Nude as the News:
Exile in Guyville - Scott Manzler's review: "It's hard to imagine the
album being produced by any other artist at any other time - an
accomplishment that cuts both ways." 9.5 out of 10.
CMJ
New Music Report: Exile in Guyville - Deborah Orr's review: "The
singer-songwriter's thesis about sex, boys and relationships (in that order)
can be taken as an attitude-gauge and a source of inspiration and
reinforcement; one that's written from a very independent, female point of
view but whose situations should be very familiar to guys as well."
(September 26, 1994)
Nude as the News:
Liz Phair - Liz Phair - Troy Carpenter's review: "She's been sashaying
toward middle-of-the-road pop rock bliss through her entire career, and it
has just come to a hilt here."
Bunny On A Stick: Liz Phair - Liz Phair - Scarlet O'Hare's review: "few
good tracks float to the surface when compared to the predictable pop songs
and truly awful ideas." (August 14, 2003)
PopMatters: Liz Phair - Liz Phair - Adrien Begrand's review: "highly
overproduced, shallow, soulless, confused, pop-by-numbers disaster that
betrays everything the woman stood for a decade ago" (June 23, 2003)
Armchair DJ: Whip-Smart - Brian J. Dillard's review: "If you're willing
to forgive Phair for sometimes being merely competent, 'Whip-Smart' is a
worthy purchase - and a worthy follow-up."
Nude as the News:
Whip-Smart - Troy Carpenter's review: "...proves Liz Phair's consistency
and establishes her more firmly within the rock pantheon." Rated 7 out of
10.
City
Pages: What Makes You Happy - Laura Sinagra's review: "...the Daisy
razor's edge and cunning lingo that changed the lives of upper-middle-class
white twenty-something indie-rockers are still in effect."
Dancing About Architecture: Liz Phair - R. Brookman's review: "A
distillation of Guyville's rangy, DIY songcraft and Whip-Smart's pop
pretensions, Whitechocolatespaceegg reveals Phair for the rock star she
should - but probably won't - be." Rating of 9.
Salon Entertainment: The Original Regular - Cynthia Joyce's review:
"What ultimately makes 'Whitechocolatespaceegg' compelling is not clever
song craft or cunning lyrics, but the very adultlike air of acceptance that
pervades the album."
