Knuckle Down | ||||
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Released | January 25, 2005 | |||
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Length | 57:07 | |||
Label | Righteous Babe | |||
Producer | ||||
Ani DiFranco chronology | ||||
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Knuckle Down is the 14th studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It is the first album where DiFranco has collaborated with a producer; Joe Henry. The record is also her first studio album to feature a string section. It is considered among her most accessible records, and compared to the stark Educated Guess, it is more abundantly produced. [1]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (73/100) [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Blender | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [3] |
Filter | 84% [2] |
musicOMH | (positive) [4] |
Paste | [5] |
PopMatters | (6/10) [6] |
Rolling Stone | [7] |
Slant | [8] |
Uncut | [9] |
The album so far has a score of 73 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews". [2] 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")." [10] 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." [11]
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." [9] Q, however, gave it two stars out of five and called it "Deliberately sparse and bare." [2]
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA Charts) [12] | 82 |
US Billboard 200 | 49 |
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