whitechocolatespaceegg [PA] by Liz Phair (CD, Aug-1998, Matador/Capitol)

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Album Features
UPC:	724385355424
Artist:	Liz Phair
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1998
Record Label:	Matador/Capitol
Genre:	Lo Fi, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. White Chocolate Space Egg
2. Big Tall Man
3. Perfect World
4. Johnny Feelgood
5. Polyester Bride
6. Love Is Nothing
7. Baby Got Going
8. Uncle Alvarez
9. Only Son
10. Go on Ahead
11. Headache
12. Ride
13. What Makes You Happy
14. Fantasize
15. Shitloads of Money
16. Girls' Room

Details
Contributing Artists:	Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Scott McCaughey
Distributor:	EMI Music Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Liz Phair (vocals, guitar, piano); Scott Litt (acoustic guitar, violin, harmonica, keyboards, bass, drums, programming, background vocals); Brad Wood (guitar, organ, keyboards, bass, drums, hand claps, drum programming, background vocals); John Hiler (guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, programming, loops, background vocals); Jason Chasko (guitar, piano, bass, drums, background vocals); Scott Bennett (guitar, organ, bass, drums); Ed Tinley (guitar, hand claps); Nathan December, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey (guitar); Troy Niedhart (accordion); Randy Wilson (keyboards, programming); LeRoy Bach (acoustic bass); Tommy Furar, Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (bongos).Producers: Brad Wood, Jason Chasko, Scott Litt, Liz Phair.Engineers include: Ed Tinley, Blaise Barton, Brad Wood, John Hiler, Chris Sabold.Personnel: Liz Phair (vocals, guitar, piano); Nathan December (guitar, electric guitar); Jason Chasko (guitar, piano, drums, background vocals); Brad Wood (guitar, organ, keyboards, drums, drum machine, background vocals); Ed Tinley, Peter Buck , Scott McCaughey (guitar); Scott Litt (acoustic guitar, violin, harmonica, keyboards, drums, background vocals); Troy Niedhart (accordion); John Hiler (piano, organ, keyboards, programming, background vocals); Scott Bennett (organ, drums); Randy Wilson (keyboards, programming); Leroy Bach (acoustic bass); Bill Berry (bongos); Liquid Grooves (loops).Audio Mixers: Victor Janacua; Tom Lord-Alge; Brad Wood .Recording information: Chicago Recording Co; Chicago Trax; Louie's Clubhouse; ocean way; Velvet Shirt Studios.Liz Phair's third full-length album comes four years after her previous work, and it is inevitable that the singer-songwriter who redefined women's boundaries within the form is in a different stage of her life. She has, in the meantime, gotten married, had a child and, ostensibly, settled down and reflected. Thus, introspection defines the WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG Liz Phair--less confrontation and more examination is the maturing motto. No longer looking to put horny little indie-rock males down with sinister, well-chosen observations, she's examining her own desires ("Perfect World"), her life-giving experiences ("Only Son") and familial priorities ("Uncle Alvarez").Still, rest assured that Phair hasn't gone completely VH-1. SPACEEGG has more of a visceral off-the-cuff kick than the Sheryl Crows of the world will ever muster. The Mick Taylor-era Stones are still the main musical reference--particularly on "Johnny Feelgood," a four-on-the-floor ode to a roughneck the narrator can't forget, cooing "I like it" at the thought of his bad-boy ways--but there's also a stab at weirdo analog synth-pop ("Headache") and a full-on blues boogie ("Baby Got Going") that's infectious in its simplicity. These are the sounds of Phair's diversification as an artist.