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- As of 2011, Phair had sold over three million records worldwide.
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By July 2010, Liz Phair had sold 433,000 copies. It was certified gold in the US in 2018. Liz Phair received mixed reviews, including negative reviews from the New York Times and Pitchfork, who both accused Phair of selling out and mimicking younger artists.
It ultimately did not sell as well as expected, as it was hoped the album would introduce Phair to a wider, more mainstream audience. Following Whip-Smart , Phair released Juvenilia , a collection of some early Girly Sound tracks and several B-sides, including her cover of the 1980 song by The Vapors , " Turning Japanese ."
Sep 28, 2024 · It’s not even a failure, really. By almost any standard, it did great. It sold more than 600,000 copies and did, indeed, go gold, though it took five years to do so.
Apr 18, 2021 · They only wanna pour money on stuff that’s gonna sell millions of copies. But, lo and behold, in this sort of less-money, less-competitive area, so many more flowers sprang up.
- Broke Out of Guyville
- “Modern Girldom”
- Settled Down with Success
- Selected Discography
- Sources
Oberlin, like other isolated outposts of middle-class intellectual rebellion, bred bands like other schools breed keg parties; Phair’s art studies were supplemented by her informal education in the local music scene. “Oberlin is a really indie rock type of college,” Phair told Annette Petruso of Detroit’s Metro Times. “It was very much left of cent...
Another Spin writer, Craig Marks, noted that “while the music is basic and [traditional], and Phair’s gift for melodies and rock ’n’ roll linguistics … recall the glory days of AM radio, it’s her unflinching embodiment of modern girldom—giddy with the pleasures of sex, wary of loneliness, confused by the cowardice of men—that stamps Phair as a song...
Phair’s sophomore effort, Whip-Smart, was released in September of 1994, and with Matador teaming with Atlantic Records for a distribution deal, the LP had the heavy weight of a major record label behind it. Whip-Smart’s first single, “Supernova,” began climbing the modern-rock charts and the song’s video, directed by Phair, was given regular rotat...
Singles
“Never Said,”Matador, 1993. “Supernova,”Matador/Atlantic, 1994.
Albums
Exile in Guyville,Matador, 1993. Whip-Smart,Matador/Atlantic, 1994.
Billboard,November 27, 1993; August 6, 1994; October 15, 1994. Details,July 1994; October 1994. Entertainment Weekly,September 23, 1994. Metro Times (Detroit, Ml), June 30, 1993; September 1, 1993. Musician,November 1993; October 1994. Rolling Stone,January 27, 1994; September 22, 1994; October 6, 1994; November 17, 1994. Spin,August 1993; November...
Sep 25, 2024 · Occupation: Singer-songwriter and guitarist. Notable recordings: Exile in Guyville (1993), Whip-Smart (1994), Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998), Liz Phair (2003), Soberish (2021) Fun fact: Exile in Guyville ranked number 56 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Jul 27, 2024 · Written over the course of five years with four different producers, Phair had roughly 50 songs that were early contenders for the album — some of which were sessions recorded with Brad Wood, her producer from her previous albums.
