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74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest studio outing from the prolific singer-songwriter features production by Mike Napolitano (along with DiFranco herself) and contributions from touring musician Todd Sickafoose.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    It's beautifully committed music--the kind that's as essential now as it has ever been. [11 Aug 2006, p.67]
  2. Paste Magazine
    80
    Intimate and organic. [Sep 2006, p.74]
  3. Another reassuringly exceptional album.
  4. The downside of Reprieve is that it isn't as musically arresting as earlier albums like Out of Range, and DiFranco, on a song like "Millennium Theater," can be rather obvious.
  5. Uncut
    70
    Reprieve is probably the easiest album to listen to that she's ever made. [Oct 2006, p.104]
  6. An arresting mix of the singer's political and personal strife set to a jazzy backbeat.
  7. Spin
    60
    Milky keyboard washes and found-sound accents... give the music a darker, dreamier depth. [Sep 2006, p.100]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. NaceB
    Aug 25, 2006
    10
    Sweet and Sad!!
  2. coreyp
    Aug 9, 2006
    10
    its an amazing well thought out album. a must for any fan or politically charged listener
  3. MeMyself
    Aug 10, 2006
    10
    Outstanding collection.
  4. JerrodL.
    Aug 10, 2006
    8
    I've never been an Ani fan yet really like this album. All the songs are quiet and great to listen to while smoking a cigarette at midnight.
  5. AllyE
    Aug 14, 2006
    8
    Im glad to see that the music behind the voice is finally beginning to step out of the limelight. Her guitar playing, while consistently a Im glad to see that the music behind the voice is finally beginning to step out of the limelight. Her guitar playing, while consistently a joy to listen to, has lost some of the abrasiveness we've heard in some of her previous works. This lends to the soft and yet powerful feel that has become increasingly symbolic in her last few albums. Todd Sickafoose is a great musician of timing. Not once does he overpower the nature of ani's intention, and the two blend beautifully. A great addition to your CD collection, ani fan or not. Expand
  6. BrandonS
    Aug 18, 2006
    7
    This is a message for Nathaniel S and others like him: There's no need to call someone who expresses their opinion in this forum a This is a message for Nathaniel S and others like him: There's no need to call someone who expresses their opinion in this forum a "fool." Heaven forbid someone think differently from the great Nathaniel S. I read metacritic to get a variety of opinions and the reasoning behind them. Leave the classless insults out of it. Expand
  7. jay
    Aug 8, 2006
    1
    It's more of the same old crap Ani's been foisting upon her fans since Little Plastic Castle. It's kinda sad. Does anyone It's more of the same old crap Ani's been foisting upon her fans since Little Plastic Castle. It's kinda sad. Does anyone still find this stuff interesting anymore? Collapse

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