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

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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B ^[2]
Robert Christgau	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

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.

Track listing

All tracks written by Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco.

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

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

References

↑ Ankeny, Jason. The Past Didn't Go Anywhere at AllMusic
↑ Entertainment Weekly review
↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 236–7. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

Ani DiFranco

Studio albums	Ani DiFranco Not So Soft Imperfectly Puddle Dive 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 Red Letter Year ¿Which Side Are You On? Allergic to Water

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 Boston - 11.10.06 Hamburg, Germany - 10.18.07 Saratoga, CA - 9.18.06 Chicago - 9.22.07

Compilation albums	Like I Said: Songs 1990–91 Canon

EPs	More Joy, Less Shame Little Plastic Remixes Swing Set

With Utah Phillips	The Past Didn't Go Anywhere Fellow Workers

Related articles	Righteous Babe Records

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