Dilate (Ani DiFranco album)

Dilate
Studio album by Ani DiFranco
Released	May 21, 1996
Recorded	December 1995 – January 1996
Genre	Indie rock Folk rock
Length	60:10
Label	Righteous Babe
Producer	Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco chronology
Not a Pretty Girl (1995) Dilate (1996) The Past Didn't Go Anywhere (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Alternative Press	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
NME	(6/10) [2]
Robert Christgau	A− [5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Slant	[7]
Spin	(7/10) [2]

Dilate is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 1996. Dilate is her highest-selling and most critically acclaimed^[8] record, with U.S. sales of over 480,000 units according to SoundScan. In 2011, Slant Magazine placed the album at #67 on its list of "The 100 Best Albums of 1990s".^[9]

Track listing

All songs by Ani DiFranco, except where noted.

1. "Untouchable Face" – 4:38
2. "Outta Me, Onto You" – 4:35
3. "Superhero" – 4:45
4. "Dilate" – 4:48
5. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 7:07
6. "Napoleon" – 6:24
7. "Shameless" – 4:51
8. "Done Wrong" – 6:31
9. "Going Down" – 4:50
10. "Adam and Eve" – 6:37
11. "Joyful Girl" – 5:04

Personnel

• Ani DiFranco – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, bongos, electric guitar, steel guitar, Hammond organ, vocals, thumb piano
• Michael Ramos – Hammond organ
• Andy Stochansky – drums
• David Travers-Smith – trumpet

Production

• Ani DiFranco – producer, mixing, sampling, arranger, sequencing, artwork, design
• Robin Aubé – engineer
• Bob Doidge – engineer
• Andrew Gilchrist – engineer
• Mark Hallman – engineer
• Marty Lester – engineer
• Ed Stone – engineer
• Chris Bellman – mastering
• Adam Pause – artwork, design
• Mark Van-S – photography

Charts

Album

References