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Liz Phair Biography
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Phair
In 2003, her self-titled fourth album was released on her new label, Capitol Records. Phair had not released an album in several years; she had been working on her record, as well as making guest appearances on other tracks (she lent backing vocals to the Sheryl Crow hit "Soak Up the Sun") [3].
Initially, Phair worked on several album tracks with songwriter Michael Penn as the producer. When she submitted the finished Penn-produced album to Capitol, the label gave it a lukewarm reception. Having already exhausted her recording budget, label president Andy Slater offered Phair more money to record only if Phair agreed to work with the production team known as The Matrix to come up with some singles for the album. Phair's collaboration with the Matrix resulted in only four songs, but much of the media attention focused solely on the Matrix-produced tracks, which were a departure from her earlier work. The album received many negative reviews, especially from the independent music press, who accused Phair of "selling out" by making the record very pop-oriented. [4]
Liz Phair garnered some commercial attention and seemed to propel Phair out of the "alternative-chick" category and closer to the pop charts. The debut single "Why Can't I?", co-written by The Matrix, did reach the Top 40 charts in North America, and its follow-up, "Extraordinary," was also somewhat successful: it appeared on the soundtrack to the 2004 movie Raising Helen and was the promotional theme for the 2004 Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament; in March 2007, the song began appearing in Gatorade television advertisements. Phair continued to flirt with sexually explicit themes, however, as was most evident in a track called "H.W.C.", standing for "Hot White Cum".
Somebody's Miracle, Phair's fifth album (and second album for Capitol), was released on October 4, 2005. The album returned to a more traditional rock sound, mixing the mood of Phair's earlier work with a more mellow sound. [5] The album received mixed reviews, and was not a chart success.
After the reception of Phair's fifth album, rumors flurried that Capitol Records' reception ultimately left Phair "musically homeless", while tainting her credibility and ceasing any projects with Capitol or affiliated producers immediately. During the shuffling between the ending of her contract and come what may, Phair has reportedly worked with various producers and songwriters and as of May 23, 2007 Sources needed [MTV News break during TRL], she is working within studios leased by Saddle Creek Records.
Project Six (Untitled record) harvests an unencumbered collection of tracks with collaborations including an array of guest artists. Now after the recording sessions with Minnie Driver (Sea Stories), Phair has met Universal Motown and Saddle Creek Records with ideas of using new and old work in a future production.
In 1995, Phair married Jim Staskauskas, a film editor who had worked on her videos; they had one child, James Nicholas Staskauskas, on December 21, 1996. The couple have since divorced.
More recently, Phair has been linked with her guitar player, Dino Meneghin.[1]
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Lizzie rox my sox | Reviewer: AuToPsY gReMLiN | 12/14/2005
i love Liz Phair. she is so awesome. awesome. awesome. awesome. and that's all i gotta say!
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