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So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter
Encyclopedia
So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter is the second live album
by singer-songwriter
Ani DiFranco
, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music
).
The opening track of the second disc, "Comes a Time", is an excerpt from the famous speech by Mario Savio
, given before Free Speech Movement
demonstrators entered Sproul Hall to begin their sit-in on December 3, 1964. His climactic words about "the operation of the machine" have been quoted widely ever since, out of context, as the existential emblem of the FSM.
Disc One
Disc Two
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums, and is widely considered a feminist icon.-Biography:...
, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music
2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...
).
The opening track of the second disc, "Comes a Time", is an excerpt from the famous speech by Mario Savio
Mario Savio
""...But we're a bunch of raw materials that don't mean to be - have any process upon us. Don't mean to be made into any product! Don't mean - Don't mean to end up being bought by some clients of the University, be they the government, be they industry, be they organized labor, be they anyone!...
, given before Free Speech Movement
Free Speech Movement
The Free Speech Movement was a student protest which took place during the 1964–1965 academic year on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley under the informal leadership of students Mario Savio, Brian Turner, Bettina Aptheker, Steve Weissman, Art Goldberg, Jackie Goldberg, and...
demonstrators entered Sproul Hall to begin their sit-in on December 3, 1964. His climactic words about "the operation of the machine" have been quoted widely ever since, out of context, as the existential emblem of the FSM.
Track listing
All songs by Ani DiFranco.Disc One
- "Swan Dive" – 6:48
- "Letter to a John/Tamburitza Lingua" – 7:50
- "Grey" – 5:31
- "Cradle and All" – 4:40
- "Whatall Is Nice" – 5:39
- "What How When Where (Why Who)" – 4:34
- "To the Teeth" – 7:09
- "Revelling" – 4:28
- "Napoleon" – 6:34
- "Shrug" – 4:36
- "Welcome To:" – 4:47
Disc Two
- "Comes a Time" – 0:22
- "Ain't That the Way" – 4:54
- "Dilate" – 5:55
- "Gratitude" – 3:49
- "Rock Paper Scissors" – 4:55
- "32 Flavors" – 4:02
- "Loom/Pulse" – 6:16
- "Not a Pretty Girl" – 3:20
- "Self Evident" – 9:10
- "Reckoning" – 5:22
- "My IQ" – 2:27
- "Jukebox" – 5:56
- "You Had Time" – 3:56
Personnel
- Ani DiFranco – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Ravi Best – trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Shane Endsley – trumpet
- Daren Hahn – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Todd Horton – trumpet
- Jason MercerJason MercerJason Mercer is a multi-instrumental Canadian musician playing double bass, electric bass, banjo and guitar.He was a member of the alternative rock band Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in the 1980s and 1990s...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Hans Teuber – clarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, vocals, background vocals - Julie Wolf – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocals
Production
- ProducerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
– Ani DiFranco - Engineering supervisor – Larry Berger, Andrew Gilchrist
- Engineer – Andrew Gilchrist
- Assistant engineer – Andrew Gilchrist
- MixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
– Ani DiFranco - MasteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
– Greg Calbi - Recording supervision – Larry Berger
- Art directionArt directorThe art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
– Ani DiFranco - DesignDesignDesign as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
– Ani DiFranco - Illustrations – Ani DiFranco
- PhotographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
– Susan Alzner, Larry Berger, Scott Fisher, Eric Frick, Heidi Kunkel, Jason Mercer, Julie Wolf.
Charts
AlbumYear | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|
2002 | The Billboard 200 | 32 |
2002 | Top Independent Albums | 1 |
2002 | Top Internet Albums | 34 |