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Liz Phair - Liz Phair Audio CD

A fair review of the Liz Phair "Liz Phair" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Liz Phair reviews here, or go back to the Liz Phair tabs.

Liz Phair Band: Liz Phair
Title: Liz Phair
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Release Date: 2003-06-24
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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: Bionic Eyes 13: Friend Of Mine 14: Good Love Never Dies

Great album all around...
It still retains her original edginess, but is more pop and perhaps some would "safe". This album she definately received more airplay and overall exposure. But she does a great job with this album. I don't care for all of the songs, but they are all memorable and often catchy. I would highly recommend this album. .


Seems desperate to me-
Heard her on NPR and she seems to be getting a bit desperate as her career progresses. Very disappointed. Album has 2 good classic Phair tunes other than that she sounds like a whiner. As a women, I would say grow up- if you even start going down the Allanis Morrosette road- Don't, you would be a sell-out and let us all down as women. Who cares- you like sex!!!!!.


Apology and Review!
He called her his favorite MELF (which is a very degrading word I wont tell what it means in case there are women reading this). Years ago when this came out I didn't like it because my friend S---- got OBESSESSED with La Liz and spent all his time ont eh Internet and listening to her that we didn't do scenes together (we are actors and if you don't do your scenes you lose your chops). AngryI got made so I spread some rumours about liz Phair first atn school then ion the net! I know that thye must have hurt her. They were very hurtful and wrong. Liz I am sorry for any pain I caused you. Good news. I have since repaired my friendship and have given this cd another try and it is Great! So, forgibve me Liz and make more music!.


Refreshing honesty and joyful pop
Yet, many of the critics of this release lament the blatant pop quality of some of the songs that found their way into regular radio airplay as well as movie soundtracks. The fourth album by Liz Phair, the darling of the indie rock scene when she released her debut ten years prior to this re-invention of sorts, is a nice mix of the old and the new. Let me get something straight; the Beatles have been hailed as the greatest rock band of all time by largely focusing on pop songs and yet Liz Phair is ostracized as a sell-out when she does the same? Factor in the scads of reviewers who can't reconcile or stomach a woman writing a song about semen when the entire history of macho rock and roll has focused on the male perspective of sex and objectified women's bodies and sex far beyond the pale and we have evidence of something more closely resembling latent misogyny or at the very least a double standard rather than an opposition to a cd which has a far more approachable radio-friendly vibe than they were expecting from the pigeon holing they demand of artists.
"Red Light Fever" is a pointed and emotionally-stirring song, "Why Can't I?" is fun and catchy and the heartbreaking "Little Digger" shows the world through the eyes of a child who carries the confusion and scars of his parents' divorce. These are songs straight from the life of a woman going through divorce, starting to date again, discovering younger lovers, feeling comfortable in her new life, and trying to make sense of it all. Phair has been nothing if not lyrically blunt and she keeps that trademark alive on this cd. The aforementioned "H. W. C. " is funny yes, but moreover, in your face and the kind of song we should be thanking her for writing. Stop the over-romanticizing of love and sex and just tell it like it is. I'm glad she avoids the cowardly and sophomoric metaphors everyone from Prince to Kiss to Madonna to Aerosmith and all points in between have used to talk about sex and just talks like an adult. How refreshing. Why does that make so many people uncomfortable? Clearly your discomfort says more about you than her.
There are enough songs on here that hearken back to her previous lo-fi releases to satisfy hardcore traditionalists, but it's the proudly poppy songs that keep this cd in heavy rotation for me years after its release.
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She Got Me Way Deep Down Inside . . .
Yes, Ms. OK, so I didn't pick up a copy of LIZ PHAIR for the first 5 years of its existence, but other reviews have inspired me to jump into the fray (no pun intended). Phair has waded hip-deep (at least) into producing power pop, but to me one of the most boring things in the music realm is the ubiquitous snob who looks down his upturned nose at pop music -- as if something being popular represents a sin against true progressivity. I say thank goodness one can not know for sure what to expect from a Liz Phair release. Pet peeves aside, I'm also coming down strongly on the approval side of LIZ PHAIR. The CD is aurally pleasant from start to finish, but just "H. W. C. " would have been worth the price of admission. Who needs hidden meaning or deep exploration of a lyrical theme when she gets our attention almost immediately? I challenge any straight man listening to the tune while admiring LIZ PHAIR's front cover to successfully avoid actively imagining giving this multi-talented (not to mention fetching) woman exactly what she's requesting! Any truly good pop song has to have a hook, and there is no doubt that Liz Phair has hooked me with this one. Now I'm only hoping she'll consider taking a break from her obvious 2003-current preference for younger men.


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