Album: To The Teeth

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To The Teeth

Single details
Released:	16 November, 1999
Length:	69:47
Label(s):	Righteous Babe Records
Studio(s):	The Dust Bowl, Buffalo, NY, USA; The Congress House, Austin, TX, USA; Kingsway, New Orleans, LA, USA; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (uncredited, assumed)

To The Teeth is the tenth solo studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, and was released in November, 1999 on DiFranco's independent label Righteous Babe Records.

The album contained Providence, a track featuring Prince (as ) on background vocals. The song has no writing input from Prince.

The album was released a week after their only other collaboration, Love U, But Don't Trust U Anymore, was released on Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic.

The album features three tracks containing saxophone by Maceo Parker , who was in her band at the time.

Prince met DiFranco and [[Maceo Parker|Parker] following her concert at the Midway Stadium in Minneapolis, MN, USA, on 3 July, 1999, and invited them back to Paisley Park Studios, where DiFranco added guitar to Love U, But Don't Trust U Anymore while Maceo Parker added saxophone to Prettyman, before later joining Prince's band.

Ani DiFranco may have recorded Providence prior to this, with Prince (as ) adding vocals during the same session or at another time in late Summer - early Autumn, 1999 (his vocals were likely recorded at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, even while the rest of the track was most likely recorded elsewhere).

No singles were released from the album. It reached number 76 on the US Billboard Pop Chart.

Track listing

Details given for Prince-related tracks only

CD

1. To The Teeth
2. Soft Shoulder
3. Wish I May
4. Freakshow
5. Going Once
6. Hello Birmingham
7. Back Back Back
8. Swing
9. Carry You Around
10. Cloud Blood
11. The Arrivals Gate
12. Providence (7:18) *
13. I Know This Bar

* Written by Ani DiFranco

MC

• Side 1:

1. To The Teeth
2. Soft Shoulder
3. Wish I May
4. Freakshow
5. Going Once
6. Hello Birmingham

• Side 2:

1. Back Back Back
2. Swing
3. Carry You Around
4. Cloud Blood
5. The Arrivals Gate
6. Providence (7:18) *
7. I Know This Bar

Personnel

Musicians

• Ani DiFranco – acoustic guitar, vocals
• Jason Mercer – electric bass, bowed upright bass
• Julie Wolf – organ, wurlitzer, melodica, vocals
• Daren Hahn – drums
• Prince (as ) – background vocals

Production

• Ani DiFranco - producer

Singles released

• None.

Charts

Entry Date	Chart, Country	Peak Position	Weeks In Chart
Billboard 200, USA	4 Dec. 1999	76	2

Releases

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Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
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Album promotion

Time-of-release

• Information needed.

Awards, nominations, and certifications

• None.

Quotations and trivia

• None.

References

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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