Knuckle Down
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| Knuckle Down | ||
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| Studio album by Ani DiFranco | ||
| Released | January 25, 2005 | |
| Genre | Indie rock Folk rock |
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| Length | 57:07 | |
| Label | Righteous Babe | |
| Producer(s) | Ani DiFranco Joe Henry |
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| Ani DiFranco chronology | ||
| Educated Guess (2004) |
Knuckle Down (2005) |
Reprieve (2006) |
Knuckle Down is the fourteenth studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It is notable as being the first album for which Ani has collaborated with a producer; Joe Henry. The record is also her first studio album to feature a string section. It is considered among her most accessible records, and compared to the stark Educated Guess, it is more abundantly produced.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Knuckle Down" – 4:34
- "Studying Stones" – 3:53
- "Manhole" – 3:45
- "Sunday Morning" – 4:49
- "Modulation" – 4:31
- "Seeing Eye Dog" – 4:02
- "Lag Time" – 5:13
- "Parameters" – 5:58
- "Callous" – 5:46
- "Paradigm" – 4:33
- "Minerva" – 4:55
- "Recoil" – 5:08
[edit] Personnel
- Ani DiFranco – guitar, vocals
- Jay Bellerose – percussion, drums
- Andrew Bird – violin, Glockenspiel, whistling
- Tony Scherr – electric guitar
- Todd Sickafoose – Wurlitzer, string bass
- Patrick Warren – piano, sampling, Chamberlin
- Julie Wolf – melodica
- Noe Venable – vocals
- Niki Haris – vocals
[edit] Production
- Ani DiFranco – producer, design
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- S. "Husky" Hoskulds – engineer, mixing
- Jason Mott – engineer, assistant
- Danny Clinch – portrait photography
- Eric Frick – photography
- Brian Grunert – design
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2005 | The Billboard 200 | 49 |
| 2005 | Top Independent Albums | 4 |
| Ani DiFranco |
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| Discography |
| Studio Albums: Ani DiFranco (album) | Not So Soft | Imperfectly | Puddle Dive | Like I Said: Songs 1990-91 | Out of Range | Not a Pretty Girl| Dilate | Little Plastic Castle| Up Up Up Up Up Up | To the Teeth| Revelling/Reckoning| Evolve | Educated Guess| Knuckle Down | Reprieve |
| Live albums: An Acoustic Evening With | Living in Clip | Women in (E)motion | So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter | Atlanta - 10.9.03 | Sacramento - 10.25.03 </ Portland - 4.7.04 | Boston - 11.16.03 | Chicago - 1.17.04 | Madison - 1.25.04 | Rome - 11.15.04 | Carnegie Hall - 4.6.02 |
| EPs More Joy, Less Shame| Little Plastic Remixes| Swing Set |
| Demos Demo tape |
| Related articles |
| Righteous Babe Records | Anti-folk |
