uncle b
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A true power-pop classic, and obviously an incredible album with an incredible back story, gets the deluxe treatment that seems to be handed out to too much stuff these days. Well, "Girlfriend" certainly deserves it. The songs, the production, the performances, and ohhhh, the guitars, all INCREDIBLE.
Listening to this Legacy Edition takes me back to a time where music meant so much to so many. I swear, when I bought this album back in the summer of '91, I must have made twenty copies on Maxell XLII-S tapes for people. Difference was, back then, the people went out and actually bought the album!!! Most people I knew/know played this whole album so endlessly, they eventually had to forcibly remove it from their car, house, stereo whatever, and even then, it was done begrudingly.
Matthew Sweet toured behind this thing relentlessly, using a revolving door of guitarists: Robert Quine (RIP), Richard Lloyd, and also Ivan Julian, all NYC legends. I saw Sweet every time he came through Detroit, and he used all three of these guys on three different visits. I consider myself truly special for seeing all three play such different interpretations of the guitar work on the album.
Obviously, in my opinion, and possibly many others, Sweet never matched the scaled heights of "Girlfriend" again, but that is what happens when creating a masterpiece. Get this Legacy Edition, it also includes pretty cool demo tracks, and an alternate version of the album that has long been a collector's item that I only had a copy of on, you guessed it, a Maxell XLII-S tape.
Listening to this Legacy Edition takes me back to a time where music meant so much to so many. I swear, when I bought this album back in the summer of '91, I must have made twenty copies on Maxell XLII-S tapes for people. Difference was, back then, the people went out and actually bought the album!!! Most people I knew/know played this whole album so endlessly, they eventually had to forcibly remove it from their car, house, stereo whatever, and even then, it was done begrudingly.
Matthew Sweet toured behind this thing relentlessly, using a revolving door of guitarists: Robert Quine (RIP), Richard Lloyd, and also Ivan Julian, all NYC legends. I saw Sweet every time he came through Detroit, and he used all three of these guys on three different visits. I consider myself truly special for seeing all three play such different interpretations of the guitar work on the album.
Obviously, in my opinion, and possibly many others, Sweet never matched the scaled heights of "Girlfriend" again, but that is what happens when creating a masterpiece. Get this Legacy Edition, it also includes pretty cool demo tracks, and an alternate version of the album that has long been a collector's item that I only had a copy of on, you guessed it, a Maxell XLII-S tape.