| Not a Pretty Girl | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ani DiFranco |
| Cover: | Ani DiFranco - Not a Pretty Girl.jpg |
| Released: | July 18, 1995 |
| Genre: | Indie rock, folk rock |
| Length: | 59:11 |
| Label: | Righteous Babe |
| Producer: | Ani DiFranco |
| Prev Title: | Out of Range |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Dilate |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Not a Pretty Girl is the sixth studio album released by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco on her own record label, Righteous Babe Records. It was released July 18, 1995. The album extended the folk singer's early formula of acoustic guitar and drums. On subsequent records, DiFranco would add electric guitar, horns, band members and guest musicians, but on Not a Pretty Girl she was accompanied by Andy Stochansky's percussion alone.
According to AllMusic, "Light of Some Kind" is a "deeply felt portrait...in which the singer seems to be confessing to a man that she has been unfaithful to him with a woman". Released on Living in Clip, the track "Shy" earned DiFranco a 1997 Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.[1]
"Shy" off the album is notable for being quoted by Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio during live performances of the song "Ninety-Seven".
The CD case of Not a Pretty Girl is designed to be looked at "the wrong way 'round", with the spine on the right hand side rather than the left.
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