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Somebody's Miracle, 2005
Written by Liz Phair and John Shanks
I was a huge, huge Liz Phair fan back in the day, but I pretty much stopped listening after four albums. The fourth, the self-titled one, while not terrible, was comparatively a disappointment compared to the shock, awe, and pure genius of her first three. The little I've heard that followed did not make me want to investigate further. This song is fine enough, an indie rock love song, smooth and polished, with Phair's thin vocals sounding tired. She's never been a technically great vocalist, but on her early albums, she used that quaver in her voice to produce a raw, fierce sound, and belted out ferocious lyrics. The words here, in contrast, are basic and simple. "You can count on my love / An umbrella when it's raining." A far cry from "Flower."
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