Not So Soft

Difranco, Ani

Difranco, Ani / Not So Soft
Genre: music4me > Pop > Pop
Format: CD Album
Released: Tue 19 Jul 2011
Catalogue Number: 957522

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Description:
Solo performer: Ani DiFranco (vocals, acoustic guitar, congas). Recorded at Audio Magic, Buffalo, New York in September 1991. Having announced herself with a quietly intense folk-style debut (ANI DIFRANCO) in 1990, this Buffalo, New York-based singer/songwriter-still barely into her 20s-almost entirely reinvented herself with the aptly titled follow-up NOT SO SOFT. Whereas much of her debut album recalled both Joni Mitchell and Suzanne Vega, DiFranco here jettisons stark acoustic beauty and instead fields a much more unique and personal vocal style. On NOT SO SOFT, DiFranco uses a rougher, talk-singing style, her lower-register delivery owing much to both Patti Smith and Lou Reed yet more nakedly emotional. DiFranco also adds brasher acoustic guitar, a heavily rhythmic playing style that gives the album a fuller, more rock & roll-oriented sound than the often- delicate debut. Her songwriting is equally improved. She examines personal and political issues while sidestepping preachiness and stridency, even on the spoken-word title track. NOT SO SOFT is an exciting, passionate folk album with punk intensity.

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Track Listing:

1.  Anticipate
2.  Rockabye
3.  She Says
4.  Make Me Stay
5.  On Every Corner
6.  Small World
7.  Not So Soft
8.  Roll with It
9.  Itch
10.  Gratitude
11.  Whole Night
12.  Next Big Thing
13.  Brief Bus Stop
14.  Looking for the Holes

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