{{protection padlock|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Whitechocolatespaceegg | type = studio | artist = Liz Phair | cover = Liz Phair - whitechocolatespaceegg.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1998|8|11}} | recorded = 1996–1998 | studio = *CRC (Chicago) *Chicago Trax (Chicago) *Louie's Clubhouse *Ocean Way (Hollywood) *Velvet Shirt | genre = Indie rock<ref name="RS"/> | length = 51:10 | label = * Matador * Capitol | producer = * Jason Chasko * Scott Litt * Liz Phair * Brad Wood | prev_title = Juvenilia | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Liz Phair | next_year = 2003 | misc = {{Singles | name = Whitechocolatespaceegg | type = studio | single1 = Polyester Bride | single1date = 1998 | single2 = Johnny Feelgood | single2date = 1998 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/whitechocolatespaceegg-mw0000025055 |title=whitechocolatespaceegg – Liz Phair |website=AllMusic |accessdate=September 24, 2012 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Baltimore Sun'' | rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{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 |date=September 13, 1998 |accessdate=January 10, 2019 |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Chicago Sun-Times'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4453425.html |title=Fun Phair // New album soars despite slow start |work=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}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Christgau's Consumer Guide'' | rev4score = A<ref>{{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 |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |year=2000 |isbn=0-312-24560-2}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev5score = A−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/08/14/music-review-whitechocolatespaceegg/ |title=whitechocolatespaceegg |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 14, 1998 |accessdate=March 18, 2020 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist)}}</ref> | rev6 = ''The Guardian'' | rev6score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Liz Phair: Whitechocolatespaceegg (Matador) |work=The Guardian |date=March 5, 1999 |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Los Angeles Times'' | rev7score = {{rating|4|4}}<ref>{{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 |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}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev8score = 6.4/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/phair_liz/whitechocolatespaceegg.shtml |title=Liz Phair: Whitechocolatespaceegg |journal=Pitchfork |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}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/whitechocolatespaceegg-19980730 |title=Whitechocolatespaceegg |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 30, 1998 |accessdate=September 24, 2012 |last=Chonin |first=Neva}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Spin'' | rev10score = 6/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5EbyHNqgkwC&pg=PT28 |title=Liz Phair: whitechocolatespaceegg |journal=Spin |volume=14 |issue=9 |date=September 1998 |accessdate=May 28, 2016 |last=Lukas |first=Paul |pages=186–87}}</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
'''''Whitechocolatespaceegg''''' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair, released in 1998. It peaked at number 35 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="US">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r371984/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( whitechocolatespaceegg > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> As of July 2010, the album had sold 293,000 copies.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/ask-billboard-kylie-fever/|title=Ask Billboard: Kylie 'Fever' |magazine=Billboard|date=2010-07-16|access-date=2012-02-17}}</ref> 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'' 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.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/whitechocolatespaceegg-19980730 Whitechocolatespaceegg : Liz Phair : Review : Rolling Stone<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''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."<ref>[https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-56759964 Liz Phair grows confident about music. (Arts) | Article from The Washington Times ]{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref>
''Billboard'' 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." <ref name="Billboard19610828">{{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}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Liz Phair, except where noted. Produced by Scott Litt (3, 7, 9, 11, 12 14, 16), Liz Phair (1, 2, 6, 15), 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 | 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<ref>{{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 }}</ref> | title17 = Hurricane Cindy | length17 = 2:54 | total_length = 54:04 }}
==Personnel== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;Musicians * Liz Phair – guitar, piano, vocals * Leroy Bach – acoustic bass * Scott Bennett – organ, bass guitar, drums * Bill Berry – bongos * 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 – acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica, violin, drums, keyboards, background vocals * Scott McCaughey – guitar * Mike Mills – bass * Troy Niedhart – accordion * Ed Tinley – guitar, clapping * Randy Wilson – keyboards * Brad Wood – organ, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, background vocals, clapping, drum machine
{{col-2}} ;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, Katrin Thomas * Programming: John Hiler, Randy Wilson * Loops: Liquid Grooves * Treatments: Scott Litt * Art direction: Liz Phair, Frank Longo, Jon Mathias, Mark O. {{col-end}}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! Chart (1998) ! Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="US" /> | 35 |- ! scope="row"|Canada Albums Chart<ref>{{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 | date=17 July 2013 }}</ref> | 69 |}
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