Geek the Girl
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| Geek the Girl | ||||
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| Studio album by Lisa Germano | ||||
| Released | October 25, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | Echo Park Studio, Bloomington, Indiana | |||
| Genre | Slowcore, folk rock | |||
| Length | 43:38 | |||
| Label | 4AD | |||
| Producer | Lisa Germano, Malcolm Burn | |||
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Geek the Girl is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Lisa Germano. A breakthrough of sorts for her, it was released in 1994 by record label 4AD, just six months after the re-release of her previous album, Happiness.
The album earned Germano the most praise she'd yet received from the press, becoming a critical favorite – including being featured as the 84th best album of the 1990s by the music magazine Spin.
Contents
Recording
Geek the Girl was produced by Germano and Malcolm Burn. It was mixed by Burn at Echo Park Studio in Bloomington, IN, and Kenny Aronoff's drum performances were also recorded there. Assistant engineers were Mark Hood, Pat Keating and Ron Black.[citation needed]
Content
Much attention was given to the track "...A Psychopath", which contains audio taken from an actual 9-1-1 emergency phone call placed by a woman who was being terrorized by an intruder in her home.[1]
Promotion
A music video for "Cry Wolf" was produced. The song was featured in the movie Rain and its soundtrack, years later. A promotional-only CD single for "Cry Wolf" was also released, featuring an edited version of the title track, remixed versions of "Cancer of Everything" and "Sexy Little Girl Princess", and the non-album track "The Mirror Is Gone".[2]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A+[4] |
| Hot Press | 8/12[5] |
Josef Woodard of Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A+ grade, calling it "one of the more haunting and enlightened projects of the year" and "Raw in sound and subject".[4]
In her retrospective review, Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that "[with] Geek the Girl, Lisa Germano found the perfect balance of her work's inherent contrasts. [...] Geek the Girl's brave whispers hit on more emotional truths than the self-important screams of Germano's mid-'90s, women-in-rock contemporaries."[3]
Legacy
The album was voted the 84th best of the 1990s by music magazine Spin.[citation needed] The album's title track was voted at number 91 in the same publication's list of the 100 best alternative rock songs.[6]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Lisa Germano, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "My Secret Reason" | 4:33 | |
| 2. | "Trouble" | 2:20 | |
| 3. | "Geek the Girl" | 3:40 | |
| 4. | "Just Geek" | Germano, Malcolm Burn | 2:44 |
| 5. | "Cry Wolf" | Germano, Burn, Jay Joyce | 4:59 |
| 6. | "...A Psychopath" | 4:37 | |
| 7. | "Sexy Little Girl Princess" | Germano, Burn | 3:39 |
| 8. | "Phantom Love" | 3:22 | |
| 9. | "Cancer of Everything" | 4:00 | |
| 10. | "A Guy Like You" | 3:18 | |
| 11. | "...Of Love and Colors" | 3:55 | |
| 12. | "Stars" | 2:32 |
Personnel
- Lisa Germano – vocals, production
- Kenny Aronoff – drums on tracks 3, 9 and 12
- Malcolm Burn – drums on tracks 4 and 7, dulcimer on track 7, guitar on tracks 4 and 9, piano on track 7, production, mixing on tracks 3, 5, 9 and 12
- Technical
- Mark Hood – engineering assistance
- Pat Keating – engineering assistance
- Ron Black – engineering assistance
- Greg Calbi – mastering at Masterdisk
- Paul McMenamin at v23 – sleeve art direction
- Dominic Davies – sleeve photography
References
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External links
- Geek the Girl at 4AD
