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Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
Classic indie guitar manifesto that pulls no punches
Allusions to a more famous album by The Rolling Stones aside, Phair’s celebrated 1993 debut was a truly groundbreaking work. Never before had popular music addressed gender politics with such venom and clinical honesty, a foul-mouthed catalogue of rallying cries that mobilised a generation of young women to question just what the world had to offer them.
This 15th anniversary reissue, bolstered by a handful of B-sides and a documentary DVD, has lost none of its ability to both shock and impress. Don’t be derailed by Phair’s liberal use of the C-word in her lyrics, and focus instead on the articulacy of her stand against the aggressively maledominated American music scene – and country – that spawned the record.
PJ Harvey, Courtney Love and the more cynically contrived Alanis Morissette all found it easier to walk through doors after Phair had kicked them down, aided by a savvy set of Keef riffs and a no-nonsense attitude that demanded to be heard.
ATO | 0059 (CD+DVD)
Reviewed by Terry Staunton
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