Somebody's Miracle by Liz Phair (CD, Oct-2005, Capitol)

Album Features
UPC:	724357776929
Artist:	Liz Phair
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2005
Record Label:	Capitol
Genre:	Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Leap of Innocence
2. Wind and the Mountain
3. Stars and Planets
4. Somebody's Miracle
5. Got My Own Thing
6. Count on My Love
7. Lazy Dreamer
8. Everything to Me
9. Closer to You
10. Table for One
11. Why I Lie
12. Lost Tonight
13. Everything (Between Us)
14. Giving It All to You

Details
Producer:	John Shanks, John Alagia, Joe Zook, Dino Meneghin
Distributor:	EMI Music Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Liz Phair (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Liz Phair; John Alagia (guitar, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards); John Shanks (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Oliver Kraus (cello); Tim Bradshaw (keyboards); Billy Mohler (bass instrument, acoustic bass); Jeff Rothschild (drums); Joe Zook (tambourine); Dino Meneghin (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, keyboards, drum programming); Aaron Sterling (drums, percussion).Audio Mixers: John Shanks; John Alagia; Tom Lord-Alge; Jeff Rothschild; Brian Scheuble.Recording information: Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; The Village Recording Studios, Santa Monica, CA.Photographer: Dusan Reljin.After shocking longtime fans with her slickly produced, radio-ready self-titled album, singer/songwriter Liz Phair took a tiny step back towards her indie-rock roots on 2005's SOMEBODY'S MIRACLE, bringing a few new younger fans along with her. Phair sounds a bit more like her 1990s persona here, with her vocals charmingly off-key at times. However, anyone expecting a grand return to EXILE IN GUYVILLE will be sorely disappointed; although MIRACLE has less of a blindingly bright pop sheen than its immediate predecessor, Phair stays the mainstream course by crafting another set of infectiously catchy, teen-friendly anthems. In fact, almost every tune on MIRACLE--from the soaring title track to the spare, melancholy "Table for One"--expertly taps into feelings of adolescent yearning and frustration. While it's unlikely that SOMEBODY'S MIRACLE will win back very many older fans, Phair seems perfectly happy with her new audience, and that shows on every track of this headstrong, confident record.

Editorial Reviews
[M]ature and complicated....It packs some sassy sacrilege. - Grade: B-
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