Whitechocolatespaceegg

Whitechocolatespaceegg is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair, released in 1998. It peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200. As of July 2010, the album had sold 293,000 copies.

Album information
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. 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."

Personnel

 * Liz Phair – guitar, piano, vocals
 * Leroy Bach – acoustic bass
 * Scott Bennett – organ, bass guitar, drums
 * Bill Berry – bongos
 * Peter Buck – guitar
 * Jason Chasko – bass, guitar, piano, drums, background vocals
 * Nathan December – guitar, electric guitar
 * Tommy Furar – bass
 * John Hiler – organ, piano, keyboards, background vocals
 * Scott Litt – acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica, violin, drums, keyboards, background vocals
 * Scott McCaughey – guitar
 * Mike Mills – bass
 * Troy Niedhart – accordion
 * Ed Tinley – guitar, clapping
 * Randy Wilson – keyboards
 * Brad Wood – organ, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, background vocals, clapping, drum machine

Production

 * Producers: Liz Phair, Jason Chasko, Scott Litt, Brad Wood
 * Engineers: John Hiler, Liquid Grooves, Chris Sabold, David Schiffman, Ed Tinley, Brad Wood
 * Assistant engineers: Victor Janacua, Matt Judah, Brad Kopplin, Julie Last, Chris Sabold, Al Sanderson, David Schiffman
 * Mixing: Victor Janacua, Tom Lord-Alge, Brad Wood
 * Mastering: Ted Jensen, Katrin Thomas
 * Programming: John Hiler, Randy Wilson
 * Loops: Liquid Grooves
 * Treatments: Scott Litt
 * Art direction: Liz Phair, Frank Longo, Jon Mathias, Mark O.