Dilate (Ani DiFranco album) explained

Dilate
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ani DiFranco
Cover:	Ani DiFranco - Dilate (album).png
Released:	May 21, 1996
Recorded:	December 1995 – January 1996
Length:	60:10
Label:	Righteous Babe
Producer:	Ani DiFranco
Prev Title:	Not a Pretty Girl
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
Next Year:	1996

Dilate is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 1996. Dilate is her highest-selling and most critically acclaimed record, with US sales of over 480,000 units according to SoundScan. In 2011, Slant Magazine placed the album at No. 67 on its list of "The 100 Best Albums of 1990s".^[1]

Personnel

• Ani DiFranco – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, bongos, electric guitar, steel guitar, Hammond organ, vocals, thumb piano
• Michael Ramos – Hammond organ
• Andy Stochansky – drums
• David Travers-Smith – trumpet

Production

• Ani DiFranco – record producer, mixing, sampling, arranger, sequencing, artwork, design
• Robin Aubé – engineer
• Bob Doidge – engineer
• Andrew Gilchrist – engineer
• Mark Hallman – engineer
• Marty Lester – engineer
• Ed Stone – engineer
• Chris Bellman – mastering
• Adam Pause – artwork, design
• Mark Van-S – photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Best Albums of the 1990s – Slant Magazine . Slant . February 14, 2011 . February 19, 2013.