2 Nice Girls was the self-titled debut album of Two Nice Girls, released on Rough Trade Records in 1989.[2] This album contains the track "I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control & Beer)" which gained the group some commercial success. The album also features the track "Sweet Jane (With Affection)" that combines The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" with Joan Armatrading's "Love and Affection".[3]
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 48:00 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Hi-Fi News & Record Review | A:1/2[1] |
The album was re-released in 2007 and received a 4-star review from the Austin Chronicle.[4]
Track listing
edit- The Sweet Postcard (Barbara Hofrenning/Gretchen Phillips)
- Follow Me (Jane Siberry)
- Goons (Phillips)
- Money (Laurie Freelove)
- I Spent My Last $10 On Birth Control & Beer (Phillips)
- Sweet Jane (With Affection) (L. Reed/J. Armatrading)
- My Heart Crawls Off (Phillips/Sara Hickman)
- Looking Out (Freelove)
- Heaven On Earth (Freelove)
- Kick (Freelove)
- The Holland Song (Kathy Korniloff)
- Getting Close (CD reissue bonus track)
- Cristi's Song (CD reissue bonus track)
"The Holland Song" was omitted from initial vinyl and cassette releases save for the UK release; all CD releases of the album reinstate it as the closing track.
Personnel
edit- Gretchen Phillips – guitar, bass, mandolin & vocals
- Kathy Korniloff – guitar, bass, violin, percussion & vocals
- Laurie Freelove – guitar, bass, percussion & vocals
References
edit- ^ "Review: Two Nice Girls — 2 Nice Girls" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 9. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. September 1989. p. 105. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Racine, Marty (May 7, 1989). "Records". Zest. Houston Chronicle. p. 13.
- ^ "Two Nice Girls", Trouser Press (accessed July 18, 2018).
- ^ Beets, Greg (22 June 2007). "Two Nice Girls". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 9 October 2018.