Ani Difranco - Ani DiFranco (2019 Remastered) (1990) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Both Hands (2019 Remaster)
02. Talk to Me Now (2019 Remaster)
03. The Slant (2019 Remaster)
04. Work Your Way Out (2019 Remaster)
05. Dog Coffee (2019 Remaster)
06. Lost Woman Song (2019 Remaster)
07. Pale Purple (2019 Remaster)
08. Rush Hour (2019 Remaster)
09. Fire Door (2019 Remaster)
10. The Story (2019 Remaster)
11. Every Angle (2019 Remaster)
12. Out of Habit (2019 Remaster)
13. Letting the Telephone Ring (2019 Remaster)

I am a work in progress, appropriately announces Ani DiFranco on her debut album. Though her lyrics have the rambling style of free-form poetry and she sounds like she learned her spare, percussive style of guitar playing by listening to Suzanne Vega albums, she defines a distinct persona, that of a self-possessed, assertive woman in a tough, urban landscape who feels the need to lash out first (usually in reference to heterosexual romantic relationships) and then turn vulnerable. She justifies her chip-on-the-shoulder attitude with some telling observations and turns of phrase, even if individual lines are sometimes better than whole songs, and puts the songs across with her elastic phrasing and sheer conviction even when they're not really about much of anything. When she has a real subject, however, notably on the album's best composition, Lost Woman Song, which concerns abortion, it all comes together and she displays a writing and performing talent that is as thrilling as it is affecting.

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