The Past Didn't Go Anywhere

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The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
Studio album by Ani DiFranco
Released	October 15, 1996
Recorded	March 1996
Genre	Folk, Spoken Word
Length	57:18
Label	Righteous Babe
Producer	Ani DiFranco
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (*) link
Ani DiFranco chronology
Dilate (1996) The Past Didn't Go Anywhere (1996) Living in Clip (1997)
Utah Phillips chronology
I've Got to Know (1991) The Past Didn't Go Anywhere (1996) Loafer's Glory (1997)

The Past Didn't Go Anywhere is an album by American folksinger Utah Phillips and American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It was released October 15, 1996, on Ani DiFranco's label, Righteous Babe Records.

The album consists of recordings of Utah Phillips telling stories at concerts that have been set to musical background by Ani DiFranco. There are no songs as such on the album, and DiFranco only provides background vocals on the first and last tracks as part of her remixing efforts.

The album was followed by Fellow Workers, a second collaboration between Phillips and DiFranco, which focused on Union songs associated with the Industrial Workers of the World and contained singing as well as spoken word pieces.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco.

1. "Bridges" – 8:03
2. "Nevada City, California" – 6:41
3. "Korea" – 8:30
4. "Anarchy" – 6:27
5. "Candidacy" – 1:45
6. "Bum on the Rod" – 4:18
7. "Enormously Wealthy" – 0:43
8. "Mess With People" – 6:44
9. "Natural Resources" – 2:31
10. "Heroes" – 1:07
11. "Half a Ghost Town" – 4:22
12. "Holding On" – 6:13

[edit] Personnel

• Ani DiFranco – guitar, bass, percussion, Hammond organ, vocals, thumb piano, producer, engineer, sampling, artwork, design, mixing, Wurlitzer
• Utah Phillips – spoken word, vocals, guitar
• Douglas MacArthur – spoken word excerpt
• Darcie Deaville – fiddle
• Mark Hallman – engineer
• Marty Lester – engineer
• Chris Bellman – mastering
• Blair Woods – photography