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Little Plastic Castle
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0748731701222
Label: Righteous Babe
Manufacturer: Righteous Babe
MPN: 12
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Righteous Babe
Release Date: February 17, 1998
Studio: Righteous Babe
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Editorial Review:
As she's gone from the Young Woman Who Could to the Woman Who Has, Ani DiFranco has explored more than her share of musical styles, all the while remaining true to her core. Even during her most extreme departures, you could hear the sound of the early albums coming through. On Little Plastic Castle, an album on which people are credited for adding pontifications, incantations, and an "evil machine" to songs, you could--for the first time--hear an almost completely new artist. Call her Ani, version 3; she couldn't have existed without hearing all of Ani, version 1's albums, and she wouldn't be as funky and experimental without the influence of Ani, version 2. She still has a lot to say--about politics, about relationships, about herself--but the messages aren't thrown in your face here (well, not as often). Instead they're wrapped in funky hooks and lots of production--anything you learn from DiFranco on this album will come from pure repetition, and for the first time, the album is varied enough, catchy enough, and subtle enough that you'll push the repeat button while cleaning the house. --Randy Silver
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Another quasi-masterwork
3 1/2
DiFranco strives at creating consistent, edgy folk punk with a feminist slant, and although she has a distinguished career amongst her peers, has rarely created an album that engages full-throttle throughout. Little Plastic Castles is known as one of her stronger discs, and it does showcase her many talented styles of various acoustic alchemy with little effort. But only about half of the album's material truly stands the test of time, usually centering around DiFranco's excellent ... Read More
Rating:  - AWESOME!
Ani DiFranco is in my opinion the best female folk singer songwriter ever. If you haven't heard her this Cd is a great one to start with. It will open your eyes to a beautiful world. Her lyrics are so fabulous and thought provoking and the guitar is incredible. All music lovers should be educated about Ms. DiFranco, otherwise they do not know what they are missing! Check out a few choice songs on here AS IS being one of my favorites. The lyrics are incredible. Its really an amazing album. You just gotta ... Read More
Rating:  - Still the one to beat
Like some others who've posted here, I'm not necessarily an Ani-holic, but I have huge respect for her honesty and integrity, and the way she ran her career from a completely outsider approach into what is now a time-honored creative dynasty. She's not someone I listen to constantly, but I return to her regularly for a fix of the kind of blunt and exhilarating earnestness she represents.
That being said, I've always felt that after a certain point she just made too damn many CDs, so that at ... Read More
Rating: - A fun, thoughtful, serious, and eye-opening album!!!
Background info before writing this review will probly help Ani fans reading it. I'm not an Ani fan in the sense of agreeing with all her messages and supporting the things she does. I am a fan, however, who admires her outspoken honesty. She knows exactly what she feels, thinks, and believes and isn't one bit afraid to put it out there & in your face. That takes guts, more power to her. This world we live in (especially this country, USA) could greatly benefit from exercising her unapologetic frankness. ... Read More
Rating: - Different and Not to be missed
This was Ani DiFranco's first really synthesized, fancily-produced album. And it's a whole different world from the style she was known for before this. Listening to this is definitely like being introduced to a whole new artist. There are more electronics, more experimental song styles, and even her voice has changed a little -- it's a tad raspier.
The lyrics are still just as good -- but don't buy it expecting the old Ani ... you have to love it as something completely new.
And I DID love it!
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