# Whitechocolatespaceegg
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{{Infobox album
| name = Whitechocolatespaceegg
| type = studio
| artist = [Liz Phair](/source/Liz_Phair)
| cover = Liz Phair - whitechocolatespaceegg.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1998|8|11}}
| recorded = 1996–1998
| studio =
*[CRC](/source/Chicago_Recording_Company) (Chicago)
*Chicago Trax (Chicago)
*Louie's Clubhouse
*[Ocean Way](/source/Ocean_Way_Recording) (Hollywood)
*Velvet Shirt
| genre = [Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock)[{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/whitechocolatespaceegg-mw0000025055 |title=whitechocolatespaceegg – Liz Phair |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |accessdate=September 24, 2012 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}]
| rev2 = ''[The Baltimore Sun](/source/The_Baltimore_Sun)''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-08-13-1998225155-story.html |title=A shocking, conflicted Phair to remember |work=[The Baltimore Sun](/source/The_Baltimore_Sun) |date=September 13, 1998 |accessdate=January 10, 2019 |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine}}]
| rev3 = ''[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times)''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[{{cite news |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4453425.html |title=Fun Phair // New album soars despite slow start |work=[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times) |date=August 11, 1998 |accessdate=May 28, 2016 |last=DeRogatis |first=Jim |author-link=Jim DeRogatis |url-access=subscription |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119071553/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4453425.html |archivedate=November 19, 2018 |url-status=dead}}]
| rev4 = ''[Christgau's Consumer Guide](/source/Christgau's_Consumer_Guide%3A_Albums_of_the_'90s)''
| rev4score = A[{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=2087 |chapter=Liz Phair: Whitechocolatespaceegg |accessdate=September 24, 2012 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |title=[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s](/source/Christgau's_Consumer_Guide%3A_Albums_of_the_'90s) |publisher=[Macmillan Publishers](/source/Macmillan_Publishers) |year=2000 |isbn=0-312-24560-2}}]
| rev5 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
| rev5score = A−[{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/08/14/music-review-whitechocolatespaceegg/ |title=whitechocolatespaceegg |magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly) |date=August 14, 1998 |accessdate=March 18, 2020 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist)}}]
| rev6 = ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)''
| rev6score = {{rating|2|5}}[{{cite news |title=Liz Phair: Whitechocolatespaceegg (Matador) |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=March 5, 1999 |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline}}]
| rev7 = ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)''
| rev7score = {{rating|4|4}}[{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-09-ca-11393-story.html |title=Liz Phair, 'Whitechocolatespaceegg,' Matador/Capitol |work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=August 9, 1998 |access-date=September 24, 2012 |last=Hochman |first=Steve |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150022/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/09/entertainment/ca-11393 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=live}}]
| rev8 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| rev8score = 6.4/10[{{cite journal |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/phair_liz/whitechocolatespaceegg.shtml |title=Liz Phair: Whitechocolatespaceegg |journal=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) |date=August 1998 |accessdate=September 24, 2012 |last=Moll |first=Susan |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217054944/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/phair_liz/whitechocolatespaceegg.shtml |archivedate=December 17, 2005 |url-status=dead}}]
| rev9 = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/whitechocolatespaceegg-19980730 |title=Whitechocolatespaceegg |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |date=July 30, 1998 |accessdate=September 24, 2012 |last=Chonin |first=Neva}}]
| rev10 = ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))''
| rev10score = 6/10[{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5EbyHNqgkwC&pg=PT28 |title=Liz Phair: whitechocolatespaceegg |journal=[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine)) |volume=14 |issue=9 |date=September 1998 |accessdate=May 28, 2016 |last=Lukas |first=Paul |pages=186–87}}]
}}
'''''Whitechocolatespaceegg''''' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter [Liz Phair](/source/Liz_Phair), released in 1998. It peaked at number 35 on the [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200).[[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r371984/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( whitechocolatespaceegg > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))]] As of July 2010, the album had sold 293,000 copies.[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/ask-billboard-kylie-fever/|title=Ask Billboard: Kylie 'Fever' |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=2010-07-16|access-date=2012-02-17}}] Unlike her previous two albums, 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.
