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Whitechocolatespaceegg (or whitechocolatespaceegg as typeset on the cover art) is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair, released in 1998. whitechocolatespaceegg peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200.[11] As of July 2010, the album had sold 293,000 copies.[12]

Whitechocolatespaceegg
Studio album by Liz Phair
Released	August 11, 1998 (1998-08-11)
Recorded	1996–1998
Studio	CRC (Chicago) Chicago Trax (Chicago) Louie's Clubhouse Ocean Way (Hollywood) Velvet Shirt
Genre	Indie rock alternative rock[1]
Length	51:10
Label	Matador Capitol
Producer	Jason Chasko Scott Litt Liz Phair Brad Wood
Liz Phair chronology
Juvenilia (1995) Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998) Liz Phair (2003)
Singles from Whitechocolatespaceegg
"Polyester Bride" Released: 1998 "Johnny Feelgood" Released: 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Baltimore Sun	[3]
Chicago Sun-Times	[4]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A[5]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[6]
The Guardian	[7]
Los Angeles Times	[8]
Pitchfork	6.4/10[9]
Rolling Stone	[1]
Spin	6/10[10]

Album information

Unlike her previous two albums, which dealt heavily 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.

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.[13] 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."[14]

Packaging

The CD version of the album has a hidden picture of a close-up eyeball underneath the CD tray.

Track listing

Outtakes

There exist several circulating outtakes from the album. Most of them have never been commercially released; however, several bootlegs include these songs, which are listed below:

• "Oh My God"
• "Desperado Theme"
• "Hurricane Cindy"
• "Rocket Boy"
• "Russian Girl"
• "Stuck on an Island"
• "Tell Me You Like Me"
• "I'm Like That"
• "White Bird of Texas"
• "Freak of Nature"
• "Bars of the Bed"
• "Blood Keeper"
• "Greased Lightning"

"Blood Keeper" was supposedly presented for the Scream 2 soundtrack^{[citation needed]}, but was later shelved. "Hurricane Cindy" was included on the Japanese import, and later re-recorded and released on the comeandgetit EP five years later. "White Bird of Texas" and "Greased Lightning" were released as B-sides to "Polyester Bride". "Oh My God" was performed with another song as "Oh My God/That's the Way I Like It" on a television network^[specify]in 1996. "Rocket Boy" was re-recorded and released as a promotional single, and was included on the Stealing Beauty movie soundtrack. "Stuck on an Island" was released on the What's Up Matador? compilation. "Freak of Nature" appeared on a radio sampler, Local 101, sold in the Chicago area,[15] and along with "Hurricane Cindy" was included on the advanced promotional copy of the album. The songs "Tell Me You Like Me", "Bars of the Bed", "Desperado Theme", "Russian Girl", and "I'm Like That" have yet to receive an official release or performance.

Personnel

• Liz Phair – guitar, piano, vocals
• Leroy Bach – acoustic bass
• Scott Bennett – organ, bass guitar, drums
• Bill Berry – bongos
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Jason Chasko – bass, guitar, piano, drums, background vocals
• Nathan December – guitar, electric guitar
• Tommy Furar – bass
• John Hiler – organ, piano, keyboards, background vocals
• Scott Litt – acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica, violin, drums, keyboards, background vocals
• Scott McCaughey – guitar
• Mike Mills – bass
• Troy Niedhart – accordion
• Ed Tinley – guitar, clapping
• Randy Wilson – keyboards
• Brad Wood – organ, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, background vocals, clapping, drum machine

Production

• Producers: Liz Phair, Jason Chasko, Scott Litt, Brad Wood
• Engineers: John Hiler, Liquid Grooves, Chris Sabold, David Schiffman, Ed Tinley, Brad Wood
• Assistant engineers: Victor Janacua, Matt Judah, Brad Kopplin, Julie Last, Chris Sabold, Al Sanderson, David Schiffman
• Mixing: Victor Janacua, Tom Lord-Alge, Brad Wood
• Mastering: Ted Jensen, Katrin Thomas
• Programming: John Hiler, Randy Wilson
• Loops: Liquid Grooves
• Treatments: Scott Litt
• Art direction: Liz Phair, Frank Longo, Jon Mathias, Mark O.

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[11]	35

References

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