Living in Clip

Living in Clip
Living in Clip
Live album by Ani DiFranco
Released	April 22, 1997
Recorded	September 1995 – November 1996
Genre	Indie rock, folk rock
Length	124:54
Label	Righteous Babe
Producer	Ani DiFranco
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	^[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[4]
Los Angeles Times	^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]
Spin	8/10^[8]

Living in Clip is a live album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 1997. The title is from a comment made by live sound engineer Larry Berger, indicating that the amplifiers weren't merely being overdriven into clipping occasionally (which is not uncommon in live sound situations); they were clipping so much that they were "living in clip". Rolling Stone named it one of "The Essential Recordings of the ‘90s".^[9]

Track listing

All songs by Ani DiFranco, except where noted.

Disc one

"Whatever" – 1:46 (Albuquerque, NM)
"Wherever" – 0:06 (Santa Ana, NM)
"Gravel" – 4:11 (New London, CT)
"Willing to Fight" – 4:12 (Sacramento, CA)
"Shy" – 4:29 (Houston, TX)
"Joyful Girl" – 4:26 (Eugene, OR)
"Hide and Seek" – 4:34 (Hightstown, NJ)
"Napoleon" – 4:54 (Northampton, MA)
"I'm No Heroine" – 4:16 (Berkeley, CA)
"Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 6:17 (Buffalo, NY)
"Anticipate" – 3:47 (Ithaca, NY)
"Tiptoe" – 0:37 (dunno)
"Sorry I Am" – 4:46 (New York, NY)
"The Slant/The Diner" – 8:22 (Atlanta, GA)
"32 Flavors" – 4:48 (Boulder, CO)
"Out of Range" – 4:27 (Portland, OR)

Disc two

"Untouchable Face" – 3:36 (Bloomington, Ill)
"Shameless" – 4:35 (Portland, OR)
"Distracted" – 1:08 (San Francisco, CA)
"Adam and Eve" – 5:36 (New York, NY)
"Fire Door" – 4:03 (Worcester, MA)
"Both Hands" – 4:52 (Buffalo, NY)
"Out of Habit" – 3:40 (Arcata, CA)
"Every State Line" – 3:55 (Atlanta, GA)
"Not So Soft" – 4:00 (New York, NY)
"Travel Tips" – 1:05 (Spokane, WA)
"Wrong With Me" – 1:57 (Ithaca, NY)
"In or Out" – 3:22 (New York, NY)
"We're All Gonna Blow" – 2:41 (Victoria, BC)
"Letter to a John" – 3:58 (San Francisco, CA)
"Overlap" – 11:28 (New York, NY)

Personnel

Ani DiFranco – acoustic guitar, bass, vocals
Sara Lee – guitar, bass, vocals, bass pedals
Doc Severinsen – conductor on "Amazing Grace" and "Both Hands"
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on "Amazing Grace" and "Both Hands"
Andy Stochansky – harmonica, percussion, drums, vocals

Production

Ani DiFranco – record producer, mixing, design, layout design, photography
Andrew Gilchrist – mixing
Chris Bellman – mastering
James Mabry ("Amazing Grace" and "Both Hands") – arranger
Adam Sloan – design, layout design
Asia Kepka – photography
Susan Alzner – photography
Scot Fisher – photography
Matt Hagen – photography
Thomas Hoebbel – photography
Liam King – photography
Dan Koeck – photography
Heidi Kunkel – photography
Liz Marshall – photography
Andy Stochansky – photography
Asia Kepka – cover photo

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1997	The Billboard 200	59

References

^ Cater, Darryl. "Living in Clip – Ani DiFranco". AllMusic. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
^ Kot, Greg (April 25, 1997). "Ani DiFranco: Living in Clip (Righteous Babe)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Ani DiFranco: Living in Clip". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
^ Johnson, Beth (April 25, 1997). "Living In Clip". Entertainment Weekly. No. 376. p. 71. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
^ Cromelin, Richard (April 20, 1997). "Fiery DiFranco, Hot Combos, Cool Polara". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
^ Kot, Greg (May 15, 1997). "Ani DiFranco: Living In Clip". Rolling Stone. pp. 111–12. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
^ Hull, Tom (2004). "Ani DiFranco". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 236–37. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Cooper, Carol (July 1997). "Ani DiFranco: Living in Clip". Spin. 13 (4): 111. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
^ "Rocklist.net Rolling Stone Lists – Main Page". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. October 17, 2002. Archived from the original on February 11, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2012.

[1] Cater, Darryl. "Living in Clip – Ani DiFranco". AllMusic. Retrieved August 20, 2012.

[2] Kot, Greg (April 25, 1997). "Ani DiFranco: Living in Clip (Righteous Babe)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 28, 2013.

[3] Christgau, Robert (2000). "Ani DiFranco: Living in Clip". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved October 25, 2018.

[4] Johnson, Beth (April 25, 1997). "Living In Clip". Entertainment Weekly. No. 376. p. 71. Retrieved June 28, 2013.

[5] Cromelin, Richard (April 20, 1997). "Fiery DiFranco, Hot Combos, Cool Polara". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2013.

[6] Kot, Greg (May 15, 1997). "Ani DiFranco: Living In Clip". Rolling Stone. pp. 111–12. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2012.

[7] Hull, Tom (2004). "Ani DiFranco". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 236–37. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[8] Cooper, Carol (July 1997). "Ani DiFranco: Living in Clip". Spin. 13 (4): 111. Retrieved October 25, 2018.

[9] "Rocklist.net Rolling Stone Lists – Main Page". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. October 17, 2002. Archived from the original on February 11, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2012.

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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 1-800-On-Her-Own

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