==Reception==
The album received generally positive reviews. ''[Rolling Stone](/source/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.[[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/whitechocolatespaceegg-19980730 Whitechocolatespaceegg : Liz Phair : Review : Rolling Stone]] ''[The Washington Times](/source/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."[[https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-56759964 Liz Phair grows confident about music. (Arts) | Article from The Washington Times ]{{dead link|date=July 2021}}]
''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' praised the album, noting "droll in her truth-telling, devastating in her offhand insights, and dazzling in her homespun rock dominion, Liz Phair is arguably the most original talent of the decade, as ''Whitechocolatespaceegg'' powerfully reaffirms. For track-to-track subtlety, poignant wit, and no- bullshit pronouncements that carry real poetic weight, Phair is the backstairs bard without peer...Phair is a truly affecting songmaker. Moreover, she can take the pop vernacular in all its jukebox/folk-pop/dancefloor familiarity and make it subversive again on superb material like "Uncle
Alvarez," "Only Son," "Ride," and "What Makes You Happy." [{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-08-01.pdf|magazine=Billboard Music Week|title=Reviews & Previews|issue=1 August 1998 |page=18 |access-date=July 23, 2024}}]
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [Liz Phair](/source/Liz_Phair), except where noted. Produced by [Scott Litt](/source/Scott_Litt) (3, 7, 9, 11, 12 14, 16), Liz Phair (1, 2, 6, 15), [Brad Wood](/source/Brad_Wood) (4, 5, 8, 10, 13), and Jason Chasko (1, 2).
| title1 = White Chocolate Space Egg
| note1 = Liz Phair, Jason Chasko, Doug Stoley
| length1 = 4:35
| title2 = Big Tall Man
| note2 = Phair, Chasko
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Perfect World
| length3 = 2:15
| title4 = Johnny Feelgood
| length4 = 3:22
| title5 = Polyester Bride
| length5 = 4:05
| title6 = Love Is Nothing
| length6 = 2:16
| title7 = Baby Got Going
| note7 = Phair, [Scott Litt](/source/Scott_Litt)
| length7 = 2:02
| title8 = Uncle Alvarez
| length8 = 3:52
| title9 = Only Son
| length9 = 5:08
| title10 = Go on Ahead
| length10 = 2:53
| title11 = Headache
| length11 = 2:53
| title12 = Ride
| length12 = 3:04
| title13 = What Makes You Happy
| length13 = 3:36
| title14 = Fantasize
| length14 = 1:55
| title15 = Shitloads of Money
| length15 = 3:39
| title16 = Girls' Room
| length16 = 1:46
| total_length = 51:10
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japan bonus track[{{cite web | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/177354/products/262823/1/ | title=ホワイトチョコレートスペースエッグ | リズ・フェア }}]
| title17 = Hurricane Cindy
| length17 = 2:54
| total_length = 54:04
}}
==Personnel==
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;Musicians
* Liz Phair – guitar, piano, vocals
* [Leroy Bach](/source/Leroy_Bach) – [acoustic bass](/source/acoustic_bass_guitar)
* Scott Bennett – [organ](/source/organ_(music)), bass guitar, drums
* [Bill Berry](/source/Bill_Berry) – [bongos](/source/Bongo_drum)
* [Peter Buck](/source/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](/source/Scott_Litt) – acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica, violin, drums, keyboards, background vocals
* [Scott McCaughey](/source/Scott_McCaughey) – guitar
* [Mike Mills](/source/Mike_Mills) – bass
* Troy Niedhart – [accordion](/source/accordion)
* Ed Tinley – guitar, clapping
* Randy Wilson – keyboards
* [Brad Wood](/source/Brad_Wood) – organ, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, background vocals, clapping, drum machine
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;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](/source/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.
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==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1998)
! Peak
position
|-
! scope="row"| US [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200)[{{cite web | url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=5076& | title=Item | website=[Library and Archives Canada](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada) | date=17 July 2013 }}]
| 69
|}
==References==
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Category:Liz Phair albums
Category:1998 albums
Category:Matador Records albums
Category:Capitol Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Brad Wood
Category:Albums produced by Scott Litt
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