On the Record

“On the Record” is a new SPIN feature where artists discuss their new, classic or re-released album and share the stories behind it. Artist: Ani DiFranco Album: Ani DiFranco Number of tracks: 13 Label: Righteous Babe Records Release Date: Nov. 1, 1990 Vinyl Reissue Date: July 17, 2021 Ani DiFranco has put out 21 albums—excluding live albums and including this year’s Revolutionary Love—since her self-titled, feminist-Rosetta stone, anthemic debut thudded against the merrily partying boys club of rock ‘n roll in 1990. Ani was the record’s only musician and sang of a different sexual revolution, one that launched her into the cultural collective as one of the most important and one of the most gifted artists in modern music. For the second Record Store Day Drop on July 17, she’s re-releasing ...