Dilate (Ani DiFranco album)

Dilate
Studio album by Ani DiFranco
Released May 21, 1996
Recorded December 1995 – January 1996
Genre Indie rock, folk rock
Length 60:10
Label Righteous Babe
Producer Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco chronology
Not a Pretty Girl
(1995)
Dilate
(1996)
The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
NME6/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Slant Magazine[8]
Spin7/10[9]
The Village VoiceA−[10]

Dilate is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 1996. Dilate is her highest-selling and most critically acclaimed[11] record, with U.S. sales of over 480,000 units according to SoundScan. In 2011, Slant Magazine placed the album at #67 on its list of "The 100 Best Albums of 1990s".[12]

Track listing

All songs by Ani DiFranco, except where noted.

  1. "Untouchable Face" – 4:38
  2. "Outta Me, Onto You" – 4:35
  3. "Superhero" – 4:45
  4. "Dilate" – 4:48
  5. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 7:07
  6. "Napoleon" – 6:24
  7. "Shameless" – 4:51
  8. "Done Wrong" – 6:31
  9. "Going Down" – 4:50
  10. "Adam and Eve" – 6:37
  11. "Joyful Girl" – 5:04

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1996 The Billboard 200 87

References

  1. Owens, Thom. "Dilate – Ani DiFranco". AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  2. "Ani DiFranco: Dilate". Alternative Press (99): 82. October 1996.
  3. Johnson, Beth (May 24, 1996). "Dilate". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  4. Hilburn, Robert (May 19, 1996). "DiFranco at Center of 'Dilate'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  5. Empire, Kitty (August 3, 1996). "Ani Di Franco – Dilate". NME. Archived from the original on June 14, 2000. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  6. O'Connor, Rob (June 13, 1996). "Ani DiFranco: Dilate". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  7. Hull, Tom (2004). "Ani DiFranco". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 236–37. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. Cinquemani, Sal (March 9, 2003). "Ani DiFranco: Dilate". Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  9. Cummings, Sue (July 1996). "Ani DiFranco: Dilate". Spin. 12 (4): 93–94. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  10. Christgau, Robert (July 23, 1996). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  11. Acclaimed Music - Ani DiFranco
  12. "Best Albums of the 1990s - Slant Magazine". Slant. 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
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