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| Released | January 25, 2005 | |||
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| Length | 57:07 | |||
| Label | Righteous Babe | |||
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Knuckle Down is the 14th studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It is the first album where DiFranco has collaborated with a producer; Joe Henry. The record is also her first studio album to feature a string section. It is considered among her most accessible records, and compared to the stark Educated Guess , it is more abundantly produced. [1]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (73/100) [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Blender | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B [3] |
| Filter | 84% [2] |
| musicOMH | (positive) [4] |
| Paste | [5] |
| PopMatters | (6/10) [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Slant | [8] |
| Uncut | [9] |
The album so far has a score of 73 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews". [2] Billboard gave the album a favorable review and stated: "The results are a selection of high quality that veers between brightly spirited ("Manhole," "Lag Time") and somber ("Callous")." [10] The New York Times gave it a positive review and said that DiFranco "is still self-sufficient, but an extra pair of producer's ears gives her some new dimensions." [11]
Other reviews are very average or mixed: Mojo gave the album three stars out of five and said it was "More honed and richly-textured than former offerings." [9] Q , however, gave it two stars out of five and called it "Deliberately sparse and bare." [2]
Album
| Chart (2005) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] | 82 |
| US Billboard 200 | 49 |
| US Top Independent Albums | 4 |
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