Dilate (Ani DiFranco album)

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Dilate
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Studio album by
Ani DiFranco
ReleasedMay 21, 1996
RecordedDecember 1995 – January 1996
Genre
Length60:10
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 Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
NME 6/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
Spin 7/10 [9]
The Village Voice A− [10]

Dilate is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 1996. Dilate is her highest-selling and most critically acclaimed[ citation needed ] record, with US sales of over 480,000 units according to SoundScan. In 2011, Slant Magazine placed the album at No. 67 on its list of "The 100 Best Albums of 1990s". [11]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ani DiFranco except where otherwise indicated

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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

Chart performance for Dilate
Chart (1996)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [12] 87

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References

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  2. ↑ Johnson, Beth (May 24, 1996). "Dilate". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (July 5, 1996). "Ani DiFranco: Dilate (Righteous Babe)". The Guardian .
  4. ↑ Hilburn, Robert (May 19, 1996). "DiFranco at Center of 'Dilate'". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
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  7. ↑ Hull, Tom (2004). "Ani DiFranco". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  236–37. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
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  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. ↑ "Best Albums of the 1990s – Slant Magazine". Slant. February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Ani DiFranco Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
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