Not a Pretty Girl
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Not a Pretty Girl
- Artist: Ani DiFranco
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- Release Date: July 18, 1995
- Total Time: 56:55
- Genre: Rock
Review
On her relatively spare sixth album (which features only one other musician, percussionist/vocalist Andy Stochansky, and, on one song, singer Kate Fenner), Ani DiFranco takes on a few expected topics, such as abortion ("Tiptoe"), capital punishment ("Crime for Crime"), and why she isn't on a major label ("The Million You Never Made"). But much of the disc is given over to introspective ruminations on personal life and love. As usual, the singer is not shy (despite a song of that title) about offering criticism of the person or persons she's addressing, but she is also self-critical and even, on "Sorry I Am," apologetic. The songs do not add up to the complete story of a relationship, but there are some deeply felt portraits here, especially "Light of Some Kind," in which the singer seems to be confessing to a man that she has been unfaithful to him with a woman. As usual, the imagery is urban and gritty; DiFranco is the kind of writer who likes to tell you that she's got last night's underwear in her back pocket as she rides home on the subway on the afternoon following an assignation. But the sometimes messy details are in the service of her view of reality, an unflinching one in which everything can be faced, even the songwriter's emotional torment. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi| Not a Perfect Man (1995 Album by Christopher Williams) | |
| Not a Pretty Girl [Bonus Tracks] (1995 Album by Ani DiFranco) |
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Not a Pretty Girl
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| Studio album by Ani DiFranco | ||||
| Released | July 18, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, folk rock | |||
| Length | 56:55 | |||
| Label | Righteous Babe | |||
| Producer | Ani DiFranco | |||
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| Rolling Stone |  [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
| Slant | [4] |
Not a Pretty Girl is the sixth studio album released by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco on her own record label, Righteous Babe Records. It was released July 18, 1995. The album extended the folk singer's early formula of acoustic guitar and drums. On subsequent records, DiFranco would add electric guitar, horns, band members and guest musicians, but on Not a Pretty Girl she was accompanied by Andy Stochansky's percussion alone.
According to AllMusic, "Light of Some Kind" is a "deeply felt portrait...in which the singer seems to be confessing to a man that she has been unfaithful to him with a woman"[5] Released on Living in Clip, the track "Shy" earned DiFranco a 1997 Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.[6]
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Track listing
All songs by Ani DiFranco.
- "Worthy" – 4:31
- "Tiptoe" – :36
- "Cradle and All" – 4:18
- "Shy" – 4:43
- "Sorry I Am" – 4:45
- "Light of Some Kind" – 4:07
- "Not a Pretty Girl" – 3:55
- "The Million You Never Made" – 4:18
- "Hour Follows Hour" – 6:01
- "32 Flavors" – 6:07
- "Asking Too Much" – 2:55
- "This Bouquet" – 2:28
- "Crime for Crime" – 5:42
- "Coming Up" – 4:45
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- In a pregap, you can hear DiFranco reciting the spoken word track "Tip-Toe", but misspeaking before restarting.
- "32 Flavors" [live bonus track] – 4:47
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- Appears on some versions.
Personnel
Production
Artwork
The CD case of Not a Pretty Girl is designed to be looked at "the wrong way 'round", with the spine on the right hand side rather than the left.
Sources
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Robert Christgau review
- ^ Slant review
- ^ allmusic ((( Not a Pretty Girl > Overview )))
- ^ CNN - List of Grammy award nominations - January 6, 1998
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