EVOLVE (ANI DIFRANCO ALBUM)

Evolve
Evolve
Studio album by Ani DiFranco
Released	March 11, 2003
Genre	Indie rock; Folk rock; Jazz rock;
Length	57:29
Label	Righteous Babe
Producer	Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco chronology

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(63/100)^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The A.V. Club	(negative)^[3]
Billboard	(favorable)^[4]
Blender	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	(favorable)^[5]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10)^[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[7]
PopMatters	(6/10)^[1]^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
Slant	^[10]
Uncut	^[11]

Evolve is the 12th studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album won DiFranco and Brian Grunert a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 2004.^[12] This album is more eclectic and stylistically venturous than DiFranco's previous works, experimenting with styles such as jazz and funk.

Track listing

All songs by Ani DiFranco.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Promised Land"	4:30
2.	"In the Way"	5:17
3.	"Icarus"	4:51
4.	"Slide"	3:50
5.	"O My My"	3:59
6.	"Evolve"	4:15
7.	"Shrug"	4:42
8.	"Phase"	3:42
9.	"Here for Now"	3:09
10.	"Second Intermission"	3:51
11.	"Serpentine"	10:26
12.	"Welcome To:"	4:57

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Your Next Bold Move (live version from the movie "Render")"

Personnel

Ani DiFranco – guitar, piano, vocals
Ravi Best – trumpet, vocals
Shane Endsley – trumpet
Daren Hahn – percussion, drums
Todd Horton – trumpet, flugelhorn
Jason Mercer – bass
Hans Teuber – clarinet, flute, saxophone, vocals
Julie Wolf – organ, piano, vocals, clavinet, melodica, Fender Rhodes

Production

record producer – Ani DiFranco
Engineers – Andrew Gilchrist, Mark Hallman, Marty Lester
Mixing – Ani DiFranco
Mastering – Greg Calbi
Design – Ani DiFranco
Photography – Eric Frick
Art direction – Brian Grunert

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australian Albums ( ARIA Charts)^[13]	61
US Billboard 200	30

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Critic reviews at Metacritic
^ Allmusic review
^ The A.V. Club review
^ "Billboard review". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 21, 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2013.{{ cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
^ Chicago Tribune review
^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
^ PopMatters review
^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2007.{{ cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
^ Slant review
^ "Ani DiFranco – Evolve". Uncut: 104. June 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}
^ "Ani Difranco | the Evolve Packaging". Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008. Evolve Wins the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 81.

External links

Evolve at Metacritic

[meta-1] Critic reviews at Metacritic

[2] Allmusic review

[3] The A.V. Club review

[4] "Billboard review". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 21, 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2013.{{ cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)

[5] Chicago Tribune review

[6] "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2013.

[7] "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2013.

[8] PopMatters review

[9] "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2007.{{ cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)

[10] Slant review

[11] "Ani DiFranco – Evolve". Uncut: 104. June 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}

[12] "Ani Difranco | the Evolve Packaging". Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008. Evolve Wins the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

[ARIA-13] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 81.

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v t e Ani DiFranco
Studio albums	Ani DiFranco Not So Soft Imperfectly Puddle Dive Out of Range Not a Pretty Girl Dilate Little Plastic Castle Up Up Up Up Up Up To the Teeth Revelling/Reckoning Evolve Educated Guess Knuckle Down Reprieve Red Letter Year ¿Which Side Are You On? Allergic to Water Binary Revolutionary Love
Live albums	An Acoustic Evening With Living in Clip Women in (E)motion So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter
Compilation albums	Like I Said: Songs 1990–91 Canon
EPs	More Joy, Less Shame Little Plastic Remixes Swing Set
With Utah Phillips	The Past Didn't Go Anywhere Fellow Workers
Related articles	Discography Righteous Babe Records

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