Liz Phair [PA] [ECD] by Liz Phair (CD, Jun-2003, Capitol)

Album Features
UPC:	724352208401
Artist:	Liz Phair
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2003
Record Label:	Capitol
Genre:	Alternative, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Extraordinary
2. Red Light Fever
3. Why Can't I?
4. It's Sweet
5. Rock Me
6. Take a Look
7. Little Digger
8. Firewalker
9. Favorite
10. Love/Hate
11. H.W.C.
12. My Bionic Eyes
13. Friend of Mine
14. Good Love Never Dies

Details
Contributing Artists:	Michael Penn, Pete Yorn
Distributor:	EMI Music Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both reular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Personnel: Liz Phair (vocals, guitar, samples); R. Walt Vincent (electric guitar, guitar, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, bass, background vocals); Buddy Judge (guitar, background vocals); Wendy Melvoin (guitar, bass); Pete Yorn (guitar, drums); Michael Penn (guitar, bass, samples); Corky James (guitar); Patrick Warren (piano, keyboards); Jebin Bruni (keyboards); Mike Elizondo, David Sutton (bass); John Sands, Victor Indrizzo, Matt Chamberlain, Mario Calire, Abe Laboriel Jr. (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Alison Clark, The Matrix, The Wizards Of Oz (background vocals).Producers: The Matrix, Michael Penn, Liz Phair.This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both reular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Personnel: Liz Phair (vocals, guitar, samples); R. Walt Vincent (electric guitar, guitar, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, bass, background vocals); Michael Penn (guitar, bass, samples); Wendy Melvoin (guitar, bass); Pete Yorn (guitar, drums); Buddy Judge (guitar, background vocals); Corky James (guitar); Patrick Warren (piano, keyboards); Jebin Bruni (keyboards); Mike Elizondo, David Sutton (bass); John Sands, Victor Indrizzo, Matt Chamberlain, Mario Calire, Abe Laboriel Jr. (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Alison Clark, The Matrix, The Wizards Of Oz (background vocals).Producers: The Matrix, Michael Penn, Liz Phair.Personnel: Liz Phair (vocals, guitar, sampler); The Matrix , The Wizardry of Oz (vocals); R. Walt Vincent (guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, Wurlitzer organ, background vocals); Buddy Judge (guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Pete Yorn (guitar, drums); Michael Penn (guitar, sampler, background vocals); Corky James, Wendy Melvoin (guitar); Patrick Warren (piano, keyboards); Jebin Bruni (keyboards); Abe Laboriel, Jr., Matt Chamberlain, Victor Indrizzo, Mario Calire, John Sands (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Alison Clark (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Serban Ghenea; Tom Lord-Alge.Recording information: 12th Floor, Capitol Records; Decoy Studios, Studio City, CA; Grandmaster; House Of Blues Studios, Encino, CA; Master Control, North Hollywood, CA; Mesmer Ave. Studios; Sage & Sound; Sonora Recorders; Sunset sound; Third Stone Recording.Photographer: Phil Poynter.Arranger: The Matrix .Who knew that all Liz Phair ever wanted was to be a pop star? Surely, her debut, Exile in Guyville, with its cinematic lo-fi production and frankness, never suggested as much, nor did its cleaner sequel, Whip-Smart, but on her eponymous fourth album she makes a long-delayed stab at superstardom, glamming herself up like a Maxim MILF of the Month and pitching herself somewhere between Sheryl Crow and Avril Lavigne, on one side working with Michael Penn and adult alternative singer/songwriter Pete Yorn and on the other hooking up with 2003's hitmakers du jour the Matrix. As "Extraordinary" starts the album with a heavy guitar downstroke, it's clear that Liz Phair is now a pop star making music that not just fits comfortably with Lavigne's, but follows her sounds and stance. This may be disarming to die-hard fans of Exile who could never have dreamed that, of all the directions she could have gone, she chose this, but in "Extraordinary" and "Why Can't I?" Phair has a pair of catchy modern pop singles that offer a fascinating juxtaposition to the deeper tunes here. In fact, when pop tunes about a cougar on the prowl are combined with soul-searching ballads, it could be argued that Liz Phair might be the singer/songwriter's most directly confessional album -- nearly every song is in the first person, with many songs drawing parallels to her recent well-publicized divorce. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Editorial Reviews
...Decidedly more poppy than the already high-gloss sheen of 1998's WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG, but...Phair has definitely not lost her edge...
CMJ (20030602)

...What LIZ PHAIR delivers is authenticity... - Grade: B-
Spin (20030701)