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Not a Pretty Girl
Folk · 1995 · 14 tracks

Not a Pretty Girl

Ani DiFranco

Percussive acoustic guitar and rhythmic poetry. Raw, defiant, and deeply intimate folk-punk that defined independent music in the mid-nineties.

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It's the record that proved you only need a guitar and some guts to change the world.

A fierce, articulate blend of righteous anger and quiet, searching vulnerability.

Not a Pretty Girl · vs · Ani DiFranco
High Energy+1.7σ

It runs notably hotter than this artist's baseline.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
Worthy
4:31
02
Tiptoe
0:37
03
Cradle and All
4:18
04
Shy
4:45
05
Sorry I Am
4:48
06
Light of Some Kind
4:11
07
Not a Pretty Girl
3:58
08
The Million You Never Made
4:19
09
Hour Follows Hour
6:01
10
32 Flavors
6:08
11
Asking Too Much
2:55
12
This Bouquet
2:28
13
Crime for Crime
5:42
14
Coming Up
2:28
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive percussive guitar bridge in The Million You Never Made where the strings sound like a drum kit
The transition from the hushed, spoken verses to the soaring, melodic hook of 32 Flavors
The biting, dry delivery of the title track's opening lines that immediately dismantle gender expectations
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