The Past Didn't Go Anywhere

Infobox Album
Name = The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Ani DiFranco


Released = October 15, 1996
Recorded = March 1996
Genre = Folk, Spoken Word
Length = 57:18
Label = Righteous Babe
Producer = Ani DiFranco
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:szdkylooxp9b link]
* Robert Christgau (*) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2117&name=Ani+DiFranco+%26+Utah+Phillips link]
Last album = "Dilate"
(1996)
This album = The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
(1996)
Next album = "Living in Clip"
(1997)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Utah Phillips
Type = studio
Last album = "I've Got to Know"
(1991)
This album = The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
(1996)
Next album = "Loafer's Glory"
(1997)

"The Past Didn't Go Anywhere" is an album by American folksinger Utah Phillips and American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It was released October 15, 1996, on Ani DiFranco's label, Righteous Babe Records.

The album consists of recordings of Utah Phillips telling stories at concerts that have been set to musical background by Ani DiFranco. There are no songs as such on the album, and DiFranco only provides background vocals on the first and last tracks as part of her remixing efforts.

The album was followed by Fellow Workers, a second collaboration between Phillips and DiFranco, which focused on Union songs associated with the Industrial Workers of the World and contained singing as well as spoken word pieces.

Track listing

All tracks written by Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco.
#"Bridges" – 8:03
#"Nevada City, California" – 6:41
#"Korea" – 8:30
#"Anarchy" – 6:27
#"Candidacy" – 1:45
#"Bum on the Rod" – 4:18
#"Enormously Wealthy" – 0:43
#"Mess With People" – 6:44
#"Natural Resources" – 2:31
#"Heroes" – 1:07
#"Half a Ghost Town" – 4:22
#"Holding On" – 6:13

Personnel

*Ani DiFranco – guitar, bass, percussion, Hammond organ, vocals, thumb piano, producer, engineer, sampling, artwork, design, mixing, Wurlitzer
*Utah Phillips – spoken word, vocals, guitar
*Douglas MacArthur – spoken word excerpt
*Darcie Deaville – fiddle
*Mark Hallman – engineer
*Marty Lester – engineer
*Chris Bellman – mastering
*Blair Woods – photography