Living in Clip

Living in Clip
Live album by Ani DiFranco
Released	April 22, 1997
Recorded	September 1995 – November 1996
Genre	Indie rock, folk rock
Length	124:54
Label	Righteous Babe
Producer	Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco chronology
The Past Didn't Go Anywhere (1996) Living in Clip (1997) Little Plastic Castle (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A− [3]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Spin	8/10 [8]

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 (which is not uncommon in live sound situations); they were clipping so much that they were "living in clip". Rolling Stone named it one of "The Essential Recordings of the ‘90s". ^[9]

Track listing

All songs by Ani DiFranco, except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Whatever" – 1:46 (Albuquerque, NM)
2. "Wherever" – 0:06 (Santa Ana, NM)
3. "Gravel" – 4:11 (New London, CT)
4. "Willing to Fight" – 4:12 (Sacramento, CA)
5. "Shy" – 4:29 (Houston, TX)
6. "Joyful Girl" – 4:26 (Eugene, OR)
7. "Hide and Seek" – 4:34 (Hightstown, NJ)
8. "Napoleon" – 4:54 (Northampton, MA)
9. "I'm No Heroine" – 4:16 (Berkeley, CA)
10. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 6:17 (Buffalo, NY)
11. "Anticipate" – 3:47 (Ithaca, NY)
12. "Tiptoe" – 0:37 (dunno)
13. "Sorry I Am" – 4:46 (New York, NY)
14. "The Slant/The Diner" – 8:22 (Atlanta, GA)
15. "32 Flavors" – 4:48 (Boulder, CO)
16. "Out of Range" – 4:27 (Portland, OR)

Disc two

1. "Untouchable Face" – 3:36 (Bloomington, Ill)
2. "Shameless" – 4:35 (Portland, OR)
3. "Distracted" – 1:08 (San Francisco, CA)
4. "Adam and Eve" – 5:36 (New York, NY)
5. "Fire Door" – 4:03 (Worcester, MA)
6. "Both Hands" – 4:52 (Buffalo, NY)
7. "Out of Habit" – 3:40 (Arcata, CA)
8. "Every State Line" – 3:55 (Atlanta, GA)
9. "Not So Soft" – 4:00 (New York, NY)
10. "Travel Tips" – 1:05 (Spokane, WA)
11. "Wrong With Me" – 1:57 (Ithaca, NY)
12. "In or Out" – 3:22 (New York, NY)
13. "We're All Gonna Blow" – 2:41 (Victoria, BC)
14. "Letter to a John" – 3:58 (San Francisco, CA)
15. "Overlap" – 11:28 (New York, NY)

Personnel

• Ani DiFranco – acoustic guitar, bass, vocals
• Sara Lee – guitar, bass, vocals, bass pedals
• Doc Severinsen – conductor on "Amazing Grace" and "Both Hands"
• Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on "Amazing Grace" and "Both Hands"
• Andy Stochansky – harmonica, percussion, drums, vocals

Production

• Ani DiFranco – record producer, mixing, design, layout design, photography
• Andrew Gilchrist – mixing
• Chris Bellman – mastering
• James Mabry ("Amazing Grace" and "Both Hands") – arranger
• Adam Sloan – design, layout design
• Asia Kepka – photography
• Susan Alzner – photography
• Scot Fisher – photography
• Matt Hagen – photography
• Thomas Hoebbel – photography
• Liam King – photography
• Dan Koeck – photography
• Heidi Kunkel – photography
• Liz Marshall – photography
• Andy Stochansky – photography
• Asia Kepka – cover photo

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1997	The Billboard 200	59

References

1. Cater, Darryl. "Living in Clip – Ani DiFranco". AllMusic . Retrieved August 20, 2012.
2. Kot, Greg (April 25, 1997). "Ani DiFranco: Living in Clip (Righteous Babe)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved June 28, 2013.
3. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Ani DiFranco: Living in Clip". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . Macmillan Publishers. ISBN   0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved October 25, 2018.
4. Johnson, Beth (April 25, 1997). "Living In Clip". Entertainment Weekly . No. 376. p. 71. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
5. Cromelin, Richard (April 20, 1997). "Fiery DiFranco, Hot Combos, Cool Polara". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
6. Kot, Greg (May 15, 1997). "Ani DiFranco: Living In Clip". Rolling Stone . pp. 111–12. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
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.
8. Cooper, Carol (July 1997). "Ani DiFranco: Living in Clip". Spin . 13 (4): 111. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
9. "Rocklist.net Rolling Stone Lists – Main Page". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. October 17, 2002. Archived from the original on February 11, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2012.