Not a Pretty Girl

Studio album by Ani DiFranco

Released

July 18, 1995

Genre

Indie rock, folk rock

Length

56:55

Label

Righteous Babe

Producer

Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco chronology

Out of Range
(1994)

Not a Pretty Girl
(1995)

Dilate
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	A−^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]
Slant	^[4]

Not a Pretty Girl is the sixth studio album released by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco on her own record label, Righteous Babe Records. It was released July 18, 1995. The album extended the folk singer's early formula of acoustic guitar and drums. On subsequent records, DiFranco would add electric guitar, horns, band members and guest musicians, but on Not a Pretty Girl she was accompanied by Andy Stochansky's percussion alone.

According to Allmusic, "Light of Some Kind" is a "deeply felt portrait...in which the singer seems to be confessing to a man that she has been unfaithful to him with a woman"^[1] Released on Living in Clip, the track "Shy" earned DiFranco a 1997 Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.^[5]

"Shy" off the album is notable for being quoted by Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio during live performances of the song "Ninety-Seven"

Artwork

The CD case of Not a Pretty Girl is designed to be looked at "the wrong way 'round", with the spine on the right hand side rather than the left.

Track listing

All songs written by Ani DiFranco.

"Worthy" – 4:31
"Tiptoe" – :36
"Cradle and All" – 4:18
"Shy" – 4:43
"Sorry I Am" – 4:45
"Light of Some Kind" – 4:07
"Not a Pretty Girl" – 3:55
"The Million You Never Made" – 4:18
"Hour Follows Hour" – 6:01
"32 Flavors" – 6:07
"Asking Too Much" – 2:55
"This Bouquet" – 2:28
"Crime for Crime" – 5:42
"Coming Up" – 4:45

In a pregap, you can hear DiFranco reciting the spoken word track "Tip-Toe", but misspeaking before restarting.

"32 Flavors" [live bonus track] – 4:47

Appears on some versions.

Personnel

Ani DiFranco – guitar, bass, vocals
Andy Stochansky – drums, percussion instrument/percussion

Production

Ani DiFranco – producer
Ed Stone – engineer

References

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

Live albums	An Acoustic Evening With Living in Clip Women in (E)motion So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter Atlanta - 10.9.03 Sacramento - 10.25.03 Portland - 4.7.04 Boston - 11.16.03 Chicago - 1.17.04 Madison - 1.25.04 Rome - 11.15.04 Carnegie Hall - 4.6.02 Boston - 11.10.06 Hamburg, Germany - 10.18.07 Saratoga, CA - 9.18.06 Chicago - 9.22.07

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	Righteous Babe Records

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