{{Infobox Album |
Name = Little Plastic Castle|
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = [[Ani DiFranco]] |
Cover = Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle.jpg |
Released = [[February 17]], [[1998]]|
Recorded = ???|
Genre = [[Indie-Rock]] |
Length = 61:18 |
Label = [[Righteous Babe]] |
Producer = Ani DiFranco|
Reviews =
*[[All Music Guide]] (4/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:r8he4jj73wau~T1 link]
*''[[The A.V. Club]]'' (Favourable) [http://avclub.com/content/node/9797 link]
*[[Robert Christgau]] (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=59&name=Ani+DiFranco link]|
Last album = ''[[Living in Clip]]''
(1997)|
This album = '''''Little Plastic Castle'''''
(1998) |
Next album = ''[[Up Up Up Up Up Up]]''
(1999) |}}
'''''Little Plastic Castle''''' is the eighth studio album by [[singer-songwriter]] [[Ani DiFranco]], released in 1998. (see [[1998 in music]]). It is her highest-charting album on the Billboard charts.
==Track listing==
(all songs by DiFranco)
#"Little Plastic Castle" – 4:03
#"Fuel" – 4:01
#"Gravel" – 3:32
#"As Is" – 4:06
#"Two Little Girls" – 4:57
#"Deep Dish" – 3:38
#"Loom" – 2:51
#"Pixie" – 4:25
#"Swan Dive" – 6:28
#"Glass House" – 5:18
#"Independence Day" – 3:44
#"Pulse" – 14:15
==Samples==
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==Personnel==
*Ani DiFranco - [[Steel-string guitar|acoustic guitar]], [[guitar]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]], [[concertina]], [[drums]], [[electric guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[vocals]], bass pedals
*Jon Blondell - [[trombone]]
*Andrew Gilchrist - pump organ
*Jon Hassell - [[trumpet]]
*Sara Lee - [[bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Jerry Marotta]] - drums
*[[Jason Mercer]] - bass, [[electric bass]], vocals, [[upright bass]]
*John Mills - [[baritone saxophone]]
*Gary Slechta - trumpet
*[[Andy Stochansky]] - drums, vocals, [[talking drum]]
==Production==
*Producer: Ani DiFranco
*Engineers: Bob Doidge, Andrew Gilchrist, Mark Hallman
*Mixing: Ani DiFranco, Andrew Gilchrist
*Mastering: Chris Bellman
*Digital editing: Marty Lester
*Artwork: Ani DiFranco, Adam Sloan
*Photography: Asia Kepka, Albert Sanchez
== Charts ==
'''Album'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1998
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|align="left"|22
|-
|}
{{Ani_DiFranco}}
[[Category:Ani DiFranco albums]]
[[Category:1998 albums]]
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{{Infobox Album |
Name = Rhodes I|
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = [[Happy Rhodes]] |
Cover = RhodesI_Cover.png |
Released = [[1988]]|
Recorded = 1984-1986|
Genre = [[Art-Rock]] |
Length = 50:15 |
Label = [[Aural Gratification]] |
Producer = Pat Tessitore and Happy Rhodes|
This album = '''''Rhodes II'''''
(1986) |
Next album = ''[[Rearmament]]''
(1986) |}}
'''''Rhodes I''''' is the first of three studio albums released at the same time in 1986 by [[singer-songwriter]] [[Happy Rhodes]]. They are compilations of songs recorded individually between 1984 and 1986.
==Track listing==
(all songs by Happy Rhodes)
#"Rainkeeper" – 2:24
#"Oh The Drears" – 3:17
#"Given In" – 4:14
#"He's Alive" – 4:22
#"Possessed" – 2:55
#"I'll Let You Go" – 3:59
#"Number One" – 2:49
#"Case of Glass" – 3:39
#"Moonbeam Friends" – 2:49
#"I'm Not Awake, I'm Not Asleep" – 3:23
#"The First to Cry" – 3:00
#"Step Inside" – 3:46
#"The Wretches Gone Awry" – 2:36
#"The Flaming Threshold" – 4:39 (CD bonus track, previously unreleased)
#"Suicide Song" – 2:24 (CD bonus track, previously unreleased)
==Samples==
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==Personnel==
*Happy Rhodes - [[acoustic guitar|guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[vocals]]
==Production==
*Producer: Pat Tessitore and Happy Rhodes
*Engineers: Pat Tessitore at Cathedral Sound Studios in Rensselaer, NY
*Mixing: Pat Tessitore
*Digital Mastering: Dr. Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital Recording at Southboro, MA
*Artwork: Happy Rhodes
==Thanks to==
"Kevin Bartlett, Pat Tessitore, Bill DeMichele, Dave Snyder, Mum, and to all the Ectophiles, for inspiring the re-release of my back-catalog."
|}
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[[Category:Happy Rhodes albums]]
[[Category:1986 albums]]
[[it:Rhodes I]]
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