Evolve (Ani DiFranco album)
| Evolve | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 11, 2003 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 57:29 | |||
| Label | Righteous Babe | |||
| Producer | Ani DiFranco | |||
| Ani DiFranco chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (63/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| The A.V. Club | (negative)[3] |
| Billboard | (favorable)[4] |
| Blender | [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | (favorable)[5] |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10)[6] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[7] |
| PopMatters | (6/10)[1][8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Slant | [10] |
| Uncut | [11] |
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.
Track listing
[edit]All songs by Ani DiFranco.
Lyrics
[edit]I walk in stride with people much taller than me
And partly it's the boots but mostly it's my chi
And I'm becoming transfixed with nature and my part in it
Which I believe just signifies I'm finally waking up
And there's this moth outside my kitchen door
She's bonkers for that bare bulb flying round in circles
Bashing in her exoskull and out in the woods she navigates fine by the moon
But get her around a light bulb and she's doomed
She is trying to evolve
She's just trying to evolve, mm-hmm, yo
Mm-hmm..
Now let's get talking reefer madness like some arrogant government can't
By any stretch of the imagination outlaw a plant!
Yes, their supposed authority over nature is a dream
Come on people, we've got to come clean
Because they are locking our sons and our daughters in cages
They are taking by the thousands our lives from under us
It's a crash crash course in religious fundamentals now let's all go to war
Get some bang for our buck
Yes, I am trying to evolve
I'm trying to evolve, mm-hmm, yo
I am trying to evolve
I'm trying to evolve, mm-hmm, yo
Mmm, gunning for high score in the land of dreams
Morbid bluish-white consumers ogling luminous screens on the trail of forgetting
Cruising without a care the jet set won't abide by that pesky jet lag
And our lives boil down to an hour or two when someone pulls a camera out of a bag
And I am trying to evolve
Trying to evolve, mm-hmm, yo
I'm trying to evolve
Trying to evolve, mm-hmm, yo
So, I walk like I'm on a mission cuz that's the way I groove
I got more and more to do I got less and less to prove
It took me too long to realize that I don't take good pictures
Cuz I have the kind of beauty that moves
I am trying to evolve
I'm trying to evolve, mm-hmm, yo
I am trying to evolve
I'm trying to evolve, mm-hmm, yo...
Mmm, ahh
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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]- record producer – Ani DiFranco
- Engineers – Andrew Gilchrist, Mark Hallman, Marty Lester
- Mixing – Ani DiFranco
- Mastering – Greg Calbi
- Design – Ani DiFranco
- Photography – Eric Frick
- Art direction – Brian Grunert
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[13] | 61 |
| US Billboard 200 | 30 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ The A.V. Club review
- ^ "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) - ^ Chicago Tribune review
- ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ "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
- ^ "Ani DiFranco – Evolve". Uncut: 104. June 2003. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "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
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 81.
External links
[edit]- Evolve at Metacritic
