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Artist:	Juliana Hatfield	Release Date:	Jul 20, 1993
Format:	CD	Record Label:	Mammoth Records
UPC:	035498006029	Genre:	Rock
Duration:	Album or EP	Sub-Genre:	Alternative & Indie
Condition:	Very Good	Special Attributes:	--

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Track listing
1. Supermodel 2. My Sister 3. This Is the Sound 4. For the Birds 5. Mabel 6. Dame With a Rod, A 7. Addicted 8. Feelin' Massachusetts 9. Spin the Bottle 10. President Garfield 11. Little Pieces 12. I Got No Idols
Details
Playing time:	40 min.
Contributing artists:	Peter Holsapple
Producer:	Scott Litt
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording type:	Studio
Recording mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album notes
Juliana Hatfield Three: Juliana Hatfield (vocals, electric & acoustic guitars); Dean Fisher (electric bass); Todd Philips (drums). Additional personnel: Peter Holsapple (keyboards); Denny Fongheiser (percussion). Recorded at Hollywood Sound, Hollywood, California. Walking along the seismic fault line dividing girl group innnocence from adolescent ambivalence, and pop craftsmanship from alternative/indie toughmindedness, the Juliana Hatfield Three frames the guitarist's songs in an edgy, hard-rock armor. The tone of BECOME WHAT YOU ARE is lyrical yet lethal, and the tuneful, hook-laden roar Hatfield elicits from her rhythm guitar riffs often belies the defiantly confessional tone of her songs, as if she were the offbeat spiritual spawn of Leslie Gore and Keith Richards. It's easy to imagine legions of young ladies (and men) wandering the malls of America, for whom BECOME WHAT YOU ARE is already a defining freedom cry. On "Dame With A Rod" Hatfield imagines herself turning the table on a rapist and answering him with real violence, as her guitar churns away menacingly. But on the opening "Supermodel" Hatfield seems to both reject and embrace many of the defining images of femininism and sisterhood. While recoiling from the idea of being "the highest paid piece of ass," without a real sense of identity or self-esteem, Hatfield intones, almost as an afterthought, "I wish she'd trade places with me." But then the characters in Juliana Hatfield's songs want it both ways. The older sister character in "My Sister" is such a bitch, but she's also a role model who introduced her to her first alternative show ("before they had a record out/before they went gold"). She fantasizes about teenage sensuality over a flirtatious 5/4 vamp on "Spin The Bottle," but on "I Got No Idols" she counsels a friend to love her "but just don't touch, I don't like to be touched," then adds by way of camouflage "I'm a liar, that's the truth, go home and think it through." Still, peeking out from her hiding place, behind that kittenish voice and those catchy guitar vamps, Hatfield's BECOME WHAT YOU ARE marks the arrival of a substantial pop tunesmith and hard-rocking teen icon.
Editorial reviews
3.5 Stars - Very Good - ...[Juliana Hatfield] has come back with a fine album... Rolling Stone (10/28/1993) ...BECOME WHAT YOU ARE has a way of catching you off-guard and making the world seem like a manageable place after all... Musician (08/01/1993) 4 Stars - Excellent - ...[Juliana] Hatfield sings in a slangy, girlish alto, strikingly placed alongside her own guitar and bass and drums. Those left cold by PJ Harvey's bodily functions and shouting may find much to love [in BECOME WHAT YOU ARE]... Q (09/01/1993) ...BECOME WHAT YOU ARE ignites into a lopsided sense of restrained menace... Melody Maker (07/31/1993) 7 - Very Good - ...stuff that couples sass and suss with a melodic simplicity that makes large chunks of this record sound like The Ronettes having a crack at blue-eyed American college rock.... NME (09/11/1993) Ranked #9 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - ...Full of torn jean confessions that are sometimes twee but always heartfelt, Juliana is the patron saint of kid sisters everywhere.... NME (12/25/1993) ...Pummeling the craftiest grunge guitar east of the Rockies, Hatfield turns pop's love and narrative conventions upside down... Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly (08/06/1993) Performance: Fresh / Recording: Garagey - ...alternative rock's premier pinnup girl...It's that seeming gulf between Hatfield's sassy, little-girl lost vocals and her surehanded, sophisticated musical command that piques a listener's interest. And her songs are wonderful... Stereo Review (12/01/1993) Performance: Fresh / Recording: Garagey - ...alternative rock's premier pinnup girl...It's that seeming gulf between Hatfield's sassy, little-girl lost vocals and her surehanded, sophisticated musical command that piques a listener's interest. And her songs are wonderful... Stereo Review (12/01/1993) 4 Stars - Excellent - ...[Juliana] Hatfield sings in a slangy, girlish alto, strikingly placed alongside her own guitar and bass and drums. Those left cold by PJ Harvey's bodily functions and shouting may find much to love [in BECOME WHAT YOU ARE]... Q (09/01/1993)

This CD is in very good condition with all artwork. The UPC number is different than the one pictured, but the songs are the same and it does not say promo or anything. Please check my other auctions! I will combine shipping. Additional CDs ship at $1.00 apiece. All the cds that I list play all songs without skips on my equipment. I cannot be accountable for the quality of the equipment of others.

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