The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
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| Studio album by Ani DiFranco | |||||
| Released | October 15, 1996 | ||||
| Recorded | March 1996 | ||||
| Genre | Folk, Spoken Word | ||||
| Length | 57:18 | ||||
| Label | Righteous Babe | ||||
| Producer | Ani DiFranco | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B [2] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
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
References
- ↑ Ankeny, Jason. The Past Didn't Go Anywhere at AllMusic
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
- ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 236–7. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.