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	Liz Phair's new album continues sexual assertiveness
		Liz Phair's career is probably as close to being on the fast-track of up-and-coming "alternative" rock acts as one could hope for.
		Phair's disaffected, ambivalent delivery of the story in the album's first song, "Chopsticks," makes one wonder what's really going on in her head: A musical variation on a familiar nursery-school tune, it plainly describes the unfolding evening of a sexual encounter.
		Phair throws her ball of confusion and emotional angst at the listener in hopes of evoking confusion (and perhaps arousal).
	www-tech.mit.edu /V114/N49/whipsmart.49a.html (702 words)

	Amazon.ca: Whitechocolatespaceegg: Music: Liz Phair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Chicago-based songstress Liz Phair's caustic vignettes on life, love and female solidarity caused a stir in the early 1990s, not least for her "unladylike" propensity for using the word "fuck".
		Liz Phair's third album 'whitechocolatespaceegg' doesn't measure up to either her debut or sophomore album, but it's still a grab bag of good tunes.
		Liz used to be able to write wonderfully quirky, and unique songs but it seems like most of her edge and quirky abilities have been lost.
	www.amazon.ca /Whitechocolatespaceegg-Liz-Phair/dp/B000009OGW (1130 words)

	Liz Phair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Liz Phair (born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
		The album established Phair's penchant for exploring sexually explicit lyrics such as in the song "Flower": "I want to be your blow job queen/...I'll fuck you and your minions too." By contrast, her trademark low, vibrato-less voice gave many of her songs a slightly detached, almost deadpan character.
		Phair's third album, titled whitechocolatespaceegg, was finally released in 1998 after some delays, which included a disagreement about content; at one point, the label rejected the album as submitted, and asked Phair to write a few additional radio-friendly songs for the set.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liz_Phair (1180 words)

	Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg \| Album Review @ Music-Critic.com : the source for music reviews, interviews, ...
		In the time between this album and the last, she has since gotten married, had a kid, and matured in a few ways.
		The album is more mature than her earlier works, but not too much that she has lost the Phair flair.
		Liz has shown she is still one of the premier female alternative artists of the 90s.
	www.music-critic.com /rock/phairliz_whitechocolatespaceegg.htm (658 words)

	Liz Phair - Come and Get It Review
		On an album of less-than-great songs, it’s just unattractive and a bit insulting, like going on a date with someone you really want to like and being constantly answered with “Er, yeah, whatever” and glances towards the exit.
		It appears that Liz just wanted to be the most popular girl in school for once, so told everyone what they wanted to hear, but she can still sneak into the bathroom and smoke with the cool kids when she feels like it.
		While Liz Phair the album is atrophy in motion, then, it definitely looks like all is not lost for Liz Phair the artist, and no-one’s more happy about that than I am.
	www.stayfun.co.uk /albums/lizphair-comeandgetit.shtm (574 words)

	The Badger Herald - New Liz Phair album not very miraculous
		Born in 1967 in New Haven, Conn., Phair was raised in Winnetka, a Chicago suburb.
		Phair’s voice is deeper and more harmonious on this track until she starts singing the chorus “Are you ever going to be that real to me / Everything to me,” when her voice pitches and she sounds like she is 13 instead of 38.
		The album as a whole could be seen as a change from her old ways but it cannot be praised for being better.
	badgerherald.com /artsetc/2005/10/06/new_liz_phair_album_.php (880 words)

	Lazy-i: Live Review: Liz Phair; The Pomonas, Conner tonight
		I went into it thinking the show would be just south of mediocre -- Liz isn't exactly known as a live performer, her strength used to be in her songwriting, which she compromised years ago leaving her with nothing of value other than really nice hair.
		To make the most of her "new style" of songwriting, Liz has put together a So Cal-style chug-a-lug ensemble -- an absolute necessity of you're going to play the type of cheese-flavored shitola that she now squats for a living.
		Liz said "This one isn't very radio" when introducing "H.W.C," her current take on "edgy" sung to a melody that has all the depth of a toothpaste commercial jingle.
	www.timmcmahan.com /2005/12/live-review-liz-phair-pomonas-conner.html (659 words)

