<![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg" - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg" - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:04:26 EST Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:04:26 EST http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php#c980802 I love this album and don't feel like it's the beginning of her downward slide. There are some damn catchy tunes. She's still being honest and she's still being real.

But I do understand that something happened to the quality. I had all my phair songs together on my ipod and the difference between her new stuff and old stuff is JARRING!!!

Maulleigh

]]> 33:235456:c980802 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:04:26 EST <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php#c958000 For me, Whip-Smart was the clunker...I was relieved that whitechocolatespaceegg seemed like somewhat of a return to form. Never really understood the backlash surrounding this album, beyond it (inevitably) being less raw and tormented than Guyville.

Ebbywebby

]]> 33:235456:c958000 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:31:32 EST <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php#c957241 Wow, Maura...um - good review. No, seriously. Um...

[smiles sheepishly]

Anybody wanna try an experiment? Put me and Maura in separate rooms, hand us three albums, give us three hours, and see how close our reviews come to each other?

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:235456:c957241 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:51:23 EST <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php#c957117 Living Color giveth, Liz Phair taketh.

Cred, that is.

FionaScrapple

]]> 33:235456:c957117 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:29:11 EST <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php#c956078 Whitechocolatespaceegg is her best album. The end.

Dashiell Bennett

]]> 33:235456:c956078 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:26:15 EST <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php#c955955 Ahem. (NB: I was 24 when I wrote this.)

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:235456:c955955 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:46:09 EST <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php#c955690 Guys (Idolator), stop it. It's not that good. yes, there's a few good tracks, but you gotta stop re-evaluating mediocre records and trying to call them anything but.

The Playlist

]]> 33:235456:c955690 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:44:01 EST <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php#c955552 It really is pretty underrated. I might even argue that it's aged better than Whip-Smart (though the album title hasn't).

You guys keep hitting on records I reviewed at CMJ back in the day! Here's my review, which ran in the summer of '98 (August issue, I believe, of New Music Monthly):

LIZ PHAIR
whitechocolatespaceegg
Matador/Capitol

Wedding ring on her finger, newborn at her bosom, Lilith concerts in her datebook, Liz Phair '98 appears dulled, neutered, edge-free -- a worrisome prospect, if you agree that her first records still blow away the '90s women who've sold truckloads in her wake. The truth is, Phair has lost her edge, but not her voice, and thank god, because she would have lost her edge even if she'd kept singing of blow-job queens and fucking and running. The long-promised whitechocolatespaceegg comes freighted with expectations both artistic -- Phair agonized over the songs for three years -- and commercial, as she's been paired with R.E.M. producer Scott Litt and big-rock mixer Tom Lord-Alge. For all that labor, spaceegg still comes out as unmistakably Phair's, with all of her hallmarks: sly wit, unadorned guitar, fearless singing, and most crucial, empathy -- not just for women but for a generation needing to be cool and unguarded at once. Closer to 1994's songwriterly Whip-Smart than to her unrepeatable jaw-dropper Exile in Guyville, spaceegg gets better on each listen, with some of the best songs ("Polyester Bride," "What Makes You Happy") produced by Phair and old friend Brad Wood. Those hook-fests join instantly familiar tunes like "Girls' Room" and "Johnny Feelgood." "Home is very ordinary," Phair sings on "Perfect World," confirming she's not yet domesticated. "I know I was born to lead a double life…I want to be cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious." Don't we all. --CM

Recommended If You Like: Beth Orton, Elliott Smith, PJ Harvey.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:235456:c955552 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:14:31 EST <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php#c955384 How could you leave out "Polyester Bride"? That was always my favorite song from this album.

SilentSid

]]> 33:235456:c955384 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:33:55 EST <![CDATA[Stuck On Repeat: Cracking Liz Phair's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-cracking-liz-phairs-whitechocolatespaceegg-235456.php#c955373 Polyesther Bride is cool. But what's up with the multiple posts?

MickFNS

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