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Educated Guess - Ani DiFranco
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67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

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  • Summary: The singer-songwriter's latest is a solo release in every sense of the word, as DiFranco wrote, produced, played, and sang everything on the album (not to mention releasing it on her own record label).

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Delusions of Adequacy
    90
    Educated Guess is an absolutely stunning creation, although it did take a few listens for me to begin to fully appreciate what I was hearing.
  2. All Music Guide
    60
    A decent but not spectacular album that, not for the first time, finds DiFranco on her way to somewhere else.
  3. E! Online
    25
    It's just so staccato and nonlinear, a sort of free-jazz version of rock with just too much going on and little worth hearing.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. dorrie
    10
    I believe this album is one of her greatest achievements. Along with having absolutely amazing lyrics, as usual, she is now using the music to portray the words in it's own way. In her previous albums, which were all incredible with great music, there was a level of superficiality to it. The music was there for her to sing along with. Over time, her albums have gotten better and gotten more sophisticated...this one is by far the most sophisticated yet. … Expand
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  2. Ravenous
    4
    Probably the worst album ever from one of our most innovative modern musicians and poets. This dissonant album lacks the musical ingenuity of much of her other work.… Expand
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  3. g.
    2
    Ani was my favorite until this album appeared. I suggest buying some of her earlier stuff: I could listen to "to the teeth" all day long. Skip this one.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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