	Liz Phair : iSOUND.COM™
		Liz Phair was born on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut.
		Phair’s debut album entitled Exile In Guyville was released during the summer of 1993.
		The singer, however, chose not to tour as a means of promoting the album and by the time the second single, “Whip-Smart,” was released; the album was no longer on the charts.
	www.isound.com /liz_phair (539 words)

	Liz Phair
		Billboard: Liz Phair Ready to Rock - Preview of Phair's new album based on her performance at South by Southwest.
		Salon: Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville - Cynthia Joyce's discussion of the album and how it changed her life.
		Dancing About Architecture: Liz Phair - R. Brookman's review: "A distillation of Guyville's rangy, DIY songcraft and Whip-Smart's pop pretensions, Whitechocolatespaceegg reveals Phair for the rock star she should - but probably won't - be." Rating of 9.
	www.hotguitarist.com /bands/P/phair_liz.htm (966 words)

	Amazon.com: Liz Phair: Music: Liz Phair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Phair has developed into a considerably more confident singer, while her songs and the production they receive here are as slick and radio-friendly as anything by, say, Avril Lavigne.
		The only time Phair lets the cheery facade crack a bit is on "Little Digger," on which Phair tries to explain to her young son why the man she's currently dating is not the boy's father.
		Liz Phair self-titled has more of a consistent overall sound; the flat-out rockers and slower ballads are both carried with the same kind of sweet-toned guitars and smooth beats, maintaining a certain definite flavor throughout.
	www.amazon.com /Liz-Phair/dp/B00009OOH9 (1426 words)

	Liz Phair: Liz Phair (2003): Reviews
		Where she used to be smart and provocative, Phair has become crass and bloated, her lyrics crude and her image apparently a grotesque exercise in self-parody.
		Plus it wasn't just her debut album that generated the buzz, it was also the tapes she made in her bedroom on a 4-track mixer, eagerly traded among music cognoscenti, that put her indie cred rating into the stratosphere.
		But the poppy sheen doesn't make it any less distinctively a Liz Phair album, and the song writing and lyrics are as sharp as ever, along with her very effective guitar technique and unique, one-of-a-kind voice that fans like me love.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/phairliz/lizphair (989 words)

	The Believer - Interview with Liz Phair
		Liz Phair’s debut album, Exile in Guyville, was released in 1993, and was followed by Whip-Smart in 1994 and whitechocolatespaceegg in 1998.
		And now, with her new album, hay will surely be made of the fact that not only is this her most explicit album, but three of its songs were written and composed with the help of the Matrix, the Los Angeles-based songwriting and production team that helped Avril Lavigne create some of her hit songs.
		LIZ PHAIR: I don’t think it impacted me nearly as much as the guy I was with after my husband.
	www.believermag.com /issues/200306/?read=interview_phair (786 words)

	Liz Phair (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Liz Phair is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music).
		Though Phair had begun production with Michael Penn, she eventually used his work on only half the album, and sought out the songwriting hitmakers The Matrix, best known for their work with Avril Lavigne.
		It launched a hit in "Why Can't I" and a lesser hit in "Extraordinary." These songs were also featured prominently in several advertising campaigns and film soundtracks; "Why Can't I" was on the soundtrack to 13 Going on 30 and "Extraordinary" was used as the advertising theme for the 2004 WNBA Finals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liz_Phair_(album) (311 words)

