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1995's NOT A PRETTY GIRL synthesizes elements of Ani DiFranco's six prior albums and is widely considered one of this wildly prolific Buffalo, New York-based singer/songwriter's finest efforts. Here, the folky acoustic starkness of ANI DIFRANCO and NOT SO SOFT meshes with songs that recall the detailed full-band arrangements of LIKE I SAID and OUT OF RANGE. DiFranco even remakes an earlier song, IMPERFECTLY's "Coming Up."
Lyrically, the album also refines topics previously covered. There's the abortion drama "Tiptoe," the sneering record-business diatribe "The Million You Never Made," and a passel of songs that touch on DiFranco's outspoken bisexuality (notably "Light of Some Kind"). The difference is that the pieces fit together more smoothly than before. The relative lack of jagged edges makes the powerful emotions of the songs that much more intense. NOT A PRETTY GIRL is a masterpiece of '90s folk-rock.
Recorded at The Recording Complex, Buffalo, New York and 1:2:1, Toronto, Canada.
Personnel: Ani DiFranco (vocals, acoustic, electric & steel guitar, thumb piano, bass, percussion); Andy Stochansky (vocals, drums, percussion); Kate Fenner (vocals).
Rolling Stone (8/24/95, pp.102-103) - 3.5 Stars - Good - "...Judging by NOT A PRETTY GIRL, few have done battle with the vigor, determination and brooding honesty of Ani DiFranco, a talented and fiercely independent singer/songwriter..."
Sing Out! (Vol.41 #1, pp.130-132) - "...all of Ani's expression comes together on this, her latest archive of passion....She writes songs informed by urban despair and sexual politics..." Not A Pretty Girl Music | List Price | $9.98 (You save $1.39) | | Category | Rock Albums, Alternative CDs, Rock/Pop | | Label | Righteous Babe | | Orig Year | 1995 | | All Time Sales Rank |  7759  | | CD Universe Part number | 1195163 | | Catalog number | 7 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 18, 1995 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Ani DiFranco | | Engineer | Ed Stone | | Personnel | Ani Difranco - vocals, acoustic, electric & steel guitar, thumb piano, bass, percussion
Andy Stochansky - vocals, drums, percussion
Kate Fenner - vocals
Kate Fenner - vocals
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Ani Difranco Not A Pretty Girl Songs Not A Pretty Girl Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   Awesome
ALLS I GOTS TO SAY IS ANI ROCKS MY WORLD, SHE IS SUCH A GREAT SONG WRITER!! I HAVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HER CDS... AND YOU SHOULD TOO!!
Submitted by clarinetist09 (Emporia, KS, OF COURSE!!)
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Ani Difrancos Not a Pretty Girl Album
Ani Difranco is quiet an inspiration, she always writes exactly what she feels, no less and no more. She is an awesome musician and a talented person. She will definitely go much farther in life and make more great albums with terrific music. All of her albums have already been a success and I own all of them, from "Knuckle Down" to "Educated Guess". They are the best music I've ever heard, and if you don't like one CD, the theme of others are all different-- that's what makes them so good.
Submitted by louis_girl200967 (Emporia, KS, USA)
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Ani Difranco's albums have always been marred by thin production...mostly by stubbornly refusing to make "commercial" recordings. This especially a shame for "Not A Pretty Girl", her best work to date. A lot of the songs on here are "big" songs, but only partly get off the ground. First rate narrative songs like "Cradle And All", "Sorry I Am", "32 Flavors" & "Crime For Crime" don't have the music to carry the ambitions of the words. Nevertheless, this captures the excellent songwriting Difranco is delving into.
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