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Ani DiFranco - Revelling/Reckoning Audio CD

A fair review of the Ani DiFranco "Revelling/Reckoning" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Ani DiFranco reviews here, or go back to the Ani DiFranco tabs.

Ani DiFranco Band: Ani DiFranco
Title: Revelling/Reckoning
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Release Date: 2001-04-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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 Reckoning 14: Your Next Bold Move 15: This Box Contains... 16: Reckoning 17: So What 18: Prison Prism 19: Imagine That 20: Flood Waters 21: Grey 22: Subdivision 23: Old Old Song 24: Sick of Me 25: Don't Nobody Know 26: School Night 27: That Was My Love 28: Revelling 29: In Here

Ani gets Jazzy
Ani's voice still delivers. Love the jazzy flavor of this two disc set. Nice touch adding trumpet to several tracks.


A refreshing version of the new and standard Ani.
The new songs are exciting. This is an amazing album. The typically grinding style of the old and new Ani songs are beyond expectations.


give it a few listens
at first, it sounded quite a bit like elevator music. i love this album. it takes a few extra listens, i think, to really unfold it. but once you do, it's a feast for the ears and soul.


The album that made me an Ani fan
After several albums, her folky sound was starting to bore me. I enjoyed Ani's sound before Revelling/Reckoning was released, but I was not a serious fan. . . even the live releases were becoming mundane. After several jam sessions, spoken word rants, and live guitar strum tantrums, I started to wonder, "Is this the only thing that such an innovative musician is willing to experiment with? When is Ani going to put a spin on her sound?"

Then I heard Revelling/Reckoning, and got what I wanted with songs like "O. K. " and "Heartbreak Even. " The horns and flute create a fabulous blend with Ani's style of guitar playing. I was pleasantly surprised with the sophistication of the music. It sounded like a sweet fusion of jazz and folk, not an experiment gone wrong.

I find it appalling that so many Ani fans have looked down upon this album with contempt. It is fresh, funky, and still full of the things that Ani fans love about her. . .

Fierce Flawless brings you back to the "righteous babe" feeling that Ani's music tends to induce. Marrow is there for those of us who appreciate Ani's ability to twist and mold the English language like play-dough.

Obviously, Revelling is my favorite CD out of the pair, but both pieces of the album compliment each other. Ani DiFranco is a very talented musician. Revelling/Reckoning was a bold step away from her "norm", but it was a step in the right direction.


politically apathetic fans' rantings
what is it with these people reviewing ani's albums and bitching about ani's left-wing politics and how that makes the albums go from great to just good?!?!

other than her great song-writing ability and ultra-personal lyrics that strike a chord with listeners, what makes ani ani is her unapologetic criticisms of mainstream and conservative politics. . . . . i dont think she'd appreciate knowing that some of her "fans" are apparently politically apathetic and complacent. . . . It's one thing if you don't agree with her politics, but the impression i get from these reviewers is that they'd rather live in a self-imposed bubble where they can view life through rose-colored glasses. if you want that go listen to avril lavigne or someone equally as vapid.

other than that though i am one of those people that prefers her earlier stuff. I dont think she pulls of this jazz/fusion direction she's taking, there aren't hooks to the songs and her lyrics just don't carry the same punch that they used to.


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