Living in Clip

Living in Clip
Live album by
Ani DiFranco
ReleasedApril 22, 1997
RecordedSeptember 1995 – November 1996
GenreIndie rock, folk rock
Length124:54
LabelRighteous Babe
ProducerAni DiFranco
Ani DiFranco chronology
The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
(1996) 		Living in Clip
(1997) 		Little Plastic Castle
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Spin8/10[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

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. Retrieved August 20, 2012.