Righteous Babe Records' website notes that only DiFranco's bassist Todd Sickafoose, who had accompanied her on her recent tours, would be performing on the album. The album has a dark, mournful, mellow sound reminiscent of 1999's To the Teeth and 2004's Educated Guess and features experimental arrangements with synthesizers, electronics and tape manipulation.
As the recording of the album was briefly interrupted due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the album has a heavily political and vaguely conceptual undercurrent that "paints a haunting portrait of New Orleans as the water retreats and the natives continue to rebuild their lives."[1]
The album cover was inspired by a picture of a real tree in Nagasaki which was partially destroyed by the atomic bomb. While the city around it lay in ruin, this one tree stood, half of it destroyed, the other untouched. DiFranco also references the eucalyptus tree in the title track about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
While the official release date of Reprieve was August 8, the album was made available for purchase on the iTunes Music Store between June 24 and 27, 2006, possibly in error, as the album date on the site was listed as 2002.
The album so far has a score of 74 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews".[2]No Depression gave it a positive review and said of DiFranco: "Her acoustic guitar playing is mesmerizing, as usual, but her melodic fills on electric guitar and keyboards, along with her percussion work, brings some color to this group of songs."[9]Billboard also gave the album a positive review and said it was "more languid than earlier efforts without sacrificing the urgency of [DiFranco's] patented guitar pluck-strum."[2]E! Online gave it a B− and called it "an arresting mix of the singer's political and personal strife set to a jazzy backbeat."[2]
The New York Times gave it an average review. It said of DiFranco: "Subtle sounds – acoustic instruments, electronic tones, environmental noises, distorted echoes – well up around her, and they open pockets of shadow around her usual pinpoint clarity. Now the atmosphere is as important as the words."[10]
reprieve, album, reprieve, 15th, studio, album, singer, songwriter, difranco, released, august, 2006, reprievestudio, album, difrancoreleasedaugust, 2006recorded2005, 2006genreindie, rockfolk, rocklabelrighteous, babeproducerani, difrancoani, difranco, chronol. Reprieve is the 15th studio album by singer songwriter Ani DiFranco released on August 8 2006 ReprieveStudio album by Ani DiFrancoReleasedAugust 8 2006Recorded2005 2006GenreIndie rockFolk rockLabelRighteous BabeProducerAni DiFrancoAni DiFranco chronologyKnuckle Down 2005 Reprieve 2006 Canon 2007 Righteous Babe Records website notes that only DiFranco s bassist Todd Sickafoose who had accompanied her on her recent tours would be performing on the album The album has a dark mournful mellow sound reminiscent of 1999 s To the Teeth and 2004 s Educated Guess and features experimental arrangements with synthesizers electronics and tape manipulation As the recording of the album was briefly interrupted due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina the album has a heavily political and vaguely conceptual undercurrent that paints a haunting portrait of New Orleans as the water retreats and the natives continue to rebuild their lives 1 The album cover was inspired by a picture of a real tree in Nagasaki which was partially destroyed by the atomic bomb While the city around it lay in ruin this one tree stood half of it destroyed the other untouched DiFranco also references the eucalyptus tree in the title track about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki While the official release date of Reprieve was August 8 the album was made available for purchase on the iTunes Music Store between June 24 and 27 2006 possibly in error as the album date on the site was listed as 2002 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 References 6 External linksCritical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic 74 100 2 Review scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Down Beat nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Entertainment WeeklyA 5 musicOMH nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 NOW nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Paste nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 PopMatters 7 10 7 Slant nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 Spin 6 10 2 Uncut nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 The album so far has a score of 74 out of 100 from Metacritic based on generally favorable reviews 2 No Depression gave it a positive review and said of DiFranco Her acoustic guitar playing is mesmerizing as usual but her melodic fills on electric guitar and keyboards along with her percussion work brings some color to this group of songs 9 Billboard also gave the album a positive review and said it was more languid than earlier efforts without sacrificing the urgency of DiFranco s patented guitar pluck strum 2 E Online gave it a B and called it an arresting mix of the singer s political and personal strife set to a jazzy backbeat 2 The New York Times gave it an average review It said of DiFranco Subtle sounds acoustic instruments electronic tones environmental noises distorted echoes well up around her and they open pockets of shadow around her usual pinpoint clarity Now the atmosphere is as important as the words 10 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Ani DiFrancoNo TitleLength1 Hypnotized 4 112 Subconscious 3 323 In the Margins 3 134 Nicotine 4 065 Decree 3 436 78 H2O 3 307 Millennium Theater 3 148 Half Assed 3 309 Reprieve 2 4510 A Spade 4 2411 Unrequited 4 0612 Shroud 4 4813 Reprise 1 34Personnel editAni DiFranco acoustic guitar keyboards synths programming samples Todd Sickafoose double bass piano Wurlitzer pump organ trumpet Production Ani DiFranco producer engineer artwork design mixing Mike Napolitano engineer mixing Todd Sickafoose engineer Brent Lambert mastering Brian Grunert artwork design Danny Clinch photographyCharts editAlbum Year Chart Position 2006 The Billboard 200 46 2006 Top Independent Albums 3References edit http www sovo com 2006 6 9 arts music music cfm Sovo com Retrieved on 06 06 07 a b c d e f g Critic reviews at Metacritic Allmusic review a b Album reviews at CD Universe Entertainment Weekly review Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on April 27 2009 Retrieved June 29 2013 musicOMH review PopMatters review Slant review No Depression review New CD s Published 2006 The New York Times August 7 2006 Archived from the original on August 29 2019 External links editReprieve at Righteous Babe Records Reprieve at Metacritic nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reprieve album amp oldid 1178510024, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
