the way that guitar rips? Goodness me. It's awesome shit — though made slightly sad by the fact that it, uh, was never meant to be an instrumental. Janis was supposed to lay a vocal down on top of it, but passed before she could. From what I've read, they considered getting someone else to record a vocal, specifically the song's writer (Nick Gravenites), but ultimately they decided to leave it as an instrumental. And know that **that's** the reason... Goodness. Which brings us to the flip side of the coin: "Mercedes Benz", from side two. It's a strictly a cappella track, and it's a great showcase for Janis's voice. I don't know if I gave any time to it back when I talked about CHEAP THRILLS (I might've been too focused on the whole "live album" angle to get into it), but in case I haven't, let me rectify things here. Janis Joplin might just have one of the best voices of the entire 60's — which is such a feat, y'know? Consider all the music that came out in that decade and how many different voices are on them. But Janis's voice stands out, just for being so... Unique among female singers. Seriously, was there any other woman at the time who sounded like her? At least in regards to white female vocalists. It just has such a range to it: she can fuckin' scream and holler and put such a rough spankin' edge on her voice... But then, she can bring it down to the kind of range where she wouldn't sound all too out of place doing country (just look at her cover of "Me & Bobby McGee" a track or so earlier). It's so dynamic, and either way it's a treat to listen to. With "Mercedes Benz" being purely a cappella, it really allows you the chance to listen to the subtleties of it, and appreciate just how good it is... And what makes **this** sad is that, well, it was the last thing Janis ever recorded. She did it in one take, and, well... Then she never got the chance to do anything else before her time suddenly ran out. Jus'... Crazy, right? And it's just that those two songs are on this album that makes it so hard for me to not think of this thing in terms of her death. Put aside that it's already a posthumous release: you've got one song that highlights the absence of Janis, and another that puts a spotlight directly on her greatest talent. I just can't not think about her passing with those tracks being here. But let's make things clear, even if she hadn't passed, this album and its music would still hold up. You take this electric band, and you take this woman's incredible singing ability, and you put 'em together... It's a hell of a time. Seriously, I had a blast listening to this thing. These people jus' fuckin' jam and boogie the hell out and it's great. A+ shit all around. So, like with a lot of these kinds of albums, I think it's more worthwhile to not feel sad about the fact that this was the last thing these artists would ever make, but rather just celebrate the amazing things they did while they were here. And Janis sure as hell rocked n' rolled with the time she had. An' seein' as how this is the last Janis album on the list (I checked: her first solo album, and the only one to be released while she was alive, with the great title I GOT DEM OL' KOSMIK BLUES AGAIN MAMA!, is absent), lemme take the time now to say, wherever you are, out in the great ocean... I hope you're resting well. Musically, you truly were a pearl.

A masterclass of soulful energy. I think sometimes Janis Joplin gets characterized as a 60's gimmick but really I think she is pure authenticity. This album is short and intense and I really enjoyed it from start to finish.

I loved this album. Janis Joplin's voice is so raw, so sublime. Me and Bobby McGee puts a smile on my face every time that I hear it, as much for the way that band life the tune as for Joplin's singing. This album is bluesy and jammy and the Full Tilt Boogie Band are really tight.

Funky, Soulful, and Punk all at the same time. Joplin truly was one of a kind. Great way to mark 300 albums. 9/10

She has crazy good vocals.

La Joplin. Vinilazo.

La Joplin. Vinilazo.

I've been a fan ever since I was little. Both my parents are huge fans so the you have it. When I found that Bobby Mcgee has her greatest hit couldn't believe it! then I found out that Janis had quite more than I believed. this is an awsome and gorgeous record. Cry baby always tears my heart. Thank you Janis for your work

Definitely a unique voice but really enjoyable

Strong record! Bluesy, raw, great lyrics.

With a powerful voice and soul-inspired sounds, this album felt like a blend between gospel and rock n' roll. However, I didn't find anything particularly striking. A lot of the songs started to blend together as I listened. The instrumentals were very similar, but I liked the energy Joplin brought to every song.

"The Good Die Young" That is unless you're Henry Kissinger, George Bush, an d Dick Cheney. I'm not sure it that truly applies to Janis Joplin but in the cultural zeitgeist she is seen as one of those cut down too early. This album was whatever the most famous song off of it was written by Kris Kristofferson.

