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- Artist: Ani DiFranco
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- Release Date: 1990 09
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
"I am a work in progress," appropriately announces Ani DiFranco on her debut album. Though her lyrics have the rambling style of free-form poetry and she sounds like she learned her spare, percussive style of guitar playing by listening to Suzanne Vega albums, she defines a distinct persona, that of a self-possessed, assertive woman in a tough, urban landscape who feels the need to lash out first (usually in reference to heterosexual romantic relationships) and then turn vulnerable. She justifies her chip-on-the-shoulder attitude with some telling observations and turns of phrase, even if individual lines are sometimes better than whole songs, and puts the songs across with her elastic phrasing and sheer conviction even when they're not really about much of anything. When she has a real subject, however, notably on the album's best composition, "Lost Woman Song," which concerns abortion, it all comes together and she displays a writing and performing talent that is as thrilling as it is affecting. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Both Hands | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (3:38) |
| Talk to Me Now (Lyrics) | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (4:29) |
| The Slant | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (1:36) |
| Work Your Way Out (Lyrics) | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (4:08) |
| Dog Coffee (Lyrics) | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (2:56) |
| Lost Woman Song (Lyrics) | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (4:50) |
| Pale Purple (Lyrics) | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (4:02) |
| Rush Hour (Lyrics) | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (5:03) |
| Fire Door (Lyrics) | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (2:42) |
| The Story | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (3:30) |
| Every Angle (Lyrics) | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (2:44) |
| Out of Habit | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (2:45) |
| Letting the Telephone Ring [*] | Ani DiFranco | Ani DiFranco | (4:30) |
