Fellow Workers | ||||
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Released | May 18, 1999 | |||
Genre | Folk Indie rock | |||
Length | 51:28 | |||
Label | Righteous Babe | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+ [2] |
Robert Christgau | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Spin | (6/10) [5] |
Fellow Workers is an album by American folksinger Utah Phillips and American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It was released May 18,1999,on Difranco's own Righteous Babe Records. Fellow Workers is DiFranco's and Phillip's second collaboration,following The Past Didn't Go Anywhere . "Fellow workers!" is the phrase with which members of the Industrial Workers of the World traditionally begin their public addresses.
This album refers heavily to historical figures and events,often in the context of labor struggles:
Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock,although it has additional influences from punk,funk,hip hop and jazz. She has released all her albums on her own record label,Righteous Babe.
Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips was an American labor organizer,folk singer,storyteller and poet. He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action,self-identifying as an anarchist. He often promoted the Industrial Workers of the World in his music,actions,and words.
Ani DiFranco is the debut album of the singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released in 1990.
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.
To the Teeth is singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco's 10th studio album,released in November 1999.
Living in Clip is a live album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released in 1997. The title is from a comment made by live sound engineer Larry Berger,indicating that the amplifiers weren't merely being overdriven into clipping occasionally;they were clipping so much that they were "living in clip". Rolling Stone named it one of "The Essential Recordings of the ‘90s".
Imperfectly is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released in 1992.
Puddle Dive is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released in 1993.
Out of Range is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released in 1994.
Dilate is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released in 1996. Dilate is her highest-selling and most critically acclaimed 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".
Up Up Up Up Up Up is the ninth album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released in 1999 on Righteous Babe Records.
So Much Shouting,So Much Laughter is the second live album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released in 2002.
Evolve is the 12th studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released in 2003. The album won DiFranco and Brian Grunert a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 2004. This album is more eclectic and stylistically venturous than DiFranco's previous works,experimenting with styles such as jazz and funk.
Sara Lee is an English-American bassist and singer-songwriter,who came to prominence replacing Dave Allen on bass guitar in post-punk band Gang of Four,which she was a member of from 1982 to 1984. She was also a member of Robert Fripp's short-lived band The League of Gentlemen and is also notable for work with B-52s,Ani DiFranco and Indigo Girls. As of October 2021,Lee rejoined Gang of Four with founding members Hugo Burnham and Jon King as well as David Pajo,to tour in 2022.
Margarita Mimi Baez Fariña was an American singer-songwriter and activist,the youngest of three daughters to a white mother and Mexican-American physicist Albert Baez. She was the younger sister of the singer and activist Joan Baez.
Like I Said:Songs 1990–91 is a 1993 album by Ani DiFranco,offering reinterpretations of songs from her first two albums,the eponymous Ani DiFranco (1990) and Not So Soft (1991).
The Past Didn't Go Anywhere is an album by American folk singer Utah Phillips and American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released October 15,1996,on DiFranco's label,Righteous Babe Records.
More Joy,Less Shame is an EP by Ani DiFranco.
Swing Set is an EP by Ani Difranco,released July 11,2000 on Righteous Babe Records.
¿Which Side Are You On? is the 17th studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco,released on January 17,2012.
rolling stone ani difranco album guide.