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- Summary: The first full-length studio release for the indie singer-songwriter was produced by Brad Wood.
- Record Label: Chrysalis Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 17
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Mixed: 4 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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Jun 3, 2021These are all songs that, just like the rest of Phair’s finest moments, have a delicious knack for becoming lodged in your brain.
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Jun 4, 2021The final product is catchy, absorbing, and entirely unashamed, bearing the sort of intimate honesty of a classic Liz Phair record, but finishing with a glaze of straightforward hindsight.
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Jun 4, 2021‘Soberish’ sounds more like her early work, with its lo-fi stylings and ramshackle guitars. Lyrically, this record teases her more sentimental side, but even then, she openly admits to not wanting to reveal her true self to the listener.
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Jun 3, 2021The moments here that feel most genuinely lived-in are the ones where she opens up and demonstrates her unique genius at articulating the real life hope, fear, disappointment, and ambivalence of an inveterate romantic who wanders through life always on guard against getting burned by her own desires.
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Jun 7, 2021A cohesive record, on Soberish Phair sounds polished, clean and equipped with a new arsenal of songs about breakups, addiction and small glimpses into her inner workings.
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Jun 3, 2021Soberish starts off strong, opening with the infectious “Spanish Doors” and building to “Hey Lou,” whose chorus is the most invasive earworm on an album that has plenty of them. ... And while the orchestral elements add some much-needed texture, too many of the songs unfold at the same midtempo pace, an effect that makes the title track, for one, seem much longer than it actually is.
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Jun 7, 2021Musically, this is unforgivably mediocre. A memorable chorus will occasionally appear from nowhere, as on Hey Lou (and Soul Sucker wins points for its unexpected nod to Blue Boy’s Remember Me), but for the most part the coffee-table pop on offer here is remarkable only for being so forgettable.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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Sep 1, 2021Exceptional album. Best thing she has done in 20 years. Brad Wood back on production. Real magic here. 10
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Jun 10, 2021
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Jun 4, 2021
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Aug 5, 2022This album is not bad at all. Dosage is her best song in my opinion. Also love Spanish Doors and Game.
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Jun 4, 2021Good album that evokes her sound from the 90s. Speaking of which, Metacritic, this isn't her, uh, "first full-length studio album."
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Jul 4, 2021
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Jul 4, 2021Cool
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