Liz Phair is confirmed to release a massive box set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Exile In Guyville. The remastered double LP and CD reissue will be available starting May 4 via Matador.
Phair's Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary box set will consist of seven LPs. Other than Exile in Guyville, the box set will also include three Girly-Sound cassettes that were released prior to the singer's debut album.
The set includes the second cassette YO YO BUDDY YUP YUP WORD TO YA MUTHA. It also features Phair's two LP, namely GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! and SPOOTY.
Other than Phair's music, the set is also packed with essays, interviews, and previously unpublished photos and artwork of the singer. Phair penned the You Might Be a Lucky Star for the set, and Ann Powers, a music critic, contributed the essay Talking Back In Guyville.
Liz Phair Talks About 'Exile In Guyville'
In 2010, the 50-year-old singer opened up about her Exile In Guyville album and said that it was inspired by some questions that Mick Jagger had asked her.
"I would write down the song from Exile and I had a code - there were stars, squares, circles, spiral lines, at least eight symbols that each meant something," explained Phair.
Phair will also embark on a series of shows starting May 31. The singer will exclusively perform songs from the Girly-Sound tapes. Phair's shows will wrap up on June 9 in Chicago, Illinois.
Who Is Liz Phair?
Phair is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who began her career in music in the early 1990s. She signed with Matador Records, an independent record label, and she released her debut album a year later.
Exile In Guyville was a huge hit, and it was also ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
In 2013, Phair released her fourth studio album Liz Phair via Capitol Records. Her latest album Funstyle was released on July 3, 2010.
Some of Phair's most famous songs include "Why Can't I?" "Supernova," "Never Said," "Divorce Song," "Extraordinary," "Flower," "Polyester Bride," "Johnny Feelgood," "Everything to Me," "Rocket Boy," "Rock Me," "Explain It To Me," "Little Digger," "Help Me Mary," "Red Light Fever," "Soap Star Joe," "What Makes You Happy," "And He Slayed Her," "Good Love Never Dies," "Uncle Alvarez," "May Queen," "Whip-Smart," "Baby Got Going," "Strange Loop," and more.
Her other albums are Whip-Smart, Juvenilia, Whitechocolatespaceegg, Comeandgetit, and Somebody's Miracle.
