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Evolve (Ani DiFranco album)

Evolve is the 12th studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album won DiFranco and Brian Grunert a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 2004.[12] This album is more eclectic and stylistically venturous than DiFranco's previous works, experimenting with styles such as jazz and funk.

Evolve
Studio album by
Ani DiFranco
ReleasedMarch 11, 2003
Genre
Length57:29
LabelRighteous Babe
ProducerAni DiFranco
Ani DiFranco chronology
So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter
(2002) 		Evolve
(2003) 		Educated Guess
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(63/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The A.V. Club(negative)[3]
Billboard(favorable)[4]
Blender[1]
Chicago Tribune(favorable)[5]
Drowned in Sound(8/10)[6]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[7]
PopMatters(6/10)[1][8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Slant[10]
Uncut[11]

Track listing edit

All songs by Ani DiFranco.

No.TitleLength
1."Promised Land"4:30
2."In the Way"5:17
3."Icarus"4:51
4."Slide"3:50
5."O My My"3:59
6."Evolve"4:15
7."Shrug"4:42
8."Phase"3:42
9."Here for Now"3:09
10."Second Intermission"3:51
11."Serpentine"10:26
12."Welcome To:"4:57
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Your Next Bold Move (live version from the movie "Render")" 

Personnel edit

  • Ani DiFranco – guitar, piano, vocals
  • Ravi Best – trumpet, vocals
  • Shane Endsley – trumpet
  • Daren Hahn – percussion, drums
  • Todd Horton – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jason Mercer – bass
  • Hans Teuber – clarinet, flute, saxophone, vocals
  • Julie Wolf – organ, piano, vocals, clavinet, melodica, Fender Rhodes

Production edit

Charts edit

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[13] 61
US Billboard 200 30

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ The A.V. Club review
  4. ^ "Billboard review". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 21, 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2013.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Chicago Tribune review
  6. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  7. ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  8. ^ PopMatters review
  9. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2007.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ Slant review
  11. ^ "Ani DiFranco – Evolve". Uncut: 104. June 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Ani Difranco | the Evolve Packaging". Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008. Evolve Wins the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
  13. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 81.

External links edit

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