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| 2.5 average | Robbit | April 30th 16 |
What is the big deal about this album anyhow? Liz Phair's vocals are consistently off-key and the songs aren't all that interesting. The album sounds like a well produced songwriter's demo at best. I really wanted to like this album, but now I'm probably going to free up the space on my hard drive by deleting it. 5 stars it's NOT. I don't hate this album, but I can think of hundreds of other records I'd prefer to spend my time on. A real disappointment given all of the hype the critics have fueled. Why bother with this when you can listen to EXILE ON MAIN STREET?
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| 4.5 superb | TomBombadil | September 29th 16 |
I didn't like this one at first, but getting used to Phair's manerisms helps a lot. Although it's certainly an album that could have been improved by letting more resources get involved in the recording and production process (sometimes the DIY aesthetic goes just way too far for the songs own good), I can't help but feeling this is a wonderful indie-songwriting manual. Listen to the way one chords goes to another so unpredictably. Listen to those spontaneous and full-of-life key changes! Melodies like the ones on "6'1"", "Never Said", "Fuck and Run" or "Divorce Song" are not stuff you see everyday. C'mon, this just can't be me.
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| 5.0 classic | chtrenne | September 27th 12 |
Maybe A LITTLE overrated... but still very (very) good.
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| 5.0 classic | kellykleen | August 18th 07 |
I remember the first time I heard this record -- and the feeling were indescribable -- Everyone at my neighborhood record store kept raving about Liz Phair and my intial reaction was not to like this record. But I fell in love with everything about this recording. This is a classic recording in that it changed the way people felt about female artist- the sexually just put out it there - the simple vocals -- the songs that seemed so simple-- but they were not--I was jealous I wished it was me who wrote the songs -- This is the shit. I love this album.
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| 2.5 average | doofy | January 9th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | perival | November 16th 23 |
| 3.5 great | tom79 | September 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | MvdW1994 | September 18th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Ledgy | April 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 23rd 23 |
| 3.0 good | KuyJuk | December 13th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | MvdW | October 2nd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | September 30th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | eureka | June 12th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Oobaloo | November 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | zackseb | June 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | eckology | December 21st 20 |
| 3.5 great | Lucman | November 5th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | September 10th 20 |
| 3.5 great | mallen- | February 26th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | FatCats | January 8th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aeon89 | November 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | SweetAsh | September 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | fog CONTRIBUTOR | August 16th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | July 31st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Juca89 | June 17th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | ylfsmj | May 25th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Ewgads | May 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | wg98 | May 10th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | verypsb | December 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Divaman | September 1st 16 |
| 3.5 great | jsaf7 | August 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tulten | June 10th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Vorpax | May 14th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | February 7th 15 |
| 3.5 great | ToCho | December 6th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | mc83 | December 4th 14 |
| 3.5 great | spur55 | August 2nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | seifer | April 10th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | MaggieG | March 15th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | aguzman | December 20th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Peluca | October 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Melanin | October 6th 12 |
| 2.5 average | lz41 | March 13th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Gapwick | February 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | gvogel | January 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Skipdog | September 21st 11 |
| 5.0 classic | SMP | August 17th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | KaliMa | June 29th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | WNF | February 9th 11 |
| 2.5 average | cvrcmrc | December 11th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | rymo | December 7th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | March 12th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | mvdu | June 6th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Nexis | April 20th 09 |
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