Living in Clip

Infobox Album | Name = Living in Clip
Type = live
Artist = 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
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9v6xlfdehcqp~T1 link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/anidifranco/albums/album/88900/review/5943750/living_in_clip link]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=59&name=Ani+DiFranco link]
Last album = "The Past Didn't Go Anywhere"
(1996)
This album = "Living in Clip"
(1997) | Next album = "Little Plastic Castle"
(1998) |

"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 "The Essential Recordings of the ‘90s" [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rstone.html#Recordings of the ‘90s]

Track listing

All songs by Ani DiFranco, except where noted.

Disc one

#"Whatever" – 1:46
#"Wherever" – 0:06
#"Gravel" – 4:11
#"Willing to Fight" – 4:12
#"Shy" – 4:29
#"Joyful Girl" – 4:26
#"Hide and Seek" – 4:34
#"Napoleon" – 4:54
#"I'm No Heroine" – 4:16
#"Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 6:17
#"Anticipate" – 3:47
#"Tiptoe" – 0:37
#"Sorry I Am" – 4:46
#"The Slant/The Diner" – 8:22
#"32 Flavors" – 4:48
#"Out of Range" – 4:27

Disc two

#"Untouchable Face" – 3:36
#"Shameless" – 4:35
#"Distracted" – 1:08
#"Adam and Eve" – 5:36
#"Fire Door" – 4:03
#"Both Hands" – 4:52
#"Out of Habit" – 3:40
#"Every State Line" – 3:55
#"Not So Soft" – 4:00
#"Travel Tips" – 1:05
#"Wrong With Me" – 1:57
#"In or Out" – 3:22
#"We're All Gonna Blow" – 2:41
#"Letter to a John" – 3:58
#"Overlap" – 11:28

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

*Producer – Ani DiFranco
*Mixing – Ani DiFranco, Andrew Gilchrist
*Mastering – Chris Bellman
*Arranger – James Mabry ("Amazing Grace" and "Both Hands")
*Design – Ani DiFranco, Adam Sloan
*Layout design – Ani DiFranco, Adam Sloan
*Photography – Asia Kepka, Susan Alzner, Ani DiFranco, Scott Fisher, Matt Hagen, Thomas Hoebbel, Liam King, Dan Koeck, Heidi Kunkel, Liz Marshall, Andy Stochansky
*Cover photo – Asia Kepka

Charts

Album

References