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| 1. Bridges |
| 2. Nevada City, California |
| 3. Korea |
| 4. Anarchy |
| 5. Candidacy |
| 6. Bum On The Road |
| 7. Enourmously Wealthy |
| 8. Mess With People |
| 9. Natural Resources |
| 10. Heroes |
| 11. Half A Ghost Town |
| 12. Holding On |
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CD Description
The first of Ani's two collaborations with storyteller Utah Phillips: She took a box of his monologues into a studio and cooked up a mess of folk-hop and grandpappy rap to accompany 'em.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I disagree that this album is good for background music. Please if you listen to this album, take some time out and do it start to finish before you even think of judging it. Absolutly revolutionary as far as Im concerned. Buy it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A really great album, and totally worth adding to your collection. If Michael Moore had rhythmn, or Eminem a soial conscience, they might have produed something like this. Basically, the tracks are Utah Phillips talking social politics over a baking track produced by Ani DiFranco. While perhaps not a great album to have playing in the background, and a little too heavy to listen to all in one sitting, I found it incredibly fascinating. Very few records have the power to actually make you think, but 'The Past Didn't Go Anywhere' really does.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
I avoid 5 star reviews, but...
18 Nov 1999
Format:Audio CD
I cannot deny that this CD is one of the best of the decade. Ani's musical skills lend a solid backbeat to many of the stories, creating an interesting mix of contemporary style and old-time stories and concepts. Phillips, of course, is possibly one of the finest storytellers of our century, and is a joy to listen to alone. DiFranco has picked his best told stories, and put brilliant music to them, creating what can only be described as an incredible CD. One caveat, though, if you are primarily an Ani fan, you may want to steer clear of this one. She appears on two tracks, lending her voice only as an instrument, and not to carry any of the tracks. Her role in this CD was purely to produce and mix, not to compose her usual folk songs.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Is more amazing, more beautiful with each listen
30 Nov 2002
Format:Audio CD
This album is creative genious, period. It's not a "folk" album, it's a beautiful blending of *very* interesting story telling with musical experimentation that fits more perfectly with each listen. If Utah had been born during Twain's time, he would have been considered a national treasure, but since "we" treasure the types of Limbaugh, Drudge, and other purveyors of uncivilized discourse, what Utah has to say and the way he says it is so foreign in this day and age.
The last cut is simply amazing: "I was in a nightclub in Chicago ....."
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful Story Telling
14 May 2002
Format:Audio CD
Whe nI first got this album, I wasn't sure if I would like it. I had been warned that it wasn't "normal" Ani music--and it isn't, at all. It IS, however, an album of beautiful, interesting stories about our past, present and future. I love to bring it with me on long car rides, especially when other people are with me. It keeps everyone's minds occupied and provides for good conversation afterward.
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