{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Is a Woman | type = Album | artist = Lambchop | cover = Lambchop-Is A Woman (album cover).jpg | alt = | released = February 19, 2002 | recorded = January–July 2001<br/>Nashville | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative country | length = 61:30 | label = Merge / City Slang / Virgin | producer = Mark Nevers, Kurt Wagner | prev_title = Tools in the Dryer | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Aw Cmon | next_year = 2004 }}
{{Music ratings | MC = 79/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/is-a-woman/lambchop |title=Reviews for Is A Woman by Lambchop |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=June 14, 2015}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/is-a-woman-mw0000215627 |title=Is a Woman – Lambchop |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=June 14, 2015 |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |author-link=Richie Unterberger}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal |title=Lambchop: Is a Woman |journal=Alternative Press |issue=166 |date=May 2002 |page=88}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Blender'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_1050.html |title=Lambchop: Is a Woman |journal=Blender |issue=6 |date=April–May 2002 |accessdate=July 6, 2016 |last=Wolk |first=Douglas |author-link=Douglas Wolk |page=114 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040815143708/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_1050.html |archivedate=August 15, 2004}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/feb/15/shopping.artsfeatures1 |title=Definitely maybe |work=The Guardian |date=February 15, 2002 |accessdate=June 14, 2015 |last=Aizlewood |first=John}}</ref> | rev5 = ''NME'' | rev5Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/6107 |title=Lambchop : Is A Woman |journal=NME |date=February 23, 2002 |accessdate=June 14, 2015 |last=Mulvey |first=John |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615092127/http://www.nme.com/reviews/6107 |archivedate=June 15, 2015}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev6Score = 5.8/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4659-is-a-woman/ |title=Lambchop: Is a Woman |work=Pitchfork |date=March 3, 2002 |accessdate=June 14, 2015 |last=Mitchum |first=Rob}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Q'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Lambchop: Is a Woman |journal=Q |issue=188 |date=March 2002}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/lambchop/albums/album/117617/review/5945249/is_a_woman |title=Lambchop: Is A Woman |journal=Rolling Stone |date=March 14, 2002 |accessdate=June 14, 2015 |last=Weisbard |first=Eric |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505055430/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/lambchop/albums/album/117617/review/5945249/is_a_woman |archivedate=May 5, 2007}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Spin'' | rev9Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8s9P_S6njMC&pg=PA134 |title=Lambchop: Is a Woman |magazine=Spin |volume=18 |issue=3 |date=March 2002 |accessdate=June 14, 2015 |last=Greenwald |first=Eric |page=134}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Uncut'' | rev10Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Lambchop: Is a Woman |journal=Uncut |issue=58 |date=March 2002 |page=94}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}
'''''Is a Woman''''' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Lambchop. Its combination of austere arrangements and minimalist instrumentation marks a transition from former albums' elaborate and lavish sound.
In late 2010 Lambchop performed this album in its entirety, live on stage at a number of venues throughout Europe.
==Track listing== All songs written by Kurt Wagner, except "Caterpillar" written by D.C. Book and Kurt Wagner. # "The Daily Growl" – 6:36 # "The New Cobweb Summer" – 6:57 # "My Blue Wave" – 7:52 # "I Can Hardly Spell My Name" – 3:24 # "Autumn's Vicar" – 4:16 # "Flick" – 5:07 # "Caterpillar" – 6:19 # "D. Scott Parsley" – 5:57 # "Bugs" – 5:43 # "The Old Matchbook Trick" – 4:41 # "Is a Woman" – 4:38
===Limited edition bonus disc ("Is a Bonus")=== # "This Corrosion" {{small|(Andrew Eldritch)}} – 6:12 # "Backstreet Girl" {{small|(Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)}} – 4:32 # "Uti" (Kurt Wagner) – 4:51
==Personnel== *Allan Lowrey – percussion, drums *Scott Chase – percussion *Tony Crow – piano, acetone, juno, homo machine *Alex McManus – electric guitar, acoustic guitar *Jonathan Marx – juno, sampler *Marky Nevers – space guitar, noise guitar, acetone *William Tyler – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, acetone *Paul Burch jr. – vibes, snare, shaker, brushed snare *Kurt Wagner – vocal, guitar, moog, acetone, casio *Marc Trovillion – bass *Matt Swanson – bass *Paul Niehaus – electric guitar, steel guitar *Rob Stanley – acoustic guitar *Terry Baker – drums, percussion *Tammy Pierce – background vocals *Lisa Crabtree – background vocals *John Delworth – acetone, juno *Deanna Varagona – baritone saxophone *Curtiss Pernice – acoustic guitar
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (2002) ! Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|France|58|artist=LAMBCHOP|album=IS A WOMAN|rowheader=true|access-date=12 December 2025}} |- {{album chart|Germany|43|id=5915|artist=Lambchop|album=Is A Woman Pool|rowheader=true|access-date=25 December 2025}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|50|artist=LAMBCHOP|album=IS A WOMAN|rowheader=true|access-date=12 December 2025}} |- {{album chart|Norway|17|artist=LAMBCHOP|album=IS A WOMAN|rowheader=true|access-date=12 December 2025}} |- {{Album chart|UK2|38|date=20020302|access-date=12 December 2025|rowheader=true|refname="UK"}} |}
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