So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter

So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter
Live album by Ani DiFranco
Released	September 10, 2002
Recorded	September 2000 – April 2002
Genre	Indie rock ; Folk rock ;
Label	Righteous Babe
Producer	Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco chronology

Last updated February 06, 2021

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter is the second live album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music).

The opening track of the second disc, "Comes a Time", is an excerpt from the famous speech by Mario Savio, given before Free Speech Movement demonstrators entered Sproul Hall to begin their sit-in on December 3, 1964. His climactic words about "the operation of the machine" have been quoted widely ever since, out of context, as the existential emblem of the FSM.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ani DiFranco.

Disc one: Stray Cats
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Swan Dive"	6:48
2.	"Letter to a John/Tamburitza Lingua"	7:50
3.	"Grey"	5:31
4.	"Cradle and All"	4:40
5.	"Whatall Is Nice"	5:39
6.	"What How When Where (Why Who)"	4:34
7.	"To the Teeth"	7:09
8.	"Revelling"	4:28
9.	"Napoleon"	6:34
10.	"Shrug"	4:36
11.	"Welcome To:"	4:47
Total length:		62:36

Disc two: Girls Singing Night
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Comes a Time"	0:22
2.	"Ain't That the Way"	4:54
3.	"Dilate"	5:55
4.	"Gratitude"	3:49
5.	"Rock Paper Scissors"	4:55
6.	"32 Flavors"	4:02
7.	"Loom/Pulse"	6:16
8.	"Not a Pretty Girl"	3:20
9.	"Self Evident"	9:10
10.	"Reckoning"	5:22
11.	"My IQ"	2:27
12.	"Jukebox"	5:56
13.	"You Had Time"	3:56
Total length:		60:24

Personnel

Ani DiFranco – guitar, vocals
Ravi Best – trumpet
Shane Endsley – trumpet
Daren Hahn – drums
Todd Horton – trumpet
Jason Mercer – bass
Hans Teuber – clarinet, flute, saxophone, vocals, background vocals
Julie Wolf – keyboards, vocals

Production

Ani DiFranco – record producer, mixing, art direction, design, illustrations
Larry Berger – engineer supervisor, recording supervisor, photography
Andrew Gilchrist – engineer supervisor, engineer, assistant engineer
Greg Calbi – engineer supervisor, mastering
Susan Alzner – photography
Larry Berger – photography
Scott Fisher – photography
Eric Frick – photography
Heidi Kunkel – photography
Jason Mercer – photography
Julie Wolf – photography

Charts

Album

Chart (2002)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	78
US Billboard 200	32
US Top Independent Albums	1
US Top Internet Albums	34

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References

↑ Lankford Jr., Ronnie D.. So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter at AllMusic
↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City: Simon and Schuster. pp. 236-7. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone ani difranco album guide.
↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

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[1] Lankford Jr., Ronnie D.. So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter at AllMusic

[2] Robert Christgau Consumer Guide

[3] Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City: Simon and Schuster. pp. 236-7. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone ani difranco album guide.

[4] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

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v t e Ani DiFranco
Studio albums	Ani DiFranco Not So Soft Imperfectly Puddle Dive Out of Range Not a Pretty Girl Dilate Little Plastic Castle Up Up Up Up Up Up To the Teeth Revelling/Reckoning Evolve Educated Guess Knuckle Down Reprieve Red Letter Year ¿Which Side Are You On? Allergic to Water Binary
Live albums	An Acoustic Evening With Living in Clip Women in (E)motion So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter
Compilation albums	Like I Said: Songs 1990–91 Canon
EPs	More Joy, Less Shame Little Plastic Remixes Swing Set
With Utah Phillips	The Past Didn't Go Anywhere Fellow Workers
Related articles	Discography Righteous Babe Records