Liz Phair Whitechocolatespaceegg (2LPs)

4 Stars (out of 5) - "...The softer songs...are engagingly intimate....The harder, more upbeat numbers are playful and pop-y, with just enough dry humor to keep them from floating away....WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG explores the dynamics of marital endurance..."
6 (out of 10) - "...Phair's lyrics appear to have been retooled for mass consumption, too--the fucking and blowjob vignettes displaced by a series of marriage and parenthood/chilhood references. This 'maturity' isn't a surprising development..."
"...Even when the music stomps around and Phair turns cheeky, she is, at heart, something of a sentimentalist....Ultimately, she's closer in spirit to brainiac singer-songwriters like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell than to any of the idiosyncratic bands with whom she shares a record label..." - Rating: A-
3 out of 5 - "...these 16 songs still have enough melody, attitude and wit to make Alanis Morisette and her ilk sound like whiny brats."
"...WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG is easily the Liz Phair set least rhythmically soulful....the Phairest songs here are about relationships with men..."