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Artist:Sleeper
Title:The It Girl
Label:  Indolent
Country:UK
Date:1996
Catalogue:SLEEPCD012
Barcode:5016555601222
Format:CD Album
Collection:  I Own It     I Want It 
Community: 3 Own
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
01SleeperLie DetectorL. Wener, A Maclure8.0  Rate
02SleeperSale Of The CenturyL. Wener, A Maclure8.0  Rate
03SleeperWhat Do I Do Now?L. Wener7.0  Rate
04SleeperGood Luck Mr GorskyL. Wener7.0  Rate
05SleeperFeeling PeakyL. Wener, J. Stewart, A Maclure7.0  Rate
06SleeperShrinkwrappedL. Wener, A Maclure6.0  Rate
07SleeperDress Like Your MotherL. Wener7.0  Rate
08SleeperStatuesqueL. Wener7.0  Rate
09SleeperGlue EarsL. Wener, A Maclure6.0  Rate
10SleeperNice Guy EddieL. Wener8.0  Rate
11SleeperStop Your CryingL. Wener7.0  Rate
12SleeperFactor 41L. Wener7.0  Rate
13SleeperClick...off...goneL. Wener7.0  Rate


Notes

Produced by Stephen Street.

Comments and Reviews
 
Magic Marmalade
28th Jan 2021
 Review
The Crest of the Britpop wave...

... And as such, should probably be a staple in any 90s collection.

However, for me, I only ever tuned into the singles from this album at the time (Impossible to get away from them back then!), and only recently have found the album in a charity shop and thought I should the whole thing a long overdue listen...

...And it's good. Very good in fact...

-In those aforementioned singles which are: Sale Of The Century, What Do I Do Now?, Statuesque, and Nice Guy Eddie (more remembered the names than the tunes of these last two)-

...But not great.

On it's own terms the rest of the album has couple of indie (sounding) Britpop guitary highs like Good Luck Mr Gorsky, but largely, although containing a lot of the swagger of the age, it's very affected, stylised, and "posed" - an artifice.

Louise wener has since gone on to a literary career...

(although a recent reunion happened I believe)

... but early signs of that are here throughout, in very dense, unconventional "story" songs, which do satisfy on that level, but I'm not sure they work great as hummable tunes exactly.

So at the time of the "Ladette", I think Louise Wener was more of an "Anti-Ladette", smart, self assured, and taking herself way too seriously...

(Really, try and find photos of her smiling from this time!)

...which all comes through in the music, in a way that seems a little too "constructed", deliberately oblique and "better than thou".

A more honest expression of feeling is found in the two headline singles here: Sale Of The Century, and What Do I Do Now?, which, if the whole album was this way would have made for a brilliant album, but it isn't, and while the rest is OK, I don't think I've missed too much in the meantime.

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