Detailed item info | Track listing | DISC 1:
1. Swan Dive
2. Letter To A John / Tamburitza Lingua
3. Grey
4. Cradle and All
5. Whatall Is Nice
6. What How When Where (Why Who)
7. To the Teeth
8. Revelling
9. Napoleon
10. Shrug
11. Welcome To
DISC 2:
1. Comes a Time
2. Ain't That the Way
3. Dilate
4. Gratitude
5. Rock Paper Scissors
6. 32 Flavors
7. Loom / Pulse
8. Not a Pretty Girl
9. Self Evident
10. Reckoning
11. My IQ
12. Jukebox
13. You Had Time
| | Details | | Playing time: | 122 min. | | Producer: | Ani DiFranco | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording type: | Live | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | Personnel: Ani DiFranco (vocals, guitar); Hans Teuber (flute, clarinet, saxophone, background vocals); Ravi Best, Todd Horton, Shane Endsley (trumpet); Julie Wolf (keyboards, background vocals); Jason Mercer (bass); Daren Hahn (drums).
Partially recorded at Nantes, France and Boise Idaho. Includes liner notes by Ronald Ehmke.
Singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco didn't become one of the biggest DIY success stories by sticking to the studio. Over the years, she built her cottage industry up through tireless touring, gaining a huge and rabidly loyal audience one painstaking gig at a time. So although her Righteous Babe label has released many fine studio efforts from the prolific recording artist, it's on a live album like this two-disc affair that DiFranco can truly shine. All the little touches that make Ani's performances so special can be heard over the course of SO MUCH SHOUTING, SO MUCH LAUGHTER; the trademark stuttering, start-stop acoustic guitar rhythms of "Swan Dive," the way the horns and the organ interact on "Whatall is Nice," the folky strumming that underpins the sociopolitical message of "To the Teeth,"the bluesy, slow-burn vocalizing in which DiFranco indulges on "Revelling." All the aspects of her music come into play in a concert setting, so when the pointed aggression present in one of DiFranco's signature songs, "Not a Pretty Girl" is effectively underscored by the band, you're able to feel the effect at home in much the way the audience did. And isn't that what a live album is supposed to be all about?
| | Editorial reviews | ...The mix and production are superb. DiFranco's guitar remains the core of the sound, but the other instruments blend in and out perfectly...
Dirty Linen (08/01/2003)
|
Portions of this page Copyright 1948 - 2009 Muze Inc.  All rights reserved. |
Back to home page
) 
NorthKeyMovies
Print
Report item
