Dilate

by Ani DiFranco

Dilate cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 May 1996
  • Label: Righteous Babe
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:00:37
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Achieving unprecedented commercial success for an independent release, 'Dilate' chronicles profound personal heartbreak and romantic betrayal. The artist expands her percussive acoustic style with subtle electronic textures and deeply confessional lyricism, cementing her status as a fiercely uncompromising musical force.

Genres

Descriptors: lgbtq, breakup, melodic, folk, acoustic, female-vocals, confessional, guitar-driven

Tracklist

  1. Untouchable Face (4:39)
  2. Outta Me, Onto You (4:37)
  3. Superhero (4:45)
  4. Dilate (4:50)
  5. Amazing Grace (7:11)
  6. Napoleon (6:27)
  7. Shameless (4:52)
  8. Done Wrong (6:34)
  9. Going Down (4:50)
  10. Adam and Eve (6:40)
  11. Joyful Girl (5:08)

Credits

  • Andy Stochansky - drums
  • David Travers-Smith - trumpet
  • Michael Ramos - organ
  • Ani DiFranco - Primary Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Organ [Hammond], Vocals, Synth, Acoustic Guitar [Tenor], Steel Guitar, Drum Programming [Drum Sequencing], Bongos, Shaker, Sampler [Sampling], Electric Guitar, Guitar [Tenor], Kalimba [Thumb Piano]

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