| Whitechocolatespaceegg | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Liz Phair |
| Cover: | Liz Phair - whitechocolatespaceegg.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1996–1998 |
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| Genre: | Indie rock |
| Length: | 51:10 |
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| Prev Title: | Whip-Smart |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Liz Phair |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
Whitechocolatespaceegg is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair, released in 1998. It peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200.[1] As of July 2010, the album had sold 293,000 copies.[2] 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.
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.[3] 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."[4]
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 "UncleAlvarez," "Only Son," "Ride," and "What Makes You Happy." [5]
| Chart (1998) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 35 | |
| Canada Albums Chart[6] | 69 |