Exile in Guyville [PA] by Liz Phair

Pros: The songs are short
Cons: Everything else

Liz Phair burst onto the music scene with her 1993 debut Exile in Guyville. Nearly ten years later, I finally took it upon myself to pick up said album for a trial run. Unfortunately, my first experience with Phair would be my...

Pros: simple, catchy hooks, choruses & more
Cons: vocals weak andunmoving at times, not as shocking as she'd like you to think

I have a total love/hate relationship with Liz Phair.

I own and love all of her albums. I do listen to them - a lot. I like the simplicity of her story telling, her imperfect wavering voice, the smooth, produced, sci-fi...

Pros: Good lyrics, Some very good tunes, Emotionally relevant
Cons: Low-key vocals hard to discern at some points

Before I started listening to Liz Phair, all I truly new about her and her musical work was that I couldn't find where she appeared on Sheryl Crow's Greatest Hits (she does backing vocals on the hit song "Soak Up The Sun"), I heard and liked her ...

Pros: Insightful lyrics and great music
Cons: Not as diverse as one might like

I've been listening to "Exile In Guyville" ever since I bought it in 1994. It's an album that never gets old - at the same time empowering, sardonic, and sincere. This is the only Liz Phair album I've heard; I understand that her follow-up albums aren' ...

Pros: stunning, bold, shocking and a kick to the balls of every male
Cons: some song structures are too much alike

This is my entry into the "Chicks Rock" Write Off, hosted by talented kristinafh and dustygold, who both happen to be celebrating their two year anniversary on the site. Here's hoping dusty can return to regular duty here the way I have lately....

Pros: Fun, fun, fun.
Cons: She got such positive feedback, she thought it okay to make flaky albums

In 1993, music magazines were raving about two artists that I'd never heard of: The first was Counting Crows, a few months before Mr. Jones became their first big hit. Believe it or not, Counting Crows was a big critical...

Pros: An honest record in a sea of plastic "alternative" 90's hacks
Cons: Its stripped-down production isn't for everyone

Tuesday, May 4, 1999. Baltimore, Maryland. Bohager's nightclub. It's sometime between 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM. I'm drinking a Heineken and waiting. I'm in the front row, stage right (audience left), and my feet hurt. I hadn't been noticing this much ...

Pros: Well-crafted, hook-filled songs with unexpected twists; witty, gritty, humourously sarcastic lyrics; raw feel.
Cons: Technical and lyrical rawness may not sit well with some.

Oh, how the world loves to love—and hate—Liz Phair, white, well-off, middle-class rocker from the Chicago suburbs. Her 1993 debut album, ‘Exile in Guyville’, was a sparkling diamond in the rough to which loads of rock critics wrote ...

Pros: Honest portrayal of the ups and downs of a love life, melodic and engaging
Cons: Liz's off key singing (she gets by) Arrangements too simple.

It seems that in the past few decades sex just naturally leads to frustration, whether you’re getting it or not. Now as happy as I am for Madonna and her sermons of post-feminist sexuality and “Be Smart, Be Sexy, Be Deep” all at once , not all of us feel...

Pros: See review below.
Cons: See someone else.

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Before she was a "Polyester Bride" (1998), Liz Phair was coping with her Exile in Guyville (1993), the first of three albums by this...

Pros: lyrics! style! originality!
Cons: too dirty for some listeners

Liz Phair released "Exile in Guyville," in 1993, opening the floodgates for new angry women singers like Alannis Morrissette and PJ Harvey as well as the continued success of singers like Ani DiFranco. The album is angry, vulgar, and...

Pros: original. gritty. honest.
Cons: too many johnny's

Whereas Madonna sings about flirtation and satisfaction, Liz Phair sings about sex. There's a big difference between sexuality expressed in one's album and the sexuality expressed in one's life, and it seems as if Liz Phair matches Madonna's songs, and...

Pros: One of today's strongest singer/songwriters
Cons: I wouldn't dare talking smack on Liz!

Liz Phair is the sexiest woman in the music business.

Aside from her obvious good looks, she is a genuine person. She isn't afraid to talk about her past and where it's taking her. She learns from her mistakes. She isn't afraid to tell you...

Pros: Open, honest, frank discussion of sex/love
Cons: None, except for personal preference issues

I got this album because my dad gave me a tape of "F*** and Run" and a couple other songs (he was turned on to it by a woman he knows, of course), and I was really impressed by them. I bought this album first, and have since bought...

Pros: honest, powerful emotion, pure
Cons: she pulls no punches, not a con, just a warning

In order for me to really like a band/musician, i have to admire them for their songwriting and/or playing skills. Liz Phair isn't going to be on the cover of Guitar World magazine, but she uses her voice(just another instrument, some can use it and...