Evolve (Ani DiFranco album)

Evolve
Studio album by Ani DiFranco
Released	March 11, 2003
Genre	Indie rock folk rock jazz rock
Length	57:29
Label	Righteous Babe
Producer	Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco chronology
So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter (2002) Evolve (2003) Educated Guess (2004)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(63/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	(negative) [3]
Billboard	(favorable) [4]
Blender	[1]
Chicago Tribune	(favorable) [5]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10) [6]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [7]
PopMatters	(6/10) [1] [8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Slant	[10]
Uncut	[11]

Evolve is the 12th studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album won DiFranco and Brian Grunert a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 2004. ^[12] This album is more eclectic and stylistically venturous than DiFranco's previous works, experimenting with styles such as jazz and funk.

Track listing

All songs by Ani DiFranco.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Promised Land"	4:30
2.	"In the Way"	5:17
3.	"Icarus"	4:51
4.	"Slide"	3:50
5.	"O My My"	3:59
6.	"Evolve"	4:15
7.	"Shrug"	4:42
8.	"Phase"	3:42
9.	"Here for Now"	3:09
10.	"Second Intermission"	3:51
11.	"Serpentine"	10:26
12.	"Welcome To:"	4:57

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Your Next Bold Move (live version from the movie "Render")"

Personnel

• Ani DiFranco – guitar, piano, vocals
• Ravi Best – trumpet, vocals
• Shane Endsley – trumpet
• Daren Hahn – percussion, drums
• Todd Horton – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jason Mercer – bass
• Hans Teuber – clarinet, flute, saxophone, vocals
• Julie Wolf – organ, piano, vocals, clavinet, melodica, Fender Rhodes

Production

• record producer – Ani DiFranco
• Engineers – Andrew Gilchrist, Mark Hallman, Marty Lester
• Mixing – Ani DiFranco
• Mastering – Greg Calbi
• Design – Ani DiFranco
• Photography – Eric Frick
• Art direction – Brian Grunert

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [13]	61
US Billboard 200	30

References

1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. Allmusic review
3. The A.V. Club review
4. "Billboard review". Billboard . Archived from the original on March 21, 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
5. Chicago Tribune review
6. "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
7. "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
8. PopMatters review
9. "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2007.
10. Slant review
11. "Ani DiFranco – Evolve". Uncut : 104. June 2003. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
12. "Ani Difranco | the Evolve Packaging". Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008. Evolve Wins the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
13. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 81.

External links

• Evolve at Metacritic