Fellow Workers

Fellow Workers
Studio album by Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco
Released	May 18, 1999
Genre	Folk Indie rock
Length	51:28
Label	Righteous Babe
Ani DiFranco chronology
Up Up Up Up Up Up (1999) Up Up Up Up Up Up1999 Fellow Workers (1999) Fellow Workers1999 To the Teeth (1999) To the Teeth1999
Utah Phillips chronology
The Telling Takes Me Home (1997) The Telling Takes Me Home1997 Fellow Workers (1999) Fellow Workers1999 Moscow Hold (1999) Moscow Hold1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C+ [2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
Spin	(6/10) [5]

Fellow Workers is an album by American folksinger Utah Phillips and American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It was released May 18, 1999, on Difranco's own Righteous Babe Records. Fellow Workers is DiFranco's and Phillip's second collaboration, following The Past Didn't Go Anywhere. "Fellow workers!" is the phrase with which members of the Industrial Workers of the World traditionally begin their public addresses.

Track listing

1. "Joe Hill" (instrumental) – 2:36
2. "Stupid's Song" – 2:43
3. "The Most Dangerous Woman" – 3:43
4. "Stupid's Pledge" – 0:14
5. "Direct Action" – 4:52
6. "Pie in the Sky" – 3:29
7. "Shoot or Stab Them" – 2:43
8. "Lawrence" – 3:29
9. "Bread and Roses" – 1:45
10. "Why Come?" – 6:05
11. "Unless You Are Free" – 0:22
12. "I Will Not Obey" – 2:00
13. "The Long Memory" – 5:33
14. "The Silence That Is Me" – 0:41
15. "Joe Hill" – 1:37
16. "The Saw-Playing Musician" – 4:43
17. "Dump the Bosses" – 1:14
18. "The Internationale" – 2:48

Historical references

This album refers heavily to historical figures and events, often in the context of labor struggles:

• "The Most Dangerous Woman" - refers to Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
• "Shoot or Stab Them" - refers to Lucy Parsons
• "Joe Hill" - refers to Joe Hill

References