Revenge is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriterJanis Ian, released in 1995. Like her preceding comeback albumBreaking Silence, it was recorded inNashville, Tennessee, where Ian had been living since 1988.[2] The title was intended as a riposte against the major record labels who had dropped her permanently after her past few albums had failed to sell in substantial numbers.[3] Despite this, Janis and co-producer John Jennings hired what she considered her “dream band” for the sessions,[4] and whenRevenge was completed Janis considered it the most commercial album she had ever recorded.[4] It included one song co-written with Linda Perry of4 Non Blondes.
Revenge was originally released as the first album on a new Los Angeles independent label called Beacon Records;[3] however, the project collapsed soon after the album came out, and the album would be put out by a variety of labels, amongst them her oldColumbia andFestival. The album was not as well received critically asBreaking Silence, although "Stolen Fire", "Take No Prisoners", "Take Me Walking in the Rain", " "Berlin" and "Ruby" would all appear on subsequent live albums and career-spanning compilations. Closing track "When Angels Cry" was sung in some episodes of the soap operaGeneral Hospital.[5]
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