Released October 15, 1996 Length 57:18 The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
(1996) Loafer's Glory
(1997) Release date 15 October 1996 Label Righteous Babe Records | Recorded March 1996 The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
(1996) Living in Clip
(1997) Artist Ani DiFranco Producer Ani DiFranco Genre Folk music | |
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Ani DiFranco albums Fellow Workers, Little Plastic Castle, Up Up Up Up Up Up, Not So Soft, Imperfectly | ||
The past didn t go anywhere
The Past Didn't Go Anywhere is an album by American folksinger Utah Phillips and American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It was released October 15, 1996, on Ani DiFranco's label, Righteous Babe Records.
Contents
The album consists of recordings of Utah Phillips telling stories at concerts that have been set to musical background by Ani DiFranco. There are no songs as such on the album, and DiFranco only provides background vocals on the first and last tracks as part of her remixing efforts.
The album was followed by Fellow Workers, a second collaboration between Phillips and DiFranco, which focused on Union songs associated with the Industrial Workers of the World and contained singing as well as spoken word pieces.
Track listing
All tracks written by Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco.
- "Bridges" – 8:03
- "Nevada City, California" – 6:41
- "Korea" – 8:30
- "Anarchy" – 6:27
- "Candidacy" – 1:45
- "Bum on the Rod" – 4:18
- "Enormously Wealthy" – 0:43
- "Mess With People" – 6:44
- "Natural Resources" – 2:31
- "Heroes" – 1:07
- "Half a Ghost Town" – 4:22
- "Holding On" – 6:13
Personnel
Songs
1BridgesUtah Phillips8:03
2Nevada City - CaliforniaUtah Phillips6:42
3KoreaUtah Phillips8:31