Released July 18, 1995 Release date 18 July 1995 | Length 56:55 | |
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A n i d i f r a n c o not a pretty girl full album
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.
Contents
- A n i d i f r a n c o not a pretty girl full album
- Ani difranco not a pretty girl
- Artwork
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
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" Released on Living in Clip, the track "Shy" earned DiFranco a 1997 Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
"Shy" off the album is notable for being quoted by Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio during live performances of the song "Ninety-Seven"
Ani difranco not a pretty girl
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.
Track listing
All songs written 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
- "32 Flavors" [live bonus track] – 4:47
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Worthy4:32
2Tiptoe0:37
3Cradle & All4:18