Evolve (Ani DiFranco album)

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]

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

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

  • 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

Charts

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

References

  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. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  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.
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