Knuckle Down

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|MC = (73/100)[http://www.metacritic.com/music/knuckle-down/ani-difranco/critic-reviews Critic reviews at Metacritic]

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r723393|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = Blender

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}

|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev3score = B{{cite magazine|title=Short Takes (Ani DiFranco: Knuckle Down)|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|issue=803|date=January 2, 2005|page=85}}

|rev4 = Filter

|rev4score = 84%

|rev5 = musicOMH

|rev5score = (positive)[http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/ani-difranco-knuckle-down musicOMH review]

|rev6 = Paste

|rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/02/ani-difranco-knuckle-down.html|title=Ani DiFranco – Knuckle Down :: Music :: Reviews|last=Lewis|first=Cathering P.|magazine=Paste|date=February 1, 2005|accessdate=June 29, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306102246/http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=1432|archivedate=March 6, 2005|url-status=live}}

|rev7 = PopMatters

|rev7score = (6/10)[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/difrancoani-knuckle/ PopMatters review]

|rev8 = Rolling Stone

|rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/anidifranco/albums/album/6885194/review/6955981/knuckle_down |title=Rolling Stone review |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=March 8, 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121073943/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/anidifranco/albums/album/6885194/review/6955981/knuckle_down |archivedate=November 21, 2007 }}

|rev9 = Slant

|rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/ani-difranco-knuckle-down Slant review]

|rev10 = Uncut

|rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}

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The album so far has a score of 73 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews". Billboard gave the album a favorable review and stated: "The results are a selection of high quality that veers between brightly spirited ("Manhole," "Lag Time") and somber ("Callous")."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bb/reviews/album_article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000748208 |title=Billboard review |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=June 29, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050111132725/http://www.billboard.com/bb/reviews/album_article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000748208 |archivedate=January 11, 2005 }} The New York Times gave it a positive review and said that DiFranco "is still self-sufficient, but an extra pair of producer's ears gives her some new dimensions."[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/31/arts/music/31choi.html?oref=login&_r=0 The New York Times review]

Other reviews are very average or mixed: Mojo gave the album three stars out of five and said it was "More honed and richly-textured than former offerings."[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6806345&style=music Album reviews at CD Universe] Q, however, gave it two stars out of five and called it "Deliberately sparse and bare."

1. "Knuckle Down" – 4:34
2. "Studying Stones" – 3:53
3. "Manhole" – 3:45
4. "Sunday Morning" – 4:49
5. "Modulation" – 4:31
6. "Seeing Eye Dog" – 4:02
7. "Lag Time" – 5:13
8. "Parameters" – 5:58
9. "Callous" – 5:46
10. "Paradigm" – 4:33
11. "Minerva" – 4:55
12. "Recoil" – 5:08

• Ani DiFranco – guitar, vocals
• Patrick Warren – piano, sampling, Chamberlin
• Todd Sickafoose – string bass; Wurlitzer (track 3)
• Jay Bellerose – percussion, drums
• Andrew Bird – violin, Glockenspiel, whistling (2, 3, 7, 9, 12)
• Tony Scherr – electric guitar (4, 8, 10, 12)
• Noe Venable – vocals (2, 3, 10)
• Niki Haris – vocals (10)
• Julie Wolf – melodica (11)
• String section on tracks 2 and 7

• Ani DiFranco and Joe Henry – record producer
• S. "Husky" Hoskulds – engineer, mixing
• Jason Mott – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert – design
• Danny Clinch – portrait photography
• Eric Frick – photography

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