Revelling: Reckoning by Ani DiFranco (CD, Apr-2001, 2 Discs, Righteous Babe Records)

Album Features
UPC:	748731702427
Artist:	Ani DiFranco
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2001
Record Label:	Righteous Babe Records
Genre:	Alternative, Rock & Pop
Number Of Discs:	2

Track Listing
DISC 1: REVELLING:
1. Ain't That the Way
2. O.K.
3. Garden of Simple
4. Tamburitza Lingua
5. Marrow
6. Heartbreak Even
7. Harvest
8. Kazoointoit
9. Whatall Is Nice
10. What How When Where (Why Who)
11. Fierce Flawless
12. Rock Paper Scissors
13. Beautiful Night

DISC 2: RECKONING:
1. Your Next Bold Move
2. This Box Contains...
3. Reckoning
4. So What
5. Prison Prism
6. Imagine That
7. Flood Waters
8. Grey
9. Subdivision
10. Old Old Song
11. Sick of Me
12. Don't Nobody Know
13. School Night
14. That Was My Love
15. Revelling
16. In Here

Details
Contributing Artists:	Maceo Parker, Lloyd Maines, Jon Hassell
Producer:	Ani DiFranco
Distributor:	E1 Distribution (USA)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Ani DiFranco (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, drums, percussion); Lloyd Maines (pedal steel guitar); Hans Teuber (flute, clarinet, saxophone, background vocals); Maceo Parker (saxophone, background vocals); Shane Endsley (trumpet, background vocals); Jon Hassell (trumpet); Julie Wolf (accordion, piano, organ, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, background vocals); Jason Mercer (bass, kazoo, background vocals); Daren Hahn (drums, background vocals); Scott Fisher, Mark Hallman (background vocals).Recorded at the Dust Bowl, Buffalo, New York & The Congress House, Austin, Texas.Personnel: Ani DiFranco (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, drums); Maceo Parker (saxophone).There was hardly a year in the '90s that didn't see a full-length release from Buffalo, New York's anti-folk rock icon and ultimate symbol of D.I.Y. success Ani DiFranco. So it was hardly surprising that she rolled into 2001 full-blast, sounding fully refreshed, spreading over two hours of inspired, defiant songs onto the double album REVELLING RECKONING. With her latter '90s output she had deftly cast off any shred of criticism that her earlier work possessed a certain monochromatic feel. REVELLING RECKONING continues her musical exploration.The album finds her unique brand of mellow folk-rock imbued with a bluesier, jazzier feel than she had previously displayed. Songs like "Ain't That the Way" are a sweet yet gritty mosaic of melody. Her friend Maceo Parker drops by, saxophone in hand, for a radiant turn on "What How When Where (Why Who)," a breathy, brilliant, nomadic tune also featuring Hans Teuber's brilliant flute, which sets the sweet, misty tone of the whole album. DiFranco's knack for telling a story, and her skill in turning simple lines like "I'm learning how to be alone," on the beautiful "Marrow," into something special, persists throughout.

Editorial Reviews
...Her most assured, sustained studio work since 1996's DILUTE....[Her] maturity is strengthened by a still-youthful willingness to change...
No Depression (20010501)

...Compelling....her most 'musical' recording to date....it's a big listen...
CMJ (20010416)

...Her personal best....Reveling in her musicianship and reckoning on aspects of the human condition...
Magnet (20010601)

3 out of 5 - ...Proving once again that her creativity seems limitless....showing an eloquent depth and an empathic understanding of the human condition.
Alternative Press (20010601)

4 stars out of 5 - ...An oasis of buried treasure...
Q (20010601)

...You'll be rewarded with an intimate new mood or insight, expertly framed by the singer's acoustic-based every-style. - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (20010413)

9 out of 10 - ...This inspired 2-disc set is one part musical grandstand like Prince's SIGN O' THE TIMES, one part marital saga like Bruce Springsteen's TUNNEL OF LOVE....REVELLING is sunny-side-up....RECKLESS is introspective...
Spin (20010501)

3.5 stars out of 5 - ...Uncompromising and emotionally charged....Powerful listening for anyone struggling to make sense of a seemingly capsizing world.
Rolling Stone (20010524)