On September 30, 1997, “Windham Hill” label released “Hunger”, the fifteenth Janis Ian studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, “The Congress House” in Austin, Texas, “Music Mill”, “Ocean Way”, “Quad & Woodland Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jeff Balding, Janis Ian, and Ani DiFranco.

Personnel:

• Janis Ian – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Kevin Breit – electric and National Steel guitars, bouzouki
• Andrew Gilchrist – electric guitar
• Dan Huff- electric guitar
• Randy Leago – accordion
• Glenn Worf – upright bass
• David Piltch- upright bass
• Ani DiFranco- bass, sampling, backing vocals
• Andy Stochansky – drums, percussion
• Steve Brewster – drums
• Terry McMillian – percussion
• Cyro Baptista- percussion
• Ron Huff – arrangements
• Jeff Balding – mixing
• Andrew Gilehrist – mixing
• Sonny Mediana – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Janis Ian, except where noted.

1. Black & White
2. On the Dark Side of Town
3. Might As Well Be Monday
4. Getting Over You – Janis Ian, Gary Burr
5. Searching for America
6. Hunger
7. Welcome to Acousticville
8. Honor Them All
9. Empty
10. House Without a Heart
11. Shadow
12. Getting Over You (with strings) – Janis Ian, Gary Burr