In 2019, LeMay apologized on Twitter for his "condescending and cringey" Pitchfork review, writing: In 2021, Pitchfork included Liz Phair on its list of scores they "would change if they could", upgrading its score to 6.0.

Track listing

  • "H.W.C." is omitted from clean versions of the album.

Personnel

  • Liz Phair – guitar, vocals, sampling
  • Jebin Bruni – keyboards
  • Mario Calire – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums
  • Alison Clark – backing vocals
  • Mike Elizondo – bass
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Corky James – guitar, bass
  • Buddy Judge – guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
  • The Matrix – vocals
  • Wendy Melvoin – bass, guitar
  • Michael Penn – bass, guitar, backing vocals, sampling
  • John Sands – drums
  • David Sutton – bass
  • R. Walt Vincent – bass, guitar, harmonica, electric guitar, backing vocals, Wurlitzer
  • Patrick Warren – piano, keyboards
  • The Wizardz of Oz – vocals
  • Pete Yorn – guitar, drums

Production

  • Producers: the Matrix, Michael Penn, R. Walt Vincent
  • Engineers: Doug Boehm, Ryan Freeland, the Matrix, Michael Penn, R. Walt Vincent, Howard Willing
  • Assistant engineer: Kevin Meeker
  • Mixing: Serban Ghenea, Tom Lord-Alge
  • Mastering: Ted Jensen, Eddy Schreyer
  • Assistant: Mike Glines, Andrew Nast
  • Arranger: the Matrix
  • Drum recordings: Krish Sharma
  • Design: Eric Roinestad
  • Art direction: Eric Roinestad
  • Photography: Phil Poynter

Charts

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ Chart performance for Liz Phair

! scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Peak<br />position

|-

! scope="row"| Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA)

| 18

|-

! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)

| 67

|-

|}

Certifications

References