	Newsday review - Liz Phair Forum
		But her most unexpected move came with her 2003 album "Liz Phair," when she reinvented herself as a 30-something sex kitten and hired The Matrix, the pop songwriters-manufacturers behind Avril Lavigne.
		Phair also sang the title track "Somebody's Miracle," a tender pop song about waiting for love while the rest of the world finds it.
		A kind of confused, but very self-assured liz phair that has hints of illegal drugs and a small twist of pangs of regret hidden deeply under a veil of raw intelligence and a frank tongue that reveals as well as shocks and possibly embarrases the listener.
	www.lizphair.forumsunlimited.com /index.php?showtopic=935 (840 words)

	Something Requisitely Witty and Urbane: Liz Phair's New Album
		Slate's Douglas Wolk reviews Liz Phair's newest record, "Somebody's Miracle," and it does a pretty good job of capturing some issues I've had with her music over the past few years.
		Her first album, 1993's Exile in Guyville, was a near-perfect debut, showcasing a songwriter with a thoroughly original style and scathing insights into relationships.
		Liz Phair's career path is now more about her image and less about the unique insight she provided in her early albums.
	www.srwu.net /index/2005/10/liz_phairs_new_.html (535 words)

	TIME.com: Exile's Return -- Oct. 17, 1994 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Liz Phair isn't a great singer (her intonation is sometimes uncertain), her songs too often sound alike (a slight melody with a plucky bass), and she is no longer an independent-label secret (she just appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone).
		Phair's 1993 debut album, Exile in Guyville, dealt bluntly, sometimes profanely, always intelligently, with sexual desire.
		Phair's guitar playing has a likeable, warbling strangeness; she is developing into a stronger, more varied songwriter.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,981613,00.html (558 words)

	Nude as the News: Liz Phair: Liz Phair
		Nude as the News: Liz Phair: Liz Phair
		Liz Phair, though she has continued to grow as a writer and a musician over the past decade, would still have a place in rock history were she to have quit the biz after the release of her bombshell first album, Exile In Guyville.
		The public consensus on Phair seemed to be that the former indie-goddess had polished her sound to a trendy sheen, in a calculated bid for more sales that was sure to leave her older fanbase disillusioned.
	www.nudeasthenews.com /reviews/1107 (922 words)

	Phair play: Liz tries the major-label game
		The pairing resulted in four songs on "Liz Phair." The album sees the artist shying away from the oddball melodies and conversational lyrics that marked her earlier work.
		In fact, the Chicago Tribune, Phair's hometown paper that championed her early in her career, blasted her new sound last March with a story entitled "Older, But Not Better." Reviews on the new album have generally been mixed, with most critics not knowing exactly what to make of Phair's bid for pop stardom.
		Thus far, sales for "Liz Phair" are trailing those of "spaceegg." After two weeks on The Billboard 200, "Liz Phair" has sold 55,000 copies, while the latter had moved 62,000 units in the same period.
	www.vnuemedia.com /thr/music/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1934081 (1090 words)

	Liz Phair - Liz Phair - music review
		Since Phair’s debut 1993 album, her fans have been grumbling that she has gone from indie rock chick to commercial sell-out.
		This album is bound to confirm their suspicions as half of the album has been produced with Avril’s Matrix production team.
		Where Phair has built up a reputation of writing imaginative shock lyrics, it seems that she has either lost her edge or told to tone down her songs if she is to gain that elusive airtime.
	www.phase9.tv /musicreviews/lizphair-lizphair-a.shtml (243 words)

	Picks of the Past: Liz Phair
		Having said that, Liz Phair does seem to have a slight case of Multiple Personality Disorder -- although a more accurate diagnosis might be Multiple Producer Disorder (fortunately, the disease is not art-threatening).
		The dichotomy of Phair lyrics set to happy, peppy music should certainly entertain those who are in on the joke.
		The album sports a Parental Advisory label, but in fact, there is only one track ("H.W.C.") on the album that is a throwback to the most explicit material of Phair's early career.
	www.arhythmius.com /id21.html (373 words)

