Not So Soft

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{{Infobox album

| name = Not So Soft

| type = studio

| artist = Ani DiFranco

| cover = Ani DiFranco - Not So Soft.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 1, 1991

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie rock, folk rock

| length = 47:29

| label = Righteous Babe

| producer = Dale Anderson, Ani DiFranco

| prev_title = Ani DiFranco

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Imperfectly

| next_year = 1992

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r130977/review|first=William|last=Ruhlmann}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City | pages = 236–7 | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=rolling+stone+ani+difranco+album+guide&pg=PA236}}

| rev3 = Slant

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/ani-difranco-no-so-soft Slant review]

}}

Not So Soft is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 1991.

Track listing

{{tracklisting

| all_writing = Ani DiFranco

| title1 = Anticipate

| length1 = 3:16

| title2 = Rockabye

| length2 = 4:28

| title3 = She Says

| length3 = 3:32

| title4 = Make Me Stay

| length4 = 3:06

| title5 = On Every Corner

| length5 = 4:15

| title6 = Small World

| length6 = 3:39

| title7 = Not So Soft

| length7 = 1:57

| title8 = Roll With It

| length8 = 3:44

| title9 = Itch

| length9 = 2:58

| title10 = Gratitude

| length10 = 3:09

| title11 = The Whole Night

| length11 = 2:42

| title12 = The Next Big Thing

| length12 = 3:36

| title13 = Brief Bus Stop

| length13 = 3:36

| title14 = Looking for the Holes

| length14 = 3:31

|total_length = 47:29

}}

Personnel

Technical

  • Dale Anderson – record producer
  • Tony Romano – editing, engineer
  • Don Wilkinson – editing
  • Suzi McGowan – artwork
  • Scot Fisher – photography
  • Karen Richardson – photography
  • Suzi McGowan – typesetting

References