2008 studio album by Ani DiFranco
Red Letter Year Ani DiFranco , released on September 30, 2008.
Says DiFranco about the album: “When I listen to my new record, I hear a very relaxed me, which I think has been absent in a lot of my recorded canon. Now I feel like I’m in a really good place. My partner Mike Napolitano co-produced this record – my guitar and voice have never sounded better, and that’s because of him. I’ve got this great band and crew. And my baby, she teaches me how to just be in my skin, to do less and be more.”[ 12]
All tracks are written by Ani DiFranco
No. Title Length 1. "Red Letter Year" 4:17 2. "Alla This" 3:13 3. "Present/Infant" 3:02 4. "Smiling Underneath" 4:59 5. "Way Tight" 3:50 6. "Emancipated Minor" 4:30 7. "Good Luck" 2:35 8. "The Atom" 5:26 9. "Round a Pole" 2:58 10. "Landing Gear" 2:55 11. "Star Matter" 2:48 12. "Red Letter Year Reprise" 6:26 13. "Good Luck (alternative version)" (iTunes bonus track) 2:31
Ani DiFranco – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, tenor guitar, 12 string guitar, guitar synth, ukuleles,optigan , Wurlitzer, synthesizers, percussionTodd Sickafoose – Fender bass, bowed basses, piano, Wurlitzer, pump organ, synthesizerMike Dillon – marimba, vibraphone, percussion, tubular bellsAllison Miller – drums, percussionString quartet on tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 (arranged by Todd Sickafoose)Jenny Scheinman – violinMegan Gould – violin Jessica Troy – viola Marika Hughes – cello C. C. Adcock – electric guitar on tracks 3, 4Richard Comeaux – pedal steel guitar on tracks 3, 5, 10Animal Prufrock – piano on track 4, percussion on track 6Jeff Klein – vocals on track 6Rene Lopez – percussion on track 6Jon Hassell – trumpet on track 11TheRebirth Brass Band on tracks 1 and 12Phil Frazier – tuba (band leader) Derrick Shezbie – trumpet Glen Andrews – trumpet Stafford Agee – trombone Corey Henry – trombone Vincent Broussard – saxophone Byron (Flee) Bernard – saxophone Derrick Tabb – snare drumShorty Frazier – bass drum Produced by Mike Napolitano and Ani DiFranco Recorded and mixed by Mike Napolitano at The Dugout, New Orleans, Louisiana and at Dockside, Maurice, Louisiana Additional engineers at Dockside – David Rashou, Corie Richie Rebirth Brass Band recorded by Jack Miele at Fudge, New Orleans, Louisiana Jon Hassell recorded by Jesse Voccia Rene Lopez recorded by Ken Rich Strings recorded by Tony Maimone at Studio G, Brooklyn, New York Additional recording by Ani DiFranco and Todd Sickafoose Album
Year Chart Position 2008 The Billboard 200 55 2008 Top Independent Albums 8
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