	Liz Phair \| 716-717 \| music : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Liz Phair's fourth album, Liz Phair, is her Post-Divorce Record, but not exactly like Annie Lennox's -- more like a guy's midlife-crisis Maserati, except Phair has bought song docs the Matrix's cowriting and production for four cravenly catchy anthems with big guitars and bigger choruses.
		Phair's ambition to remake herself into a Top 40 pop goddess will cost her plenty of old fans, but no one can accuse her of not being as up-front about her age and status as she is about lusting after a hit.
		With Phair's turning back the clock, a sex-crazed kid somehow tangled up in the skin of a late-thirtysomething divorced mom, at least you're hearing each emotional scenario explored this specifically for the first time.
	www.ew.com /ew/article/review/music/0,6115,458310~4~0~lizphair,00.html (490 words)

	» Liz Phair Album (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Liz Phair wants a hit, and in interviews, she hasn't been too shy to say so.
		Liz Phair, a star in her field, photographed by Chris McPherson Read this report for more on the …
		I gave this CD 4 out of 5 stars because I believe Liz underestimates her own song writing abilities, but as far as a pop album goes ” Liz Phair ” would be a 5 …
	albumartwork.info /liz-phair-album (438 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: P: Phair, Liz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		AskMen.com: Liz Phair - Includes pictures, biography, and commentary with ratings.
		The Liz Phair Discography at Never Said - Listing of albums, EPs, singles, compilations, radio shows and other appearances.
		Liz Phair Gigography - A page devoted to tour dates and setlists.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/P/Phair,_Liz (360 words)

	Amazon.com: Whip-Smart: Music: Liz Phair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		After Exile in Guyville turned Liz Phair into an indie-rock pinup queen, rock critics and lo-fi aficionados everywhere awaited her follow-up with bated breath.
		Exile in Guyville is considered her masterpiece, and i think it's a great album but for me, whip-smart is her masterpiece.
		This is no wonder to me, since her first two albums mirrored the characteristics of her Matador contemporaries' first two albums as well.
	www.amazon.com /Whip-Smart-Liz-Phair/dp/B000002SW1 (1479 words)

	Robert Christgau: Album: Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Robert Christgau: Album: Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville
		She's a rebel, and if all goes well, also a pathfinder, which isn't certain mainly because the acts and attitudes that make her a rebel are so normal.
		And while Phair knows more than enough about tunes and guitars to challenge the taboo, the weirdness level of her spare, intuitive, insinuating demos-plus is bohemia-specific.
	www.robertchristgau.com /get_album.php?id=2084 (139 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Music: Review - Liz Phair Interview
		After a spare four-song set of new songs off her forthcoming album (Liz Phair, due out June 24), Phair shared some insights about the new album, as well as her thoughts on the record industry.
		I just don't fit into the box." Phair proudly shared what is bound to be the first single, "Extraordinary," which was apparently abducted by the Matrix and overproduced to within an inch of its life.
		If that's Phair's notion of empowerment, it's a good thing she doesn't have a daughter.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2003-03-14/music_live15.html (271 words)

	Liz Phair Reveals Album Details - Aversion.com
		Liz Phair has unveiled the details on her upcoming album.
		Phair's fifth studio record, Somebody's Miracle is scheduled for an Oct. 4 release from Capitol Records.
		Before that hits stores, Phair will finish on a short acoustic tour to whip up some interest for the album (read full story).
	www.aversion.com /news/news_article.cfm?news_id=4745 (110 words)

	MTV News \| Liz Phair Nabs Michael Penn For New Album
		HOLLYWOOD — Liz Phair has enlisted singer/songwriter Michael Penn to produce several songs for her upcoming fourth album.
		Phair, whose stage fright kept her from touring for several years early in her career, said she is scheduled to hit the road next summer.
		Her spokesperson at Capitol said there is no release date yet for the album.
	www.mtv.com /news/articles/1450447/10312001/phair_liz.jhtml (447 words)

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