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Red Letter Year [Import]

~ Ani DiFranco
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Product details

  • Audio CD (13 Oct 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Righteous Babe
  • ASIN: B001D7T276
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 129,491 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Red Letter Year - Ani DiFranco, Rebirth Brass Band
2. Alla This
3. Present/Infant
4. Smiling Underneath
5. Way Tight
6. Emancipated Minor
7. Good Luck
8. Atom
9. Round a Pole
10. Landing Gear
11. Star Matter
12. Red Letter Year (Reprise) - Ani DiFranco, Rebirth Brass Band

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Album Description
Red Letter Year is the mesmerising new album from the legendary Ani DiFranco and is her first collection of new material in 3 years."I've got myself a new mantra," Ani DiFranco shares on her new studio album. "It says `Don't forget to have a good time.'" This mantra has clearly influenced the dozen tunes on Red Letter Year, which celebrate existence, profess love and tackle thorny political issues with an infectious sense of glee. It's one of Ani's most joyous records to date.Red Letter Year wasn't just recorded - it was sculpted over the course of two years. This period allowed Ani to concentrate on the growth of her craft - and her new daughter. "I think I sorely needed to be slowed down, and finally a little person came along powerful enough to do it," Ani reminisces. If a few of these songs are familiar to fans, it's because they've been thoroughly road-tested and approved. And all of them have benefited from a couple years of tender loving care; this is focused, layered, panoramic music. Ani DiFranco's feeling good, and she's in a giving mood - Red Letter Year isn't just a party, it's a music lover's gift.

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A Sad Report, 6 Feb 2009
By Pablo K (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Red Letter Year (Audio CD)
I am a huge fan of The Little Folk Singer, The Righteous Babe, the one and only Ani Difranco. So it is with a heavy heart that I report that 'Red Letter Year' is an ultimately disappointing record.

Tempted by pop psychology and cliche, it might be said that Ani has lost her edge since having a baby. But some of the best tracks here ('Present/Infant', 'The Atom') were inspired by that experience. No, it seems more that this continues the decline hinted at by her superior previous effort 'Reprieve'. The musical flourishes are familiar, as are the lyrical stylings. They sound fine. There are no huge clangers, no totally misguided descents into new instrumentation or new sounds. Todd Sickafoose on bass and Allison Miller on drums add something, although not quite as much as they do live.

No, 'Red Letter Year' just lacks. It is just stale enough, just devoid enough of the kind of energy that characterised the other records, just self-indulgent enough, to render it forgettable.

Those who have never heard Ani Difranco before will doubtless find this pleasing. But they are strongly advised to choose a record from the near-perfect run of 'To The Teeth', 'Revelling/Reckoning', 'Evolve', 'Educated Guess' and 'Knuckle Down'. Or pick up one of the live bootlegs.

Stand-out tracks: 'Alla This', 'Present/Infant' and 'The Atom'.
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