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List Price: $17.98 | | Label: Capitol
Salesrank: 247712
Released: June 24, 2003 |
| Our Price: $7.40 |
| Used Price: $0.42 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Liz Phair 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 Transmission
11. My Bionic Eyes
12. Friend Of Mine
13. Good Love Never Dies
Editorial Review:
Eponymous albums are usually either debuts or the work of musicians trying to introduce themselves to a new audience. Count Liz Phair among the latter. It’s Phair's fourth studio album, but her first since 1998, and it's a long way from the arty, low-fi sound that marked her true full-length debut, 1993's Exile in Guyville. Phair has developed into a considerably more confident singer, while her songs and the production they receive here are as slick and radio-friendly as anything by, say, Avril Lavigne. That’s no surprise, since Lavigne's production team, the Matrix, produced many of the tracks here. (The rest are helmed by LA rock stalwarts Michael Penn and Pete Yorn producer R. Walt Vincent.) Sex is still Phair's primary subject, whether it’s comparing a lover to a comfortable pair of old underwear ("Favorite") or asking a much younger man to "Rock Me" all night long. The only time Phair lets the cheery facade crack a bit is on "Little Digger," on which Phair tries to explain to her young son why the man she's currently dating is not the boy's father. Who could've guessed that even the freest, best-protected sex could have such far-reaching, unintended consequences? --Keith Moerer
Liz Phair Reviews:
Go For the Explicit Version 
2005-07-21 - Though this is a rock solid pop album with excellent songs, it is hard to have the entire experience of a Liz Phair record that has been edited. While there are some awesome tracks- namely "Extraordinary" and "Rock Me" which need not be edited, overall the explicit record is a more complete experience and the way this record was intended to be listened to.
Very good 
2003-11-08 - Let me start off by saying the clean version is just as good without the explicit content and lyrics. Liz Phair's voice is pretty. My favorite songs are Extraordinary, Red Light Fever, and Why Can't I. This album is soothing and flowing without any foul language, or bad songs. I'd recommend this cd to anyone who'd rather have a good, clean version of this instead of explicit.
Why so huffy?
2003-08-05 - The review in the NY Times for this CD read like a letter from a kid in junior high to the person who just broke up with them. This is a great album and I'm glad Liz has decided to shake free of the we're-so-cool snobbery that pollutes the indie music scene. I'm surprised that people can take such offense from an individual making artistic and business decisions that serve her own best interests. The indignant reaction is likened to the way people got all huffy when the Dixie Chick's singer criticized Bush. If Liz Phair buys into this criticism, she'll be selling out. At this point, she's doing what she wants to do by kicking off the dreary dust of artistic martyrdom and trying to make some cash. Liberate Liz; buy this disc!
DO NOT BUY CLEAN VERSION... 
2003-07-22 - Do not buy this. Liz Phair censored is like a car with no gas. First off the whole song of H.W.C. is gone, which was a great song. I can't even imagine the rest of the songs and how they got butchered. Just buy the Explicit version..so what she says F*ck once or twice. Please. So get out now and buy the real thing.
Liz...Liz...Liz..... 
2003-07-03 - Liz's latest album is practicably intolerable. Such a fine artist has chosen now to wade in the end of shallowness. A huge admirer of her previous work, this album is pathetic. Only a handful of well written tracks that resemble the talented Liz that we know of are present out of the 14 on this record. The rest sound like the worst 1980's metal band you could ever imagine. Very sad indeed.
