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End of the Beginning: The Best of Eddie & the Hot Rods [Import]
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Schumann: Oriental Pictures
Music: International DeeJay Gigolos, Vol. 5
Lorenzo 1999: Capo Horn [Import]
International Music: 1983 [Import]
Luis Sagi Vela - Grandes Arias De Zaruelas
Lionel Hampton Presents Buddy Rich
Ghetto Style DJ's Bass, Vol. 1
Berg: Kammerkonzert; Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks / Boulez, Barenboim
Amazon.com
Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville proved that a debutante-attractive woman rocker singing about oral sex could earn the attention of the mostly male rock press corps. But Whitechocolatespaceegg confirms--much as her second album, Whip-Smart, attempted--that Phair can be a pop tunesmith as well. Her songs snap and crackle with giddy doses of '80s new wave, Buddy Holly pop, and Stones rock; her husky voice mostly overcomes its previous, potentially off-putting wobble. And while the clangy "Johnny Feelgood" recalls Phair's earlier tough-sex scenarios, "Polyester Bride," which eavesdrops on a conversation between an advice-giving bartender and a wide-eyed female patron (maybe this season's answer to Semisonic's "Closing Time"), is more demonstrative of Whitechocolatespaceegg's thematic maturation: less titillating but no less womanly. And no less feisty. --Neal Weiss
Rolling Stone
Instruments twang out of tune, strings and frets squeak with each chord change, and Phair's tenuous, conversational singing voice ... explores the dynamics of marital endurance.