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Whitechocolatespaceegg is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair, released in 1998. It peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200. As of July 2010, the album had sold 293,000 copies. Unlike her previous two albums, with themes of sex and relationships, Whitechocolatespaceegg focused more on motherhood and family, as Phair had recently gotten married and given birth to a son.

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews. Rolling Stone called it "engagingly intimate" while at the same time "playful and pop-y, with just enough dry humor". The magazine also praised the album for its storytelling-esque lyrics. The Washington Times wrote that Phair had successfully proved she was "no longer an unbridled twentysomething but now, at 31, a wife and mother, [who] has grown as an artist as well as a woman."

Billboard praised the album, noting "droll in her truth-telling, devastating in her offhand insights, and dazzling in her homespun rock dominion, Liz Phair is arguably the most original talent of the decade, as Whitechocolatespaceegg powerfully reaffirms. For track-to-track subtlety, poignant wit, and no- bullshit pronouncements that carry real poetic weight, Phair is the backstairs bard without peer...Phair is a truly affecting songmaker. Moreover, she can take the pop vernacular in all its jukebox/folk-pop/dancefloor familiarity and make it subversive again on superb material like "Uncle Alvarez," "Only Son," "Ride," and "What Makes You Happy."

Track listing

Personnel

  1. Musicians

  2. Liz Phair – guitar, piano, vocals

  3. Leroy Bach – acoustic bass

  4. Scott Bennett – organ, bass guitar, drums

  5. Bill Berry – bongos

  6. Peter Buck – guitar

  7. Jason Chasko – bass, guitar, piano, drums, background vocals

  8. Nathan December – guitar, electric guitar

  9. Tommy Furar – bass

  10. John Hiler – organ, piano, keyboards, background vocals

  11. Scott Litt – acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica, violin, drums, keyboards, background vocals

  12. Scott McCaughey – guitar

  13. Mike Mills – bass

  14. Troy Niedhart – accordion

  15. Ed Tinley – guitar, clapping

  16. Randy Wilson – keyboards

  17. Brad Wood – organ, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, background vocals, clapping, drum machine

  18. Production

  19. Producers: Liz Phair, Jason Chasko, Scott Litt, Brad Wood

  20. Engineers: John Hiler, Liquid Grooves, Chris Sabold, David Schiffman, Ed Tinley, Brad Wood

  21. Assistant engineers: Victor Janacua, Matt Judah, Brad Kopplin, Julie Last, Chris Sabold, Al Sanderson, David Schiffman

  22. Mixing: Victor Janacua, Tom Lord-Alge, Brad Wood

  23. Mastering: Ted Jensen, Katrin Thomas

  24. Programming: John Hiler, Randy Wilson

  25. Loops: Liquid Grooves

  26. Treatments: Scott Litt

  27. Art direction: Liz Phair, Frank Longo, Jon Mathias, Mark O.

Charts

References