Not a Pretty Girl
1995 studio album by Ani DiFranco / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not a Pretty Girl is the sixth studio album released by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco on her own record label, Righteous Babe Records. It was released July 18, 1995. The album extended the folk singer's early formula of acoustic guitar and drums. On subsequent records, DiFranco would add electric guitar, horns, band members and guest musicians, but on Not a Pretty Girl she was accompanied by Andy Stochansky's percussion alone.
Not a Pretty Girl | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 18, 1995 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, folk rock | |||
Length | 59:11 | |||
Label | Righteous Babe | |||
Producer | Ani DiFranco | |||
Ani DiFranco chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Slant Magazine | [4] |
The Village Voice | A−[5] |
According to Allmusic, "Light of Some Kind" is a "deeply felt portrait...in which the singer seems to be confessing to a man that she has been unfaithful to him with a woman"[1] Released on Living in Clip, the track "Shy" earned DiFranco a 1997 Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.[6]
"Shy" off the album is notable for being quoted by Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio during live performances of the song "Ninety-Seven"