Broken Girl

{{Infobox album | name = Broken Girl | type = Studio Album | artist = Julie Doiron | cover = JulieDoiron-BrokenGirl.jpg | alt = | released = April 1996 | recorded = August 1993 ("August 10"),<br /> November 1994 ("Soon, Coming Closer"),<br /> April 26-29, 1995 | venue = | studio = {{flatlist| * Little Bullhorn (Ottawa, Ontario) * Stereo Mountain (Moncton, New Brunswick) }} | genre = Indie rock | length = 27:30 | label = Sub Pop<br/>Sappy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/broken-girl-mw0000989136/releases|title=Broken Girl - Julie Doiron | Releases|website=AllMusic}}</ref> | producer = Dave Draves, Rick White (mixing) | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Loneliest in the Morning | next_year = 1997 }} '''''Broken Girl''''' is the debut solo album by Julie Doiron, released in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/artists/julie_doiron|title=Julie Doiron|first=Sub Pop|last=Records|website=Sub Pop Records}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xLIiOE_jCpAC&q=broken+girl+julie+doiron&pg=PT927|title=Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995|first1=Michael|last1=Barclay|first2=Ian A. D.|last2=Jack|first3=Jason|last3=Schneider|date=June 5, 2011|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=9781554909681|via=Google Books}}</ref> The album can be considered eponymous, in that Broken Girl was also the stage name Doiron adopted for the album.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saxberg |first1=Lynn |title=Diva nation: Women no longer rely on shock to earn a place in pop music, as AlternaFest patrons will hear |work=The Ottawa Citizen |date=29 Aug 1996 |page=D1}}</ref> All of her subsequent albums, however, have been released under her own name.

The song "August 10" became popular on TikTok in late 2024 and early 2025, peaking at No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Rock Songs chart, No. 10 on the Hot Alternative Songs chart, and No. 15 on the Hot Alternative & Rock Songs Chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lipshutz |first1=Jason |last2=Unterberger |first2=Andrew |title=Carrie Underwood, Nelly & More Inauguration Performers Get Modest Sales Bumps, No Major Streaming Gains |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/carrie-underwood-nelly-trump-inauguration-trending-up-1235882273/ |access-date=January 26, 2025 |magazine=Billboard |date=January 23, 2025}}</ref> as well as No. 14 on the TikTok ''Billboard'' Top 50 chart.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cabison |first1=Rosalie |title=TikTok Billboard Top 50 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/tiktok-billboard-top-50/ |website=Billboard |access-date=January 26, 2025 |date=30 August 2023}}</ref>

Prior to its new-found popularity on TikTok, the album received little commercial and critical success.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lapointe |first1=Suzanne |title=She recorded this song nearly 30 years ago. Now, TikTok fame has it cracking Billboard charts |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/11005277/julie-doiron-new-brunswick-musician-viral-tiktok/ |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=Global News |date=February 6, 2025}}</ref> Julianne Escobedo Shepherd of ''Pitchfork'' reviewed ''Broken Girl'' in 2003, giving it a rating of 5 out of 10 and denoting it as "an odd release", adding that "it doesn't exactly stand the test of time" stylistically and that "the material is nice enough, but it's lacking in profundity, or really anything beyond nicety".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shepherd |first1=Julianne Escobedo |title=Julie Doiron: Broken Girl |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2407-broken-girl/ |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=Pitchfork |date=May 29, 2003}}</ref>

==Track listing== #"Dance Music" - 2:16 #"Elevator Show" - 2:20 #"Crumble" - 1:33 #"Soon, Coming Closer" - 3:04 #"August 10" - 2:56 #"Taller Beauty" - 2:00 #"Grammy" - 2:20 #"Grew Smaller" - 2:21 #"Happy Lucky Girl" - 1:53 #"Sorry Story" - 1:54 #"So Low" - 2:55 #"Waiting for Baby" - 1:58

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Category:1996 debut albums Category:Julie Doiron albums Category:Sub Pop albums