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What Girls Want: Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville turns fifteen years old this year, but remains as relevant as ever

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Published on July 08, 2008 at 10:21am

In some ways, I feel for Phair. Unknown artists who rocket to such great heights with their debuts have a difficult time living up to their own standards. She could produce ten more CDs that suit her personality these days, and the Guyville geeks like myself would just mutter that the new stuff isn't as profound as the record she released when she was 26. But at least with a recent round of Guyville tours — where she played the entire album to adoring crowds — the Phair snobs have their day by the stage, celebrating these damn catchy anthems of dating and berating the lovable losers. 

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