Pearl Apart from Me and Bobby McGee I wasn’t really that keen on this on first listen, although the playing is much tighter and more professional than the band on Cheap Thrills it feels pretty soulless as it cycles through rather generic overly slick AOR blues rock tropes. I started to like it a bit more on repeat listens though, when the band turn up the organ and turn down the guitar and it can be pretty good; Trust Me reveals itself as a great little tune, Get it While You Can has a nice smoulder to it. Even Move Over, which I disliked on the first listen, improves on repeat, eventually settling into a nice groove. And of course Me and Bobby McGee is just an excellent song, by far the best thing on here, a great bit of bluesy country soul. Mercedes Benz is kind of fun and Cry Baby’s ubiquity has dampened it’s overwrought charm a little, but it's still a good track Looking back at our reviews of Cheap Thrills I think I’m a bit more partial to her voice than you both and I think it does sound really good here, particularly as the more conventional production showcases it better then the fake-live sound of Cheap Thrills. Overall it’s a decent listen, one I might try again, but I wasn’t into it enough for it to trouble the 4s. Solid 3. 🦪🦪🦪 Playlist submission: Me and Bobby McGee

Bueno

it features a blues rock singer wailing wommannnn and yet it's still fine. good job Janis.

Respectable. Lively voice.

Holy shit I had never listened to this album the way god intended and I’m so glad I finally did. Such nuanced and complex representations of pain through music I love you Janis Joplin

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Gospel-esque album with extremely strong vocal performance from Joplin. Perfect for a sing-a-long while road-tripping or getting the entire bar to join in chanting the chorus of "Cry Baby".

24/12/2025 *1. move over - nice drums at the start. guitar and vocals together are great!!! bass and pianos just started... great!!! oooohh one minute in and it is sooooo good. the bassline is immense! guitar solo great as well. her voice is incredible. very bluesy and groovy... <3 2. cry baby - who doesn't know this song already???? phenomenal voice..... the organ in the back is really nice. such a powerful song!!! loving the way it's building towards the end. wow...... *3. a woman left lonely - loving the switch from louder song to quieter now.... lyrics are reallll nice, voice impeccable as always :) organ in the back giving a gospel feel, as well as how powerful and soulful her voice is. *4. half moon - loving it immediately. going from a metal album yesterday when i couldn't hear the bass to this is heavenly.... funky bassline save me..... gospel and blues rock save me.... guitar solo, going to explode this is sooooo goooood. janis joplin's voice is literally angelic. 5. buried alive in the blues - loving the groooooove of these songs. fuzzy guitar!!!!! oooooo. the piano in this is sosososo good. wasn't expecting an instrumental track, but this is fantastic!! great ending. 6. my baby - more psychadelic vibes from the intro.... don't know why... her singing is just incredible....... nothing more to add than what i've said already. this is ecstatic. 7. me and my bobby mcgee - know this already from rw fassbinder's berlin alexanderplatz (fav movie/tv show <33 also has kraftwerk and leonard cohen. peak soundtrack). more country-ish... sooo grooovy. god her voice is incredible. 8. mercedes benz - acapella. really shows how raspy her voice is, but also how powerful it is that it can stand completely on it's own. everybody and noone answers.... that's it at the end.... so good. 9. trust me - all the instruments work so well together.... all of them stand out, but none overpower each other. such a powerful, growly voice!!!! 10. get it while you can - album hasn't felt slow or sluggish at all! don't want it to end! real great album! loved every song :) loving the bluesy/country/gospel/rock sound, very groovy songs. most of the albums i've been getting so far have been really great and this is no exception, been meaning to listen to janis joplin but not gotten around to it, feel very bad for putting it off now. will def give another relisten soon :)

Fantastic Album. "Me and Bobby McGee" is the classic off the album, but "Move Over", "Cry Baby", and "Trust Me" are great tracks as well. great album from beginning to end.

Absolute bop. Soulful, fun, of social and political import.

10

Co tu dużo mówić, rozpierdol absolutny.

This is one of my favorite albums ever and I didn't know how much I've missed it

8/10 Very good - such an incredible voice. If a couple of the cover choices were stronger then this would be a solid 5 stars

Long possessed, even longer loved album. Every song is a unique classic and brought to a new level by her amazing voice. Blues and soul perfectly combined in a heartfelt album of utter joyfulness.

Have heard this woman's name a lot before and she really delivered, banger after banger, listened to the album twice and then went on to the rest of her work.

4th album with group. Good Songs - Move Over, Cry Baby, A Woman Left Lonely, Half Moon, Buried Alive in the Blues, My Baby, Me and Bobby McGee, Mercedes Benz, Trust Me, and Get It While You Can. Bad Songs - Nothing. It’s a shame how some people would insult her for her appearance even though she’s an amazing musician.

Janis has a fantastic voice and she sings brilliantly. Maybe what's most overlooked is the very high quality of the band.

God I love Joplin.

Will listen to this album many many more times

Holy hell, can she wail. She's got pipes for weeks. Yass queen. The front and foremost presence here is that stellar voice and there's no forgetting it. Vocals sounding like a brandy on the rocks. And this rocks.

“Pearl” is Janis Joplin's posthumously released final album and a deeply moving masterpiece. That expressive voice—and the singer who uses it uninhibitedly to make every song unique! The tasteful arrangements and the great work of the Full Tilt Boogie Band fade completely into the background. I had only sporadically explored Janis Joplin's work before and really enjoyed this album.

What an amazing voice!

Love Janis. This album makes me think of my mom so it is usually a good one.

Classic

Excellent.

Great Songs: Cry Baby, A Woman Left Lonely, My Baby, Me and Bobby McGee, Trust Me, Get It While You Can Good Songs: Move Over, Half Moon, Buried Alive in the Blues, Mercedes Benz Mid Songs: Bad Songs:

Fantastic voice, and what a great album. Sad that it is her last one. Could listen to this all day.

Perfect performance and production. Great separation where you can hear each instrument but it all combines perfectly. Not a skip on this record.

Fantastic album. I love it from beginning to end and only wish it were longer.

You couldn’t make an album more suited to my taste than this. Bluesy riffs, plonky keys, RAW SEXUALITY. The songwriting isn’t elite. Janis’ soul is elite. On some songs it feels like you can hear the scarring in her throat, but I like it.

I guess I’ve only heard Janis’s folk stuff - this rocked way more than I expected.

Obviously "Me and Bobby McGee," "Move Over," and "Mercedes Benz" are classics, but I also particularly enjoyed "Half Moon" and "Buried Alive in the Blues."

Baaaaita álbum, pourrans. Nunca dei o devido valor à Janis, e esse álbum mostra que eu tava vacilando mesmo. Só musicaça. A mulher canta com a alma mesmo, muito expressiva. Destaque pras linhas de baixo também, só groovezão daóra.

Janis is always great. Much more refined than her earlier releases.

banger

"Move Over" je fakin hud začetk albuma. (Glih včer sm pomislila, da že sedmič zapored poslušam moške. Skrajn cajt. In kdo boljši, da prebije the sausage fest k Janis? Je pa skrajno annoying, da je to že tretji izvajalec ta teden, k bi ga loh poslušala prek fizične izdaje, ampak nimam trenutno res kvalitetnega načina za poslušat cdje. Tko da, prek bluetooth it is.) "Cry Baby" je amazing. "A Woman Left Lonely" je mal bl chill, fak, sam Janis gives it her all. "Half Moon" picka up the tempo. Klavir mi je kul kle. "Buried Alive In the Blues" je instrumentalen, ker ni uspela posnet vokalov. "My Baby" je spet kul komad, ampak "Me and Bobby McGee" je pa amazing. Ta mi je bil zmer en ljubših. Všeč mi je kok unhinged rata prot konc. Uf, po pa njen zadnji posnet, "Mercedes Benz", brez spremljave. Sam njen sfukan, ampak lep glas. "Trust Me" je v bistvu prou lep. "Get It While You Can" indeed. Kakšen komad za zaključek, glede na vse skp. Kr mal upsetting.

increible

Yeah fuck yeah dude. Great stuff mang

Fuckin love janis

Bangers!

This one caught me off guard. I've definitely heard Janis Joplin's name before but I didn't know anything about her or her music. This is an easy, enthusiastic 5 stars for me. I think she has a great, distinctive voice and just thoroughly enjoyed almost all of these songs. I might be biased because I really like the genre but I was just really impressed.

What an amazing voice!

totally sexy and glamorous, trabalho incrível que sua carga emotiva é sempre acentuada pela voz rasgada de Janis, uma pena ela ter ido tão cedo, ao menos deixou uma pérola na areia da praia 5/5

There are some serious bangers on here. Great album.

own

Album #940 With a face like that, you know the music is going to be good. Me and Bobby McGee is one of my favorite songs of all time. The way she sings it, you'd think this was a real person and story she lived through, but she didn't even write the song. Kris Kristofferson did. Everything else is solid soulful blues rock. I can't think of a good reason not to give this one a 5/5.

Legendary album.

Dreamt about the song “cry baby”

i love Janis!!