Exile in Guyville

[kearn1tm]

It's been 15 years since Liz Phair's seminal first LP was dropped and the reissue was released this Tuesday. Thoughts?

Though it's certainly not as taboo and shocking as it was in 1993, the candidness and honestly in relation to sex and the pursuit of a relationship still holds up today. The low-fi, basement recorded sound hasn't been altered much for the reissue, but the vocals do come across as a little louder to the point that it sounds like Phair's singing in your ear.

[Carlo Marx]

You know what would have been really great? If she released a new, solid album to make up for that boring self titled.

[Dr. Acula]

http://www.celebritycrunch.com/art/liz-phair.jpg

I feel like this should be posted for any Liz Phair thread.

[kearn1tm]

You know what would have been really great? If she released a new, solid album to make up for that boring self titled.

Yes, we all know that the self-titled was utterly devoid of anything and everything that made her unique and special and the voice of underground female singer-songwriters in the '90s and yes, she was pandering to a mainstream audience.

That doesn't negate how amazing Exile was.

Just found the Pitchfork review of the reissue if anyone's curious to read it ("9.6" wow!).

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/51441-exile-in-guyville-15th-anniversary

[IWasaCamera]

Never was a fan. :shrug:

[adam289]

Great album. One of my favourites by a female artist.

[kearn1tm]

Never was a fan. :shrug:

Pity.

Probably helps to have heard her when Exile initially came out. A woman playing low-fi, virtually productionless indie pop with candid lyrics about wanting to be your "blowjob queen" isn't as novel now as it was in 1993. Admittedly, I didn't discover the album until 2003, at the age of 16, but it holds up well and is still a seminal work and one of the best albums of the '90s.

[IWasaCamera]

Pity.

Probably helps to have heard her when Exile initially came out. A woman playing low-fi, virtually productionless indie pop with candid lyrics about wanting to be your "blowjob queen" isn't as novel now as it was in 1993. Admittedly, I didn't discover the album until 2003, at the age of 16, but it holds up well and is still a seminal work and one of the best albums of the '90s.
That would probably help. It's really just not my thing at all, from the music to the lyrics.

[kearn1tm]

This is still an awesome album.

[ThePartialGlow]

Love it.