by
Ani DiFranco
- Record Label: Righteous Babe Records
- Release Date: Jan 16, 2012
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MojoFeb 27, 2012Sweet and to the point. [Mar 2012, p.97]
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Feb 23, 2012It works best when DiFranco points to contradictions within herself, and worst when her lyrics get preachy or black-and-white.
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Jan 24, 2012As fresh as Lisa Lee at the top of the key.
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Jan 18, 2012Most of this spirited album strikes a natural balance between matters of the heart and causes close to DiFranco's heart.
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Jan 17, 2012Channeling multiple voices and styles, DiFranco rises to the cultural moment with a grin.
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Jan 17, 2012Some of DiFranco's attempts to be baldly political hit their mark.
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Jan 17, 2012[Songs on her album] do little to tarnish her well-earned reputation as a D.I.Y. force of nature.
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Jan 17, 2012The problem with DiFranco's current work is not the fading anger of her youth. Instead, it's her inability to sound engaged in the current events she sings about.
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Jan 17, 2012Her worthier sentiments are balanced by maturing wit, self-awareness and the distinctive snap'n'slap of her funky guitar grooves.
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Jan 17, 2012Which Side Are You On? shows all of DiFranco's strengths and weaknesses and it displays her increasing maturity where she is finally at peace with herself, but hasn't lost her biting wit.
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Jan 17, 2012DiFranco's sincerity is never in question, but on Which Side Are You On?, the candor simply serves her better on her intimate, personal songs than on a set of political songs that are uncharacteristically dated.
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Jan 17, 2012The melodies aren't so easily embraced; loping, ephemeral and often sounding blithely disconnected, they defy any attempt at grasping an easy hook or chorus. What's more, the loose grooves sometimes run counter to the tunes' sense of profundity.
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Jan 17, 2012A loose-limbed, spacious, American indie-folk-rock. Political, challenging, dissatisfied and, naturally, righteous.
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Jan 13, 2012Ani DiFranco's first album in three years finds the self-proclaimed Righteous Babe in feisty, thoughtful form.
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Jan 11, 2012In the unlikely event you needed any more demonstration of the woman's talent, this is it.
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Jan 11, 2012Despite the record's ups and down, it's hard to deny DiFranco's vision and passion for her craft.
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Jan 11, 2012Here, she gets stuck in too many clunky Big Idea statements about equality and social politics.