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The Past Didn't Go Anywhere

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The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 15, 1996
RecordedMarch 1996
GenreFolk, spoken word
Length57:18
LabelRighteous Babe
ProducerAni DiFranco
Ani DiFranco and Utah Philips chronology
Dilate
(1996)
The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
(1996)
Living in Clip
(1997)
Utah Phillips chronology
I've Got to Know
(1991)
The Past Didn't Go Anywhere
(1996)
Loafer's Glory
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The Past Didn't Go Anywhere is an album by American folk singer Utah Phillips and American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released October 15, 1996, on DiFranco's label, Righteous Babe Records.

On the album, Phillips is recorded telling stories at concerts with DiFranco setting the musical background. DiFranco provides background vocals on the first and last tracks as part of her remixing, but no songs as such.

The record was followed by Fellow Workers, a second collaboration between the two musicians, which focused on songs associated with the Industrial Workers of the World and contained singing as well as spoken-word pieces.

Track listing

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All tracks written by Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco.

  1. "Bridges" – 8:03
  2. "Nevada City, California" – 6:41
  3. "Korea" – 8:30
  4. "Anarchy" – 6:27
  5. "Candidacy" – 1:45
  6. "Bum on the Rod" – 4:18
  7. "Enormously Wealthy" – 0:43
  8. "Mess With People" – 6:44
  9. "Natural Resources" – 2:31
  10. "Heroes" – 1:07
  11. "Half a Ghost Town" – 4:22
  12. "Holding On" – 6:13

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. The Past Didn't Go Anywhere at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  3. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City: Simon and Schuster. pp. 236-7. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone ani difranco album guide.