Album
Girlfriend
1991 · Rock
32 collectors on Gatefold own this
Girlfriend is an Alt/Indie album by Matthew Sweet, originally released in 1991. On Gatefold: 42 pressings tracked, owned by 32 collectors.
About
Matthew Sweet’s third album made power pop radio-friendly again (see the majestic “I’ve Been Waiting”) while it treated fans of pure pop music to songs that merged wide-ranging influences: there’s R&B (the title track), sad-bastard country (“Winona”), straight-up anti-war rock (“Holy War”), and Neil Young–ish singer/songwriter balladizing (“You Don’t Love Me” and the drop-dead-lovely finale “Nothing Lasts”). The guitar interplay between Robert Quine (Richard Hell & The Voidoids) and Richard Lloyd (Television) stings, stabs, and soars and provides a highly listenable (and wholly unpredictable) counterpoint to occasional pedal steel guitars and Sweet’s tender tenor.
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Tracklist
- 1Divine Intervention5:37
- 2I've Been Waiting3:36
- 3Girlfriend3:40
- 4Looking At The Sun4:16
- 5Winona4:59
- 6Evangeline4:45
- 7Day For Night2:55
- 8Thought I Knew You2:57
- 9You Don't Love Me5:21
- 10I Wanted To Tell You4:30
- 11Don't Go3:24
- 12Your Sweet Voice3:54
- 13Does She Talk?3:27
- 14Holy War3:25
- 15Nothing Lasts3:33
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- jangly
- yearning
- confessional
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Originally titled Nothing Lasts
Dedicated to the memory of Barbara Douglas
Recorded and mixed at Axis Studios, NYC 1990
Piano recorded at Battery Studios, NYC
Edited and assembled at Masterdisk, NYC
Lloyd Cole appears courtesy of and Capitol [US] Records (opens in a new tab)
Don't be afraid to play it loud!
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Matthew SweetGUITAR VOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR, BASS, PIANO
- Amy RayACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS VOCALS
- Andy McCullaGUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR
- Brad JonesBASS BASS, VOCALS VOCALS
- Emily SaliersACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Fred MaherACOUSTIC GUITAR DRUMS GUITAR
- Greg LeiszGUITAR, STEEL GUITAR LAP STEEL GUITAR PEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Ivan JulianGUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- Jane ScarpantoniCELLO
- Lloyd ColeACOUSTIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Paul ChastainBASS BASS, VOCALS VOCALS
- Pete ThomasDRUMS
- Ric MenckDRUMS
- Richard LloydELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- Robert QuineELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR , ELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Ron PangbornDRUMS
- Scarlet RiveraVIOLIN
32 collectors on Gatefold own this · 42 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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