Revelling/Reckoning is the 11th studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 2001 on Righteous Babe Records. It is a double album of winding, narrative, acoustic-based songs.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 10, 2001 | |||
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| Length | 118:10 | |||
| Label | Righteous Babe | |||
| Producer | Ani DiFranco | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (78/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The A.V. Club | (positive)[3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[4] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [5] |
| musicOMH | (positive)[6] |
| Neumu.net |   [7] |
| Robert Christgau | B−[8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Slant | [10] |
| Spin | (9/10)[1] |
| The Village Voice | (positive)[11] |
| Wall of Sound | (70/100)[1] |
The lead track of Reckoning, "Your Next Bold Move", was included on the 2002 political compilation GASCD.
Track listing
editAll songs by Ani DiFranco.
- Revelling
- "Ain't That the Way" – 5:14
- "O.K." – 2:51
- "Garden of Simple" – 3:54
- "Tamburitza Lingua" – 5:07
- "Marrow" – 5:19
- "Heartbreak Even" – 3:36
- "Harvest" – 1:04
- "Kazoointoit" – 3:51
- "Whatall Is Nice" – 4:36
- "What How When Where (Why Who)" – 5:58
- "Fierce Flawless" – 5:04
- "Rock Paper Scissors" – 6:00
- "Beautiful Night" – 6:25
- Reckoning
- "Your Next Bold Move" – 5:47
- "This Box Contains..." – 0:29
- "Reckoning" – 6:02
- "So What" – 5:03
- "Prison Prism" – 1:34
- "Imagine That" – 4:01
- "Flood Waters" – 0:47
- "Grey" – 5:22
- "Subdivision" – 3:57
- "Old Old Song" – 4:22
- "Sick of Me" – 5:21
- "Don't Nobody Know" – 1:17
- "School Night" – 4:54
- "That Was My Love" – 1:03
- "Revelling" – 5:08
- "In Here" – 4:16
Personnel
edit- Ani DiFranco – record producer, mixer, acoustic guitar, drums, electric guitar, vocals, tambur, tongue drum, key bass, baritone guitar, bass, tenor guitar, piano, shaker, honky keys
- Shane Endsley – trumpet, shaker, voice
- Daren Hahn – drums, percussion, voice
- Jason Mercer – acoustic bass, electric bass, bowed bass, voice, kazoo
- Hans Teuber – clarinet, saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, voice
- Julie Wolf – rhodes, accordion, singing, clavinet, piano, organ, melodica, pianet,
- Scot Fisher – voice
- Maceo Parker – saxophone, singing
- Jon Hassell – trumpet
- Mark Hallman – singing
- Lloyd Maines – pedal steel
- Andrew 'Goat Boy' Gilchrist – recording, mixer
Charts
edit| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] | 78 |
| US Billboard 200 | 50 |
| US Top Independent Albums | 1 |
| US Top Internet Albums | 2 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ^ Ratner, Darren. Revelling/Reckoning at AllMusic
- ^ The A.V. Club review
- ^ Cherry, Robert (April 13, 2001). "Revelling/Reckoning Review". Entertainment Weekly. No. 591. p. 76. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ^ Los Angeles Times review[dead link]
- ^ musicOMH review
- ^ Neumu.net review
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ "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) - ^ Slant review
- ^ "The Village Voice review". Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
