Reprieve (album)

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Reprieve is a 2006 album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It is currently set for release on August 8 2006. Righteous Babe Records' website notes that only DiFranco bassist Todd Sickafoose, who had accompanied her on her recent tours, would be performing on the album. According to early reports [link], the album has a dark, mournful, mellow sound reminiscent of 1999's To the Teeth and 2004's Educated Guess and features experimental arrangements with synthesizers, electronics and tape manipulation. As the recording of the album was briefly interrupted due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the album has a heavily political and vaguely conceptual undercurrent that "paints a haunting portrait of New Orleans as the water retreats and the natives continue to rebuild their lives".

The album cover was inspired by a picture of a real tree in Nagasaki which was partially destroyed by the atomic bomb. While the city around it lay in ruin, this one tree stood, half of it destroyed, the other untouched. DiFranco also references the eucalyptus tree in the title track about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More About Reprieve [link]

While the official relase date of Reprieve is August 8, the album was made available for purchase on the iTunes Music Store on June 24 2006, possibly in error, as the album date on the site was listed as 2002. By June 27, however, it was gone.

Track list

Hypnotized (4:11)
Subconscious (3:32)
In the Margins (3:13)
Nicotine (4:06)
Decree (3:43)
78% H20 (3:30)
Millennium Theater (3:14)
Half-Assed (3:30)
Reprieve (2:45)
A Spade (4:24)
Unrequited (4:06)
Shroud (4:48)
Reprise (1:34)

Personnel

Ani DiFranco - acoustic guitar, keyboards/synths, programming and samples
Todd Sickafoose - stand up double bass, piano, Wurlitzer, pump organ

Production

Producer: Ani DiFranco

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This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected .
	It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the album release approaches and more information